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Are Democratic Socialists a Thing Now?

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New York Congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (right) spoke at a fundraiser held in the Mission in San Francisco in August. (Erika Aguilar/KQED)

Some people in the Bay Area paid hundreds of dollars to see a speech by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the new liberal Democratic star from New York. She stumped in the Mission to raise money for her Congressional campaign, and also to rally what some are calling a movement of Democratic Socialists.

Guest: Julian Mark, reporter for Mission Local

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