"[77] Her statement was controversial: Seattle Mayor Ed Murray said that it was "unfortunate and perhaps even tragic for an elected official to encourage people to confront and engage in confrontations with the police department" and the Washington State Patrol called the writings "irresponsible" and "reckless. Amazon became increasingly involved in city council politics after the passage of the Seattle head tax in 2018, which would have cost the company $11 million annually in order to fund public housing and homeless services. Sawant was born in India and moved to the United States after graduating from college when her husband was hired by Microsoft. [20][37][38][39], During the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict, Sawant urged the Seattle City Council to condemn both Israel's attacks on Gaza and Hamas's attacks on Israel, and called on President Obama and Congress to denounce the Israeli blockade of Gaza and to cut off all military assistance to Israel.
", "Police serve warrant in May Day investigation - Local", "The Student Debt Explosion: The New Indentured Servitude? [26] During a speech at the City Council on the day of the vote she said, "We did this. She’s a con artist. [67][68] She also advocated on LGBT, women's, and people of color issues, and opposed cuts to education and other social programs. [46] The Seattle Times, in their endorsement of Banks, said the City Council "isn't a job for an ideologue" and that "the District 3 seat is more than a podium", that it "needs a collaborative leader to work with other districts and balance resources and investment. But what does she do with the money she gives away? [86] In 2016, Sawant took time off to be out of the country for their wedding. [73][74] Sawant maintains that a socialist economy cannot exist in a single country and must be a global system just as capitalism today is a global system. [20] She won 35% of the vote in the August primary election, and advanced into the general election for the at-large council position 2 against incumbent Richard Conlin, making her the first socialist to advance to a general election in Seattle since 1991. [20], She unsuccessfully opposed the Seattle Public Schools Measures of Academic Progress test in public schools, and supported the teachers' boycott of the standardized tests. I’m not saying this is illegal — she is well within her rights. [51] Sawant, as one of the four people of color on the new Council, also became part of a younger and more diverse Council, the first to seat members by district in more than 100 years.[51].
Alex Pedersen estimates his net worth at $944,000 and says he makes between $200,000 and a million dollars as a affordable housing developer at CBRE commercial real estate firm. [6][7][8] Her mother is a retired principal and her father, a civil engineer, was killed by a drunk driver when she was 13 years old. Sharp-eyed observers noted that there wasn’t too much social distancing on display either. [12] Her dissertation was titled Elderly Labor Supply in a Rural, Less Developed Economy. ‘They’re not my people, you are,’ she assured them. Yeah, she’s part of that “proletariat.”.
[21] Back during the 2013 campaign, Sawant had said rent control is "something everyone supports, except real estate developers and people like Richard Conlin" and compared the legal fight for its implementation to same-sex marriage, and the legalization of marijuana in the United States, both of which she supports. Sawant gives $13,800 to Socialist Alternative, and Socialist Alternative pays for her and her husband to fly all around the country, and they give a salary between $10,000 and $25,000 to her husband. [40][41] Sawant's call to condemn Israel's actions prompted a response from Israeli ambassador Ron Dermer, calling for Sawant to retract the statement. The man of the house gradually realizes that he has two active pyromaniacs under his roof, but believes that by displaying kindness, he will make his house immune to them. [58] In a letter to the Council president on June 30, 2020, Durkan asked the City Council to investigate Sawant under its city charter authority to punish members for "disorderly or otherwise contemptuous behavior," writing that Sawant had participated in a march to her home, knowing that her address "was protected under the state confidentiality program because of threats against me due largely to my work as U.S. In Max Frisch’s 1953 absurdist play The Fire Raisers, a well-off family in an unnamed town invites a man they suspect of being an arsonist to sleep in their home. [18] Sawant successfully sued the Washington secretary of state for the right to be listed as a Socialist Alternative member on the ballot. "[47], Sawant advanced through the primary election for City Council District 3 representative on August 4, 2015 with 52% of the vote, 18 percentage points ahead of her closest opponent, Pamela Banks at 34%. [18] Washington state law allowed her to choose the election in which she would run, but as a write-in candidate, she was not permitted to state her party preference. [33][34] On January 27, 2014, she announced that she would live on $40,000 of her $117,000 salary. She was released on $500 bail. "[58], Sawant is a member of the Marxist[59] Socialist Alternative party, the United States section of the Trotskyist international organization the International Socialist Alternative, formerly the Committee for a Workers' International (CWI). United States: Seattle socialist Kshama Sawant defeats Democrat incumbent, "Let's Use Bernie's 2020 Campaign to Launch a Mass Working Class Fightback", "Council hopeful Sawant arrested during anti-eviction protest", "Police Raid Occupy Seattle Activists' Apartment - Tell Seattle Mayor McGinn to stop the political repression! Murray won the election. She represents the poor, the immigrants, the refugees—the folks who are not in our City Council offices lobbying us.
[76], In a February 2017 article in the socialist magazine Jacobin, Sawant called for a "wave of protests and strikes" on May Day, including "workplace actions as well a mass peaceful civil disobedience that shuts down highways, airports, and other key infrastructure. [20] She won 35% of the vote in the August primary election, and advanced into the general election for the at-large council position 2 against incumbent Richard Conlin, making her the first socialist to advance to a general election in Seattle since 1991. [66], The Sawant state campaign criticized the raiding of Occupy Wall Street activists' homes by the Seattle Police Department's SWAT team. She called this "economic terrorism" and said in several speeches that if the company moved jobs out of state, the workers should take over its facilities and bring them into public ownership. ‘We are coming for you and your rotten system,’ Sawant announced at the height of Seattle’s civic unrest this summer. [35] She places the rest into a political fund that she uses for social justice campaigns. ", "Kshama Sawant vs. Pamela Banks: Grandiose designs vs. local grounding", "The Times recommends: Pamela Banks in Seattle City Council District No. Councilmember Sawant has been a tireless advocate for workers and tenants during a period where the Council has been under intense pressure to fold to corporate interests. "[61], Sawant said she rejects working with either the Democratic or the Republican party and advocates abandoning the two-party system.
Fifteen Now is not registered with the FEC or IRS as a political group, so there’s no paper trail there. Priest has what is described as “an undefined relationship” with an organization called 15 Now — an organization dedicated to raising the minimum wage to $15 per hour. Kshama Sawant (/ʃʌmɑː sɑːˈwʌnt/; born October 17, 1973)[1][2] is an American politician and economist who has served on the Seattle City Council since 2014. Daniel Kroop Upper right hand corner for life Duaa Sandy Micah. Councilmember Sawant is the best choice for Seattle's working class. [85] In 2014, Sawant and Calvin Priest, a Seattle Socialist Alternative organizer, purchased a home together in the Leschi neighborhood. Kshama Sawant (/ ʃ ʌ m ɑː s ɑː ˈ w ʌ n t /; born October 17, 1973) is an American politician and economist who has served on the Seattle City Council since 2014. [69] She gave a teach-in course at an all-night course at Seattle Central Community College. [23][24] She was sworn into office on January 6, 2014. [86], Kshama became a United States citizen in 2010.
Indian-born Kshama Sawant, 46, who now serves on the Seattle City Council, is encouraging activists in the CHAZ 'to hold out on giving back the precinct to cops or allowing office So she gives money to Socialist Alternative and they pay for her and her husband to fly all around the country. In time, Sawant’s attitude to the online retail giant has come to reach the level of a pure and honest personal hatred rarely seen outside marriage. She has also called for "transit justice", which would include free user fares; an increase in free transit services to the poor, especially communities in south Seattle; and restriction of transit options to communities that "can afford other options" until the foregoing measures are implemented.
"[72] During an election victory rally for her City Council campaign, Sawant criticized Boeing for saying it would move jobs out of state if it could not get wage concessions and tax breaks. As you would expect, she endorsed communist Bernie Sanders for President. [54] The PAC supported Sawant's opponent in the race. [15][16] She was also a visiting assistant professor at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia.
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