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Posts Tagged ‘Kshama Sawant’
February 11th, 2016 - 1:18 am § in Misc.
The People Are Invited: Sawant has People’s Assembly!
While Kshama Sawant is meditating on whether to run against Pramila Jayapal for Congress, our council hero is preparing for the 2016 edition of her annual People’s Assembly : People’s Assembly 2016 hosted by Kshama Sawant Saturday, February 27 at 11 AM Seattle City Hall 600 4th Ave Join Ksham[...]
February 6th, 2016 - 11:09 am § in Misc., The Ave Scene
PODCAST: $15 wage
When Nick Hanauer first brought up the idea of raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour, many (including Forbes magazine), called his theory insane. In this episode, we talk with civic leaders about the adoption of Seattle’s revolutionary $15 minimum wage and why this (not-so) crazy idea has spread[...]
February 4th, 2016 - 12:38 am § in Misc.
Sawant’s Rent Control Balloon: The Hot Air Leaks
Sawant’s rent control plan DOA in Olympia So, after the cadres have gone home and the dark money from SEIU has receded into the ocean, Seattle’s Trotskyite Radical shows the effects of antagonizing the city’s other leaders. According to Crosscut, even the city’s own lobbyis[...]
November 10th, 2015 - 12:21 pm § in Misc.
On Facebook, David Brewster predicts that Sawant and Sawantism will now wane in Seattle.
I think David is naive, Her popularity may wane but it is likely not important because the underlying issue is not Sawant as Savant, policy, it is power. SEIU is trying to establish itself as a big player in Seattle’s power structure. Here is what I expect to happen: SEIU/SA mo[...]
July 24th, 2015 - 12:32 pm § in Politics
Kshama Sawant & the Great Seattle Rent Control Debate .. by David Preston
Sorry for the misleading headline, kids. In reality, this was probably the dullest public gathering I’ve ever been to . . . outside of church and some local planning meetings. The moderator was tipsy. And the debate? Positively high school. Instead of engaging each other with facts, arguments,[...]
Sawant Will Not Confirm or Deny
With Congressman Jim McDermott announcing his retirement there has been speculation that Socialist and Trotskyist (the difference between a Trotskyist and Trotskyite a pparently is Trotskyists ignore 90 percent of what Leon Trotsky actually did and said so they can imagine a competent and fluffy m[...]