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Posts Tagged ‘Sawant’
June 23rd, 2015 - 1:06 am § in Misc.
Sawantism … Sawant explains why she is running for City Councilor from Seattle’s District 3.
June 22nd, 2015 - 2:23 pm § in Misc.
Nikki Haley apparently marked her race as “white” on her voter registration form in South Carolina.
Here in Seattle Kshama Sawant and Pramila Jayapal have strongly identified themselves as people of color. some call them”browns.” I find this disturbing, an effort to pass for one of America’s horribly mistreated minorities ought to be bas sed on more than a good tan. The i[...]
June 22nd, 2015 - 9:43 am § in Misc.
Seattle and Apartheid
The Supreme Court Is About to Decide the Fate of Housing Segregation This is related to Seattle’s current debate about housing. If we create low income housing “down south” in the Rainier valley, the city could be accused of segregation .. unless the Republican Supremes come t[...]
June 22nd, 2015 - 9:10 am § in America
UPDATE: Despicable Comments in Defence of Racism in South Carolina
William Quick (my brother in law, comment in TA): It is absolutely despicable that you repeat this racist nonsense speculating about flying the Confederate flag at half-staff in SC. The tragedy that occurred at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C. deserves respect and sympathy, not your bigoted [...]
June 21st, 2015 - 11:45 pm § in Misc.
The Nation: Can Kshama Sawant Rebuild Seattle as a”Socialist City?”
The magic of the web: “This article appeared in the July 6-13, 2015 edition of The Nation.” Anyhow, The Nation has made a valiant effort to figure out what Sawant actually mean by Socialism. The article says she is a “Trotskyist ” and wants to solve the problems of global [...]
June 21st, 2015 - 9:14 am § in Misc.
A Lesson for Seattle from Charleston
“Mother Emanuael” is fated to become a home to ghosts, a museum frequented by curious white folks. I am a Jew. On my first visit to Amsterdam I went to the Jewish museum. The museum outraged me. How can MY people be treated as if we no longer exist? I felt I was surrounded by [[...]
Affordable apartments, food bank coming to U-District
KING 5’s Josh Green reports. Josh Green, KING 5 News6:31 p.m. PDT June 16, 2015 KING 5 reports that $400 a month for a studio in the University District? The Low Income Housing Institute believes it will become a reality here in about a year. The LIHI and the University District Food Bank[...]
June 17th, 2015 - 11:36 am § in The Ave Scene
VOTER EDUCATION FORUM IN DISTRICT 3 on Juneteenth
Africatown Juneteenth Voter Education Forum Join candidates from District 3, District 2 and at large seats District 8 & 9! THIS FRIDAY, June 19, 2015 6 PM – 8:30 PM New Hope Baptist Church 124 21st Ave, Seattle, WA 98122 Presented by Young Voters League co-sponsored by Black Doll[...]
June 17th, 2015 - 9:31 am § in The Ave Scene
CONGRATULATIONS: Sawant makes $200,000!
Just a year after buying her home in the rapidly gentrifying Leschi neighborhood, Kshama Sawant, our City Councilor, has made $200,000! According to Zillow, Sawant’s $345,000 house is now worth $547,000. This is great news for Dr. Sawant. Even as a Ph.D. economist in rural Indian economics, o[...]
Flag Controversy #2: Sawant flubs a history lesson
The socialist Seattle city councilwoman didn’t know what she was talking about when she lectured an audience that included South Vietnamese refugees about the symbolism of South Vietnam’s defunct flag. Here’s my point-by-point rebuttal. She said: “The former South Vietnamese gove[...]