Seattle socialist city councilor Kshama Sawant has been subject to repeated corporate-backed attempts to remove her from office. Last night, she defeated yet another. Despite attacks from some of the world’s most powerful capitalists, Sawant isn’t going anywhere.
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Recall Campaign Against Socialist Kshama Sawant Is Backed by Billionaires
The socialist city councilor’s victories for working people have made her the target of Seattle’s corporate forces.
Source: Recall Campaign Against Socialist Kshama Sawant Is Backed by Billionaires
Can Seattle’s Minimum Wage Crusader Survive Her Recall Election?
Inside CHAZ: An “Autonomous” Three Block-Long Seattle Street Threatens America, What? – CounterPunch.org
President Donald Trump from his New Jersey private golf club tweeted this past Friday morning June 12, that “The terrorists burn and pillage our cities.” He was referring to demonstrators occupying three blocks along a single street, in Seattle’s most culturally active neighborhood. Trump demanded that the mayor and governor, “Must end this Seattle takeover now!” Or else he would call in the army. More
Don’t Listen to Fox. Here’s What’s Really Going On in Seattle’s Protest Zone. –
What’s happening in these four blocks that shook the world is indeed an occupation, but it looks nothing like the “totalitarian takeover” touted on the conservative network.
Source: Don’t Listen to Fox. Here’s What’s Really Going On in Seattle’s Protest Zone. – POLITICO
Amazon vs. the Socialists in Seattle
In what may turn out to be a preview of the U.S. presidential election, with the ruling class hellbent on stopping Bernie Sanders at all costs, big business in Seattle is carrying out an unprecedented assault of corporate PAC money against socialist and progressive candidates in this year’s elections.
Source: Amazon vs. the Socialists in Seattle – CounterPunch.org