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How pro-Palestine congressional candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier won New York's 13th district

“Our budgets are moral documents…We can say we love our kids, we can say we value education… (but) our values are clearly about where our money is going.” Meet Darializa Avila Chevalier, a pro-Palestine political organiser who just defeated a five-term incumbent in a primary election and is slated to represent the 13th district of New York in Congress come November. Darializa Avila Chevalier tells Middle East Eye's Zahra Yarali that she ran on a campaign that interlinked the hope of affordability for working class New Yorkers with the need for moral clarity in politics, signaling a stark shift in the platforms that are resonating with Democratic voters in America defined in large part by the US’s complicity in Israel’s genocide of Gaza and aggression throughout the Middle East broadly. Support stories that matter. Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCR0fZh5SBxxMNYdg0VzRFkg/join Catch previous episodes of MEE LIVE, our biweekly news programme exploring the stories shaping our world through breaking coverage, expert analysis, and hard-hitting interviews. Originally airing Tuesdays & Thursdays at 12pm ET | 5pm BST Got a story tip or question? Reach us at [email protected] Subscribe to our channel: http://ow.ly/AVlW30n1OWH Subscribe to MEE Telegram channel to stay up to date: https://t.me/MiddleEastEye_TG Middle East Eye Website: https://middleeasteye.net Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@middleeasteye Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/MiddleEastEye Like us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/MiddleEastEye Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MiddleEastEye