The Sawant campaign and Socialist Alternative knew for two years the business and political class was hoping to oust her. In a wide-ranging election night interview with In These Times, Sawant said that when she was first elected in 2013, “The establishment didn’t take us seriously. They said, ‘What will a group of young radical socialists amount to? They won’t get anything done.’ We showed them the most transformative two years in Seattle politics.”
Sawant said accomplishments included the bill phasing in a $15 minimum wage by 2021, changing Columbus Day to Indigenous People’s Day, pushing the City Council to ask the state to lift its ban on local rent control to address Seattle rents that have Seattle rents have increased on average 80 percent since early 2010 and endorsing a move toward zero-percent incarceration of youth.
Sawant said when they began gearing up for the 2015 election, “I had no doubt the establishment would run a woman of color. It’s a tried-and-true tactic.”…Not even a close race.
In These Times
With Kshama Sawant Claiming Reelection Victory, Seattle Doubles Down on Socialism
Arun Gupta
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Hey Tom, off-topic, but a must read.
http://www.salon.com/2015/11/05/gop_libertarians_are_toast_rand_pauls_disastrous_campaign_is_the_end_of_the_line/
Good article. Thanks.
Daniel yes on the current GOP Presidential stage but no in the House with libertarian on steriods Ryan promoted to Speaker....
Brand new Stars & Bars flying 100'+ feet in the air on a giant galvanized pole over I-95 in Brat's (formerly Cantor's) district near Richmond...
Its not over yet imo...
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