When the New Deal programs were passed in the mid 1930s, millions of workers were joining unions, striking, and occupying factories to fight for a better life. It was this radical labor movement that forced the establishment to make concessions. — 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 Image
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 Image
On the basis of capitalism, victories like raising the minimum wage are only temporary. — Kshama Sawant Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Big business has many tools to make us pay for the crisis of their system. — Kshama Sawant Copy Share Image
We've seen the weakest economic recovery since World War II, and massive levels of inequality and debt. — Kshama Sawant Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
