US: Socialist breakthrough shows path for independent politics
In the August primary election for Seattle City Council, Socialist Alternative candidate Kshama Sawant won a stunning 35% of the vote in a three-way race against two Democratic Party candidates. Over...
View ArticleUS: Socialist Alternative election campaigns create shockwaves
Two Socialist Alternative candidates sent historic shock waves through the U.S. left last night. Both candidates, Kshama Sawant in Seattle and Ty Moore in Minneapolis, mounted the strongest election...
View ArticleUS: Victory for socialist in Seattle!
An interview with Kshama Sawant, Socialist Alternative. The evening of 15 November will go down as marking an historic step in re-building a socialist movement in the US, the world’s leading capitalist...
View ArticleUS: Kshama Sawant inauguration speech
Below we publish the text of today’s speech by Kshama Sawant, newly elected Seattle city councillor from Socialist Alternative (CWI in USA). A video of the speech can be see here (starting 29 minutes...
View ArticleA socialist voice joins Seattle City Council
Who would have imagined that in a major American city, at a post election inauguration ceremony attended by 1,000 people, a new, directly elected Mayor and other members of the City Council would be...
View ArticleUS: Bernie Sanders’ campaign taps into growing radicalisation
By Lea Vallence The campaign of Bernie Sanders in the US presidential election is getting a lot of attention internationally because of the momentum it is gaining. Sanders, the only self-proclaimed...
View ArticleThe Bernie Sanders challenge
The established political order in the US has been shaken up by Bernie Sanders’ campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. Not only has he tapped into a widespread anti-corporate mood, he has...
View ArticleStunning victory for socialist in Seattle
By Carah Daniel The amazing victory of Socialist Alternative candidate Kshama Sawant in the election to Seattle City Council is definitely a clear indication of the desire for a genuine alternative to...
View ArticleUS: Bernie Sanders Abandons the Revolution
Below is an article by Socialist Alternative (sister party of the Socialist Party in US) member and Seattle City Council member Kshama Sawant on the decision by Bernie Sanders to endorse Hillary...
View ArticleStatement from Kshama Sawant: End political repression against Standing Rock...
Statement by Seattle City Councilmember and Socialist Alternative (sister organisation of the Socialist Party in the US) member Kshama Sawant on the brutal repression against those protesting against...
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