This police state. [43][44], The core issues of Sawant's campaign were a successful minimum wage increase to $15/hour, a successful "millionaire's tax" or income tax on wealthy Seattleites, and an unsuccessful rent control program. [19], After her unsuccessful run for the House, Sawant entered the race for Seattle City Council with a campaign organized by the Socialist Alternative.
Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. [75], Sawant unsuccessfully opposed the construction of the Alaskan Way Viaduct replacement tunnel calling it "environmentally destructive" and "something most people were against, most environmental groups were against". [18] Sawant challenged incumbent House speaker Frank Chopp in the general election on November 6, 2012. In terms of political corruption, we are as bad as any city in the country has ever been. Last year, Sawant gave a total of about $25,000 to 15 Now and Socialist Alternative. [33][34] On January 27, 2014, she announced that she would live on $40,000 of her $117,000 salary.
"[32], During her campaign, Sawant said that, if elected, she would donate the portion of her salary as a City Council member that exceeded the average salary in Seattle. It was an inspired piece of theater. [20], She unsuccessfully opposed the Seattle Public Schools Measures of Academic Progress test in public schools, and supported the teachers' boycott of the standardized tests. [2][13], Sawant has indicated that the genesis of her becoming a socialist began in India, a country plagued by immense poverty. Sawant has since continued the struggle to raise taxes on Seattle employers. "[58] In response, Sawant accused Durkan of being the leader of a "pro-corporate political establishment" and of carrying out "an attack on working people's movements. ", "Kshama Sawant vs. Pamela Banks: Grandiose designs vs. local grounding", "The Times recommends: Pamela Banks in Seattle City Council District No. She called this "economic terrorism" and said in several speeches that if the company moved jobs out of state, the workers should take over its facilities and bring them into public ownership. You can guess the rest. ", "Police serve warrant in May Day investigation - Local", "The Student Debt Explosion: The New Indentured Servitude?
[76], In a February 2017 article in the socialist magazine Jacobin, Sawant called for a "wave of protests and strikes" on May Day, including "workplace actions as well a mass peaceful civil disobedience that shuts down highways, airports, and other key infrastructure. [25], Sawant declared a victory in May 2014 after Seattle Mayor Ed Murray announced an increase in the minimum wage to $15, which was the cornerstone of her campaign for City Council, but she is not pleased that large corporations will be allowed a few years to phase in the wage hike. [A weird thing we noticed about "99 percenter" and socialist city council candidate Kshama Sawant, By … Kshama Sawant, 46, who now serves on the Seattle City Council, is encouraging activists in the CHAZ 'to hold out on giving back the precinct to cops or … [6][7][8] Her mother is a retired principal and her father, a civil engineer, was killed by a drunk driver when she was 13 years old.
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