Kshama Sawant on Running Against the Dem Establishment, Tara Al-Alami on Israel's Se*ual Violence
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Kshama Sawant discusses her congressional run and socialism, while Tara Al-Alami addresses Israel's systemic sexual violence against Palestinians.
Kshama Sawant talks about why she's running for Congress, her theory of change and what socialism means. Palestinian writer and organizer Tara Al-Alami talks about "Predatory State," a new report published by the Palestinian Feminist Collective with supported from Progressive International, which documents Israel’s systematic use of sexualized and gendered violence against Palestinians, across detention centres, homes, military operations, and systems of surveillance, from the Nakba of 1948 to the present. The report shows that this violence is not incidental. It is a systemic and historical mechanism of settler-colonial rule. Kshama Sawant was elected to the Seattle City Council in 2013 as the first socialist in nearly a century. She won four elections during a decade in office, overcoming bitter opposition from big business and the Democratic Party. Her office won the nation’s highest minimum wage (now $21.30/hour), the Amazon Tax, and landmark renter rights. In the wake of the Dobbs ruling that dismantled Roe v Wade, Kshama won publicly funded free abortion in Seattle. She also won the nation's second and strongest resolution against the genocide in Gaza in November 2023…
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