Kshama Sawant

Kshama Sawant is a revolutionary socialist, a founding member of Workers Strike Back, and a former Seattle City Councilmember who led the movement to win the nation’s highest minimum wage and the Amazon Tax on wealthy corporations to fund affordable housing. Kshama is now running for the U.S. Congress as an independent antiwar socialist.

We All Must Stand With NYC Nurses on Strike

January 15, 2026 BY Kshama Sawant

Shawn Fain is Tragically Mistaken: Tariffs Are Not Good for the Working Class

April 24, 2025 BY Kshama Sawant

Fight the Rich

January 27, 2025 BY Kshama Sawant

The Democrats Deserved to Lose 1,000 Times Over

November 15, 2024 BY Kshama Sawant

Boeing Machinists on Strike Have a Historic Opportunity

September 26, 2024 BY Kshama Sawant

Tax Amazon: Strike While the Iron is Hot

December 24, 2019 BY Kshama Sawant

Amazon vs. the Socialists in Seattle

September 23, 2019 BY Kshama Sawant

UPS Teamsters, We Have Your Back in this Fight

August 21, 2018 BY Kshama Sawant

After the Amazon Tax Betrayal

July 2, 2018 BY Kshama Sawant

Socialist Response to Trump’s Address to Joint Session of Congress

March 2, 2017 BY Kshama Sawant

A Socialist Strategy to Defeat Trump 

February 10, 2017 BY Kshama Sawant

A Call to Action: Walk Out from the Democratic National Convention!

July 26, 2016 BY Kshama Sawant

Bernie Sanders Abandons the Revolution

July 13, 2016 BY Kshama Sawant

Beyond Bernie: Still Not With Her

June 24, 2016 BY Kshama Sawant

Party Crashing and Political Revolution: With the DNC Just Weeks Away, What’s Next for Our Movement?

June 6, 2016 BY Kshama Sawant

It’s Not About Bernie: Why We Can’t Let Our Revolution Die in Philadelphia

May 4, 2016 BY Kshama Sawant

The (un)Democratic Primary: Why We Need a New Party of the 99%

April 21, 2016 BY Kshama Sawant

A Response to Obama’s State of the Union

January 21, 2015 BY Kshama Sawant