Socialist Seattle Councilwoman Kshama Sawant argues that the Democratic Party’s anti-Trump strategy, with Hillary at the helm, is critically flawed in the long run
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by Kshama Sawant and Laura Flanders, The Real News Network
June 27, 2016
Kshama Sawant is the first open socialist to be elected to Seattle City Council in over a century. She is an economics professor at Seattle Central Community College and a member of the American Federation of Teachers Local 1789. She was an activist in the Occupy Wall Street movement, and is a fighter for workers, women, LGBTQ people, and immigrants through her work in the organization Socialist Alternative.
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Laura Flanders is an Air America radio host and journalist. She is the author of Bushwomen: Tales of a Cynical Species and Real Majority, Media Minority: The Cost of Sidelining Women in Reporting. Flanders was the Founding Director of the Women's Desk at the media-watch group FAIR.
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