Not only do I agree with everything Kshama Sawant is saying here, but I also love what she’s wearing 🙂
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Kshama Sawant: …I don’t think the most important question is whether or not a certain FBI director was fired. And I’ll say why: because the FBI itself is part of a racist and repressive security and state apparatus. It has a long track record of targeting activists, black activists. So, at the end of the day, the larger question is what this indicates as far as the status of the administration is concerned, and what should we be doing about it. I think a lot of people correctly want Trump out. I want Trump out. But I want Trump, the Republicans, the billionaire class and the security state out of power. How do we accomplish that?
…The strike actions on May 1st were very significant. And ultimately, a very strong indicator of what’s already happened in Trump’s regime is the airport actions that happened in late January, that were a decisive factor, the civil disobedience and shutdown, peaceful shutdown, of airports. That was a decisive factor in giving Trump his first stinging defeat on his attempted Muslim ban. I think we need more of those kinds of social movements. And right now, if people are sitting up and taking notice, let’s get organized.
…if you’re talking about the most important issue for Americans right now, it’s healthcare. …when the majority of people want single payer, why is it that the most prominent Democrat, Nancy Pelosi, said that single payer will not be in the Democratic Party platform? Why is it that in Democratic-dominated states—Washington, Oregon, California, all of these have Democratic governors—why isn’t it that they are joining? Why aren’t the prominent Democrats joining the movements on the ground and saying, “Let’s fight for single-payer healthcare. Let’s tax the rich. Let’s make sure we have a West Coast-wide single-payer healthcare”?
…we cannot rely on corporate Democrats. We will have to build independently of the corporate Democrats and fight for single-payer healthcare. More here.