Kshama Sawant: An interview with ‘the most dangerous woman in America’ There is an alternative — even in the United States Perhaps no other elected official on the Left in the United States is Read more…
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Cowichan Conversations: Chris Hedges–The Most Dangerous Woman in America
At a time when voters stay away from the polls in droves it seems new voices of relevance register with those who the politicians generally avoid. Clearly the key for many successful younger politicians is to reach out to the disenfranchised, the unrepresented, the majority. In Seattle a champion has
Continue readingEarthgauge Radio: ‘Climate Change: Which way out?’ with Naomi Klein, Bill McKibben, Chris Hedges, Bernie Sanders, Kshama Sawant
From left: Chris Hedges, Naomi Klein, Brian Lehrer (moderator), Bill McKibben, Kshama Sawant I was fortunate to attend the largest climate change march in history on September 21, 2014 in New York City. It was an incredible experience to see roughly 400,000 in the streets demanding urgent action on
Continue readingPolitical Eh-conomy: Political Eh-conomy Radio: Kshama Sawant
https://politicalehconomy.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/podcast-141001-kshama-sawant.mp3 Last year, Kshama Sawant shocked the continent by winning a seat on Seattle’s City Council. She defeated an incumbent Democrat to become the first openly socialist city councillor in Seattle in a century. Sawant, an immigrant from India with a background as a software engineer and an economics professor,
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