The United States has entered a new historic period with the election of Donald Trump to the Presidency. Protests have swept the country, and the globe, against the right-wing populism his government represents. On the second day of his being in office, the Women’s March on Washington D.C. had over a half a million participants, … Continue reading
Only Community Power Can Solve Seattle’s Housing Crisis
Originally published November 14th on The North Star The Crisis Since November 2015 a state of emergency on homelessness has been officially declared in Seattle and King County by Mayor Ed Murray and County Executive Dow Constantine, as official King County estimates surpassed ten thousand individuals who experience homelessness sometime in the course of the … Continue reading
Debate within Socialist Alternative
via Debate within Socialist Alternative — oaklandsocialist The open support for liberal Democrat Bernie Sanders by Socialist Alternative provoked a debate within that group back in the first part of 2016. In response, the leadership of Socialist Alternative sent around an internal document defending their position. A few former members of Socialist Alternative were given … Continue reading
From the Archive: “Proposals on Political Clarity and Orientation for the Vote Sawant Campaign”
In September of 2013 Socialist Alternative was mere months away from a radical breakthrough in city politics. However, the gains that were to be made were not without their own contradictions. Below I republish the criticism I wrote then, of Socialist Alternative’s General Election Campaign Plan for the Sawant city council run. In this document … Continue reading
Their Socialism and Ours: On Sanders
Their Socialism and Ours: On Sanders A specter is haunting Socialism – the specter of Sanders. The presidential run of Bernie Sanders, a nominally “independent” Senator from Vermont, has garnered at least nearly 200,000 claimed volunteers and $73 million in donations in 2015. His campaign has been heralded by the Left for it’s unabashedly populist … Continue reading
On Socialist Alternative and 15 Now Tacoma
Who is 15 Now Tacoma? The national 15 Now website carries no campaign updates with the exception of one sentence posted in March of last year, no reposted news articles, and no information outside basic contact information of an external website, phone number, and a Facebook page. Yet, this very same 15 Now local group … Continue reading
