Kshama Sawant: The Race is On

Email from the Sawant campaign:

Sisters and brothers,

2014 was a year of tremendous change in Seattle!

Through the combined efforts of low-wage workers, the labor movement, my council office, and 15 Now, we passed a $15 an hour minimum wage – the first major U.S. city to do so. We passed Indigenous People’s Day, we won millions in funding for social services and raises for low-wage city workers through the People’s Budget, and we won a major victory in helping defeat a brutal attack on low income housing – the so called “Stepping Forward” program. We showed that when we organize we can win!

Now the campaign to re-elect Kshama Sawant for Seattle City Council in 2015 is off and running.

We’re assembling our team, preparing a massive doorknocking campaign, launching a new website, and reaching out to thousands of allies and supporters to build on last year’s victories and continue to challenge the stranglehold corporate interests have over Seattle.

This campaign promises to be the most highly visible city council race Seattle has seen in decades, one that pits corporate cash against grassroots support. This campaign can even play a vital role nationally – inspiring a movement for independent left politics, like last year’s Howie Hawkins campaign for New York State Governor, that challenged the domination of big business over politics and put the interests of the millions over the millionaires.

But this will not happen without your support.

The corporate establishment is intent on unseating the first socialist elected to a major office in decades. We may even see conservative PACs pour money into this election to ensure the profits of the 1% are protected.

Early donations have a greater impact than donations later in the campaign.
Let’s send a powerful message to the corporate establishment and start our campaign on a strong footing.

Donate $100 for a new kind of politics that represents the millions not the millionaires!

Donate $250 to end the domination of the 1% and big business!

Donate $700 (max individual donation) to fight for affordable housing for all!

Donate $1400 (max married donation) to build a powerful working class campaign!

– Kshama Sawant