The programs that came to be known as the New Deal were not simply handed down by the benevolence of FDR and… — 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… — Kshama Sawant Copy Share Image
There is a myth that the New Deal programs on their own pulled the US out of the Great Depression and created… — 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, such as socialized medicine, free college education, and paid family leave. But if you talk to working people in Sweden or Norway today, you will find out that many of those past gains have been eroded… — Kshama Sawant Copy Share
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
