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2026-08-27 12:30 UTC

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez rejoins DSA after membership lapse of seven years The 36-year-old New York representative and one of the country’s most prominent democratic socialists renewed her membership in the group’s national organization after reports emerged earlier this month that it had lapsed. Ocasio-Cortez initially joined the group in 2018. In a statement on Tuesday night, the DSA announced: “Democratic Socialists of America confirms Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a member in good standing of our organization, having recently rejoined in August 2026,” according to a report in City & State New York. It added: “Previously, the representative joined DSA in 2018 with a one-year membership, which DSA’s national leadership recently noticed had lapsed, in 2019. She has since renewed her membership as of this month.” The DSA said it decided to disclose Ocasio-Cortez’s membership details amid reports that she could run for president in the next election cycle.

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  • @yonderbarn@lazysoci.al 2026-08-28 01:24

    Is this AOC signaling a run or is it the DSA subtly pushing AOC to run?

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  • @gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 2026-08-27 13:51

    I support AOC specifically and the DSA in a broad sense - but what made me cancel my membership is the DSA’s pants-on-head stupid and geopolitically naïve stance on the Ukraine war. The DSA leadership appears to not be capable of understanding that it was an expansionist war of conquest started and maintained by the Russian Federation, opposes US + other international military aid to Ukraine, opposes sanctions on the Russian federation in response to their grey-zone tactics and unprovoked military invasion of Ukraine, decries “NATO expansionism” (ignoring the fact that “NATO expansionism” is not only a very direct quote from the Kremlin, but also that the nations in question joined - and continue to join - as a direct and pointed response to Russian expansionism), and seems to think the problem can be solved by gathering around a campfire and singing kumbaya. I hope that we eventually actually live in a consensus-oriented world where grievances are solved exclusively through diplomatic means… but that’s not today’s world. To pretend that it is is not only geopolitically naive to the point of self delusion, but strategically dangerous as well.

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  • @VM_Abrantes@lemmy.world 2026-08-27 18:32

    I'd much rather her go after Schumer's Senate seat than run for President. Same situation with Ossoff, would love for him to be President, but he's needed in the Senate more at this time. Not to say that AOC wouldn't be a good president, it's more of a "right candidate, wrong country" circumstance. Plus I feel like the decade long stint as conservative-media's punching bag poisoned the well for uninformed voters (which is an unfortunate majority, by design)

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