United States: Socialist local candidate wins 35% of vote, enters run-off
By the Kshama Sawant Campaign for Seattle City Council
By the Kshama Sawant Campaign for Seattle City Council
KEXP Interview with Kshama Sawant.
Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal congratulates Kshama Sawant and US Socialist Alternative on their important and inspiring success in the Seattle City Council election.
By Barry Sheppard
November 21, 2013 -- Green Left Weekly -- Kshama Sawant, an openly declared socialist, was elected to the city council in a major United States city, Seattle, in November’s ballot.
Kshama Sawant.
By Jason Netek, Chicago
North Carolinians mobilised against an anti-worker (and anti-woman, anti-civil rights) legislative assault by bringing thousands of protesters to the state capitol every week for “Moral Mondays”, with close to a thousand arrests. Photo by Ajamu Dillahunt.
By Jenny Brown
Democracy Now! interviewed Kshama Sawant on January 6, 2014, prior to her inauguration.
Click HERE for more on Kshama Sawant's election campaign and those of other socialists at the municipal level.
By Kshama Sawant, Seattle
Nearly 100 people met at the Jane Addams Hull House Museum on January 22 for the founding meeting of the Chicago Socialist Campaign. Photo by Isaac Silver.
By Andrew Mortazavi
Click HERE for more on Kshama Sawant's election campaign and those of other socialists around the world at the municipal level.