Comrades,

We are gathering at a time of this historic crisis of capitalism and also, unfortunately at a time of deep crisis of the left.

Working and young people are turning against capitalism. A majority are disgusted by both Democrats and Republicans and want a new party.

Trump and Netanyahu carried out a massive joint military attack on Iran last night. This is a horrific escalation that once again threatens to engulf the entire Middle East in a disastrous and protracted war. 

Our campaign completely opposes and condemns this bipartisan assault on Iran by U.S. imperialism.

Originally published in CounterPunch February 16th, 2026 by Kshama Sawant and David Montequin Trump’s ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) is terrorizing American cities. Thousands of immigrant working and poor people are being grabbed off the streets by masked and warrantless ICE agents traveling in unmarked cars. In early January, the Trump administration launched Operation Metro … Read more

Solidarity with the 15,000 New York City nurses at the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, the Montefiore Medical Center, and the Mount Sinai Hospital, who have launched the city’s largest-ever nurses’ strike.  The rank-and-file members of CWA District 1, NYSNA, and 1199SEIU are demanding safe nurse-to-patient staffing ratios, higher wages, full healthcare coverage and pensions, and increased security … Read more

Despite widespread opposition from working people, Donald Trump and the Republicans have launched a horrific attack against Venezuela and carried out a military coup, including abducting President Nicolás Maduro. This assault by U.S. imperialism must be completely condemned. It is a culmination of a decades-long project of U.S. imperialism motivated not by the false allegations … Read more

Western Washington state has been hit by catastrophic floods stemming from swollen rivers due to back-to-back atmospheric river events. Multiple cities and counties, including the cities of Tukwila, Renton, and Kent in King County in the Ninth Congressional District, have been affected.  My campaign for the U.S. Congress is demanding FULL FUNDING for comprehensive disaster … Read more

On Wednesday this week, the U.S. House voted to authorize a gruesome $900 billion for weapons and war through the 2026 national defense authorization act, or the NDAA. This nearly trillion dollars in blood money was approved with broad bipartisan support in the midst of the continuing holocaust in Gaza and the threat of war … Read more

Help elect the first-ever revolutionary socialist to the U.S. Congress! Working people can’t afford another ride on the merry-go-round of sellouts by the Democratic Party.  We need a new party for working people. Let’s build the strongest possible socialist and workers’ movement to elect Kshama Sawant. Kshama is running as an independent socialist. She is … Read more

Join us in February for our Rent Control Town Hall! Thank you to the working and young people who attended our Free Healthcare Town Hall on Saturday, hosted by my campaign for the U.S. Congress! Over a hundred attended in person at the Rainier Community Center in Seattle and thousands watched the livestream. Join us … Read more