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with Chris Hedges
RT America on Jun 20, 2016
In this week’s episode of On Contact, Chris Hedges explores how to counter establishment politics with Kshama Sawant, the only socialist on the Seattle City Council. RT Correspondent Anya Parampil reports on the obstacles third party candidates face in trying to enter the race for the White House.
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with Abby Martin
Empire Files on May 30, 2016
As the flailing Hillary Clinton camp steps-up its attacks on Bernie Sanders, her poll numbers continue to drop—and for the first time, have her losing to Donald Trump in a general election.
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Updated: Jan. 22, 2015
Brave New Films on Jan 21, 2015 Continue reading
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Joe Friendly on Sep 21, 2014
The Talk before the Walk: Among issues raised: elected socialist Kshama Sawant declares saving the planet requires the public taking ownership of the public corporations, especially oil, so they actually served the public and the planet! Plus: Will Bernie please run against Hillary?
The night before the 9/21 climate change march in NYC, Bill MiKibben, Bernie Sanders, Naomi Klein, Chris Hedges, Kshama Sawant, on a panel moderated by Brian Lehrer with a huge crowd at All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church in Manhattan.
OK, now for some good news.
TheSocialistParty on Jun 4, 2014
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Socialist councillor Kshama Sawant’s address in the Seattle council chamber as it passed the historic $15 an hour bill in the USA, doubling the minimum wage compared to the federal rate.
This is the transcript: Continue reading
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with Chris Hedges
breakingtheset on Feb 6, 2014
Abby Martin features an exclusive interview with Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Chris Hedges, concerning areas of extreme poverty that he refers to as crisis zones, as well as the reasons behind the collapse of complex societies.
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SeattleChannel21 on Jan 28, 2014
Socialist Councilmember Kshama Sawant responses to Obama’s State of the Union address tonight.
by Danny Katch
SocialistWorker.org
December 11, 2013
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SPEECHES THAT go down in history do so for different reasons.
Mario Savio’s call to students to throw themselves on the “gears of the machine” during the Berkeley Free Speech Movement in 1964 conjures the best of the moral outrage of that era. Sojourner Truth’s biting question “Ain’t I a woman?” conveys the impossible position that Black women still hold at the intersection of two different forms of oppression. Continue reading
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TheRealNews on Nov 19, 2013
TRNN speaks with Socialist Kshama Sawant about her vision of an alternative to capitalism. Continue reading
