(Note: This article was written at the time of the election of Kshama Sawant. It was enthusiastic, and that was correct at that time. As the final sentences in the article point […]
Kshama Sawant Interviewed
Kshama Sawant has an interview on the widely read salon.com. It can be found here. In it she makes some excellent points. She is asked if she believes the U.S. is moving […]
Socialism Makes the Big Time
The media can no longer ignore the issue of socialism. If nothing else is accomplished by Kshama Sawant’s victory, that in and of itself is an important step forward. Like all capitalist […]
Wednesday’s Sawant results
As of Wednesday’s vote count, Sawant has a 402 vote lead: Sawant: 83,095 votes = 49.99% Conlin: 82,693 votes = 49.75%
Sawant in lead
According to the latest news, Sawant is now in the lead by 41 votes. If Sawant wins, look for some “left” Democrats to start to emerge. But don’t be fooled… We need […]
Socialist Sawant nears victory
Socialist candidate for Seattle City Council, Kshama Sawant, appears to be closing in on a victory over a long time incumbent corporate Democrat. Mail-in ballots are being counted and as the later […]
Interview: What is WIN?
“We have no such pretensions. We are simply making a modest contribution towards the development of ideas which we hope will help to clarify the next steps forward. We are a tendency […]
Should socialists support Kshama Sawant?
We have received a critique of the campaign of Kshama Sawant, who is running for Seattle City Council as a member of Socialist Alternative. The critique makes a number of arguments why […]
Socialist Wins 33% of Vote in Seattle – In Runoff
Congratulations to socialist candidate for Seattle City Council Kshama Sawant. Sawant won 33% of the vote in yesterday’s election in that city and faces a runoff against incumbent Richard Conlin. This is […]
Preparing for Revolution
Note: The document below was produced by the Workers International Network (WIN) in 2009. It tries to lay out some of the main developments in the world today, but WIN does not […]