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Adam Gabbatt in New York

‘We are working-class women of color’: the long-shot socialist run for the White House

The socialist presidential candidate Claudia De la Cruz and her running mate, Karina Garcia: ‘We are working-class people, we are women of color'.’
The socialist presidential candidate Claudia de la Cruz, left, and her running mate, Karina Garcia: ‘these people will never give us anything willingly … electoral politics won’t do it alone.’ Photograph: Courtesy Claudia Karina 2024

It’s 20 January 2025, the day of the presidential inauguration. After taking the oath of office the new president, a 44-year-old woman, born in the Bronx to Dominican parents, takes her seat in the office and gets to work.

In one of the first acts of Claudia de la Cruz’s presidency, Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk watch on as the government seizes control of Amazon and Tesla, along with all of the top 100 corporations in the US.

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