Two popular progressive figures indicated that they’d formed a new alliance this weekend, as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) spoke extensively with Jeremy Corbyn, head of the U.K.’s Labour Party, about their shared commitment to push bold, forward-thinking proposals.
Corbyn thanked Ocasio-Cortez for “challenging the status quo” just a month into her first term in Congress following her surprise primary victory against 10-term, pro-business Democratic Rep. Joe Crowley.
The congresswoman has already started a substantive national dialogue about the need to tax the wealthiest Americans at a much higher rate, pushing a plan to tax all income over $10 million at 70 percent. In the U.K., Corbyn has called for a tax system which demands far more of the wealthiest five percent of Britons, promoting a plan that would create £6.4 billion ($8.3 billion) in revenue.
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Corbyn expressed hope on Twitter that the conversation would be the beginning of a global conversation about “taking on the billionaires” and others who benefit from the current economic system.