After a decade on Seattle City Council, socialist Kshama Sawant is declining to seek reelection and will instead launch a new national…
The union drives in major corporations like Amazon and Starbucks are the most crucial thing right now
A Resurgent Labor Movement Must Be Willing to Use It
It was clear to us that working people were looking for a different kind of politics
The disasters weāve seen in the past year could become far worse unless socialists and the working class rise to the historic tasks in front of us
As Activists Occupy Seattleās Capitol Hill, City Bans Tear Gas, Expels Police Union
Our goal should be to build the broadest possible grassroots struggle to win a strong Amazon Tax, without limiting ourselves to what is acceptable to the political establishment
Voters Rebuke Amazon, Re-electing Socialist Kshama Sawant
Seattle is carrying out an unprecedented assault of corporate PAC money against socialist and progressive candidates in this yearās elections
āLetās use Bernieās 2020 Campaign to Launch a Mass Working Class Fightbackā
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