Amy Goodman
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A Socialist Elected in Seattle: Kshama Sawant on Occupy, Fight for 15, Boeing's "Economic Blackmail"
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January 6, 2014
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12:31Now PlayingSeattle has elected its first socialist to city office in generations. Kshama Sawant's election to the Seattle City Council made her one of a few socialists to hold elected office in the country. Sawant is an economics professor and former Occupy Wall Street activist who ran on a campaign to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. "The important thing about running as a socialist is, for one, to show that there is a definite openness for clear alternatives, not only to the big business parties, but the system that they represent, the capitalist system," Sawant says. Seattle's new mayor Ed Murray has announced plans to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour for all city employees. Meanwhile, voters in the nearby community of SeaTac recently increased the minimum wage for many local workers to $15. The vote suffered a setback when a judge ruled last month that the raise does not apply to workers at the SeattleTacoma International Airport, the area's largest employer. That ruling has been appealed. Murray and Sawant are being sworn in today with record crowds expected at City Hall.
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