Solidarity with Philadelphia public-sector workers, unionized with AFSMCE District Council 33, who went out on strike this morning. This union represents 9,000 workers who are essential to keeping the city of Philadelphia running. They run the water, parks, and health departments. They perform jobs like 911 dispatch, trash pick up, school crossing guards, airport maintenance, … Read more →

Most of the time, working people have no political representation under capitalism. Both the Democrats and Republicans serve the interests of the billionaires, and both are warmongering parties down to their bones.

My decade as a socialist on the Seattle City Council was fundamentally different. My socialist city council office went to war for working people to defeat the strenuous opposition from both big business and the Democratic Party. And again and again, we won.

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