{"id":3422,"date":"2023-05-16T13:33:47","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T18:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=3422"},"modified":"2023-05-16T13:33:48","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T18:33:48","slug":"breaking-former-aide-to-aoc-is-now-the-new-leader-of-new-york-communist-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=3422","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Former Aide To AOC Is Now The New Leader of New York Communist Party"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-71.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-3423\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-71.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-71.png 1024w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-71-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-71-770x433.png 770w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-71-293x165.png 293w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-71-390x219.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A senior official within the New York Communist Party has been revealed to be the former aide to Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the New York Post, Justine Medina, 33 years old, earned $35,000 working for AOC\u2019s 2020 campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After working for AOC, Medina was named \u201cCo-chair of the New York Communist League\u201d by the People\u2019s World, a publication of the Communist Party.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The publications also list Medina as a member of the Executive Committee of the New York State Communist Party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While serving as an aide to Ocasio-Cortez, Medina claimed she was responsible for \u201corganizing and writing policy language with Anti-War Veterans &amp; the Peace Movement.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Haha, well, I *am* a Communist, but work for AOC &amp; helped start Queens DSA&#39;s Electoral WG, so I def see utility in working on the Dem ballot line! But yes we should run third party candidates where it makes sense! And IMPORTANTLY, channel ppl who join thru electoral elsewhere too<\/p>&mdash; Justine Medina (@jnmedina8989) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jnmedina8989\/status\/1313928305243025410?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 7, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Post also found past tweets which showed her alignment with communism. Medina tweeted in October 2020, \u201c[W]ell, I *am* a Communist, but work for AOC &amp; helped start Queens DSA\u2019s Electoral WG, so I def see utility in working on the Dem ballot line!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In another tweet, she said communism isn\u2019t about \u201cequality, democracy, peace, the advancement of workers, the oppressed and humanity in general,\u201d adding that the road to communism will be \u201cunkind\u201d to those who \u201cblock progress.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She added, \u201c[B]ut communism is good and shouldn\u2019t scare you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After The Post shared their articles, Medina seemed as if to celebrate and shared a screenshot of the article.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Friends, I have an announcement to make \ud83d\ude09 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wFLU7Soo8z\">pic.twitter.com\/wFLU7Soo8z<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Justine Medina (@jnmedina8989) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jnmedina8989\/status\/1657453851144867842?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 13, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Post Millenial\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/revealed-new-leader-of-new-york-communist-party-was-aide-to-aoc\" target=\"_blank\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>According to The Post, Medina was involved in&nbsp;<\/em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/04\/01\/amazons-nyc-warehouse-set-to-become-first-in-us-to-unionize\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>efforts<\/em><\/a><em>&nbsp;to unionize Amazon\u2019s workforce and bragged about her work in an article for the&nbsp;<\/em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cpusa.org\/article\/how-we-won-at-amazon\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Communist Party website<\/em><\/a><em>. AOC played an integral role in&nbsp;<\/em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2018\/11\/13\/ocasio-cortez-finds-amazons-hq2-in-nyc-extremely-concerning\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>stopping a plan<\/em><\/a><em>&nbsp;by Amazon to open a headquarters in New York City and has been a vocal supporter of unionization efforts at the tech giant.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The outlet also reported that Medina also has a long history of arrests, having been booked at least twice in June 2020 during Black Lives Matter riots which rocked the city, and even complained\u00a0<\/em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/wip\/avx46\" target=\"_blank\"><em>in a tweet<\/em><\/a><em>, that cops\u2019 zip ties were too tight. According to the\u00a0<\/em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2020\/08\/17\/taking-a-blowtorch-to-the-presidents-dad\" target=\"_blank\"><em>New Yorker<\/em><\/a><em>, She was also arrested in 2020 for attempting to deface a plaque in Queens honoring Fred Trump,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>According to&nbsp;<\/em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/aoc-former-aide-now-leader-new-york-communist-party\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Fox News<\/em><\/a><em>, in response to questions about her beliefs, Medina said she subscribed to \u201cMarxist-Leninist-Robesonist\u201d thought, a reference to Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin, and Paul Robeson.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/students-deserve-know-shocking-truth-communism\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Communist ideology<\/em><\/a><em>&nbsp;has been responsible for many political movements throughout the 20th century, resulting in the murder of more than 100 million people.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fox News also&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/aoc-former-aide-now-leader-new-york-communist-party\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">shared<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The Soviet Union\u2019s communist dictator Joseph Stalin starved millions of Ukrainians in the 1930s. China\u2019s communist dictator Mao Zedong led the Cultural Revolution and Great Leap Forward, the death toll from which is estimated to have been above 40 million. Cambodia\u2019s Khmer Rouge communist leader, Pol Pot, imposed brutal programs during his brief rule in the 1970s that are estimated to have killed about one-fourth of his own country\u2019s population.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Original Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/theragingpatriot.org\/breaking-former-aide-to-aoc-is-now-the-new-leader-of-new-york-communist-party\/\">https:\/\/theragingpatriot.org\/breaking-former-aide-to-aoc-is-now-the-new-leader-of-new-york-communist-party\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A senior official within the New York Communist Party has been revealed to be the former aide to Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY). According to the New York Post, Justine Medina, 33 years old, earned $35,000 working for AOC\u2019s 2020 campaign. After working for AOC, Medina was named \u201cCo-chair of the New York Communist League\u201d by the People\u2019s World, a publication of the Communist Party.&nbsp; The publications also list Medina as a member of the Executive Committee of the New York [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-democrats"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3422"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3424,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3422\/revisions\/3424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}