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deutsey

(20,166 posts) Thu Oct 17, 2013, 10:18 PM Oct 2013

Kshama Sawant: A Socialist, Indian-American Woman Running For Seattle City Council… And She May Win

Sawant -- trained as a computer engineer in her native India and now a professor of economics -- is running for a seat on the City Council of Seattle under an unambiguously far-left banner. Even in this liberal bastion of the Northwest, Sawant’s political views stand out.

Having gained sufficient electoral support in the August primary (44,000 votes, or about 35 percent of the total, finishing second in a three-way race), Sawant is now challenging the entrenched 16-year Democratic incumbent Richard Conlin for a council seat in the November general election.

A veteran of the Occupy Wall Street movement, Sawant espouses an explicitly anti-capitalist creed that champions the rights of the poor, low-wage workers, women, immigrants, the homeless, the disabled, homosexuals and other marginalized segments of the population. Her current political campaign rests on three principal platforms: a $15-per-hour minimum wage; higher taxes on millionaires to fund mass transit and education; and rent control.

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http://www.ibtimes.com/kshama-sawant-socialist-indian-american-woman-running-seattle-city-council-she-may-win-1428780

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Kshama Sawant: A Socialist, Indian-American Woman Running For Seattle City Council… And She May Win (Original Post) deutsey Oct 2013 OP

Yes, maybe the scales are falling from people's eyes Jackpine Radical Oct 2013 #1

Let's hope...and remain active n/t deutsey Oct 2013 #2

The kids--the new generation of voters, under 30, Jackpine Radical Oct 2013 #3

Two major factors behind that trend, from what I've seen. NuclearDem Oct 2013 #5

This is interesting. Along with Ty Moore in Minneapolis........ socialist_n_TN Oct 2013 #4

Jackpine Radical

(45,274 posts)

1. Yes, maybe the scales are falling from people's eyes

Reply to deutsey (Original post)

Thu Oct 17, 2013, 10:49 PM

Oct 2013

and they are beginning to see where their own best interests lie.

deutsey

(20,166 posts)

2. Let's hope...and remain active n/t

Reply to Jackpine Radical (Reply #1)

Thu Oct 17, 2013, 10:56 PM

Oct 2013

Jackpine Radical

(45,274 posts)

3. The kids--the new generation of voters, under 30,

Reply to deutsey (Reply #2)

Thu Oct 17, 2013, 11:06 PM

Oct 2013

don't seem to mind the word "socialism."

And maybe they're ea little more sophisticated about sorting out truth form fiction online& elsewhere than their elders. Or so I hope.

I know that some f my elders had the same hopes for my generation. (I just turned 69. Migod, I'm still a revolutionary kid!!).

NuclearDem

(16,184 posts)

5. Two major factors behind that trend, from what I've seen.

Reply to Jackpine Radical (Reply #3)

Fri Oct 18, 2013, 04:28 PM

Oct 2013

It's the post-Cold War generation that has had significantly less anti-red propaganda thrown at it all their lives.

Secondly, we've seen our futures being ruined and stolen by the capitalist system.

socialist_n_TN

(11,481 posts)

4. This is interesting. Along with Ty Moore in Minneapolis........

Reply to deutsey (Original post)

Fri Oct 18, 2013, 09:13 AM

Oct 2013

it seems socialists of varying types and militancy are taking on LOCAL electoral politics. Probably a good sign if for no other reason than getting people used to the idea of socialism.

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