CATCHING UP WITH AOC

With over 12 million Twitter followers, her picture on the December cover of Vanity Fair, and mass cultural appeal to teens and the not-yet-political, she continues to use her celebrity to build support for a democratic socialist agenda. What's the most strategic thing that DSA members and chapters could be doing right now to bring that about? I think sometimes people fall into this trap of wishful thinking about a poll question, thinking that support is solid, that it's unsusceptible to the propaganda of corporate lobbyists and the health insurance industry. The strategy of supporting candidates-when that is calculated, focused, precise, when we aren't casting our net too wide beyond the capacities of any given local organization-is extremely effective. [...]I remember finding this really bizarre appropriation for fossil fuel facilities, like a multi-billion-dollar giveaway.