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 […]
US Secretary of State Kerry in Israel/Palestine
The US Secretary of State Kerry is in Israel/Palestine. He recently gave an interview there with a representative of the Israeli and the Palestinian press. The interview was interesting from several angles. […]
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 […]
Murder in Greece
Two members of the Greek fascist group “Golden Dawn” have been shot dead on the street. There should be no mistake about who Golden Dawn is. We do not use the term […]
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 […]
We Overhear the NSA Again
NSA Overheard…. Again On Sunday, October 27, the conservative S.F. Chronicle political columnists Matier & Ross carried a report on how various Democratic politicians pressured the BART Board of Directors to accept […]
South African Union Militant & “Race to Bottom”
This web site recently ran a story on longshore workers in Oakland, California, being led through a picket line by their leadership. It cited what we imagined to be a telephone conversation […]
What is Socialism?
Produced over five years ago, this short pamphlet tries to answer the question “what is socialism?” In doing so, it explains how capitalism developed out of feudalism, how it was a necessary […]
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 […]