Today, we live in a world of incredible wealth and technology, alongside the most horrendous conditions of poverty, war and environmental crisis. This is result of capitalism, a system based on prioritizing profits not human need where the wealth is… — Kshama Sawant Copy Share Image
While we still live in a capitalist society, we of course will fight for whatever reforms help make life better for working people. — Kshama Sawant Copy Share
Socialism is a society where the resources are used democratically to provide a better life for all, based on ending the dictatorship of big… — Kshama Sawant Copy Share
On the basis of capitalism, victories like raising the minimum wage are only temporary. — Kshama Sawant Copy Share
Socialism is a fundamentally different social system where the world's resources are not controlled by a greedy, undemocratic oligarchy. This is not the same… — Kshama Sawant Copy Share
The for-profit health insurance industry is the main obstacle to delivering high quality, universal healthcare for all. It should be replaced with a single-payer… — Kshama Sawant Copy Share
Bernie Sanders talks about socialism in Scandinavia, and he's correct to point to the huge victories the working class has won there through struggle,… — Kshama Sawant Copy Share
Big business has many tools to make us pay for the crisis of their system. — Kshama Sawant Copy Share
We've seen the weakest economic recovery since World War II, and massive levels of inequality and debt. — Kshama Sawant Copy Share
The programs that came to be known as the New Deal were not simply handed down by the benevolence of FDR and the Democrats.… — Kshama Sawant Copy Share
When the New Deal programs were passed in the mid 1930s, millions of workers were joining unions, striking, and occupying factories to fight for… — Kshama Sawant Copy Share
Today, we live in a world of incredible wealth and technology, alongside the most horrendous conditions of poverty, war and environmental crisis. This is… — Kshama Sawant Copy Share
Whether or not you agree with Bernie Sanders' version of socialism, it is enormously significant that, for the first time in US history, a… — Kshama Sawant Copy Share
What Bernie Sanders is calling for is incredibly important. Things like a $15/hour minimum wage, single-payer healthcare, taxing the rich, and free education. The… — Kshama Sawant Copy Share
The underlying issue is the system of capitalism itself, and under this system the best means for regulating or checking their power is not… — Kshama Sawant Copy Share
There is a myth that the New Deal programs on their own pulled the US out of the Great Depression and created the conditions… — Kshama Sawant Copy Share
