Ten long years of socialist politicking, with Kshama Sawant
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Hello from Tammy\\u2019s COVID bunker!\\xa0
This week, after a short tribute to Montana\\u2019s \\u201cdean of journalism,\\u201d Chuck Johnson, R.I.P., Tammy speaks with Kshama Sawant, the three-term socialist Seattle City Councilmember who recently announced that she will not seek reelection after this year. Instead, she has launched Workers Strike Back, \\u201can independent, rank-and-file campaign\\u201d to support organizing nationwide. We discuss [9:42] the Amazonification of Seattle, [31:05] a historic municipal bill banning caste discrimination, and [38:28] critiques of Sawant\\u2019s approach to politics and organizing. Plus: Tammy and Kshama debate union strategy.
In this episode, we ask:\\xa0
Does socialism provide answers to today\\u2019s woes?\\xa0
What did the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020 reveal about identity politics?\\xa0\\xa0
How might the Dobbs ruling and other failures of Democratic leadership help us envision a new political party?\\xa0
What does DSA get right and wrong?\\xa0
For more, read:\\xa0
* Tammy\\u2019s 2019 mini-profile of Kshama\\xa0
* Kshama\\u2019s labor history fave: Teamster Rebellion by Farrell Dobbs\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0
* A Kentucky worker on \\u201cHow We\\u2019re Fighting for a Union at Amazon\\u2019s Biggest Air Hub\\u201d
* Kshama\\u2019s recent bill, making Seattle \\u201cthe first U.S. city to ban caste discrimination"
And some extras from the TTSG team:\\xa0
* Tammy and Mai recommend the French-German-Belgian film, \\u201cReturn to Seoul,\\u201d currently playing in some U.S. theaters.
* Tammy semi-recommends the return of the LA-catering comedy \\u201cParty Down\\u201d (though the first two seasons remain vastly superior) and really recommends these sly, tingly novellas, translated from the Japanese, by Yoko Ogawa.\\xa0
* A happy follow-up to the housing episode with Ritti Singh and Navneet Grewal, reported by TTSG guest Wilfred Chan: \\u201c\\u2018It\\u2019s legal, there\\u2019s just no precedent\\u2019: the first US town to demand a rent decrease\\u201d
* More news in racial impostors, via Andy: \\u201cRaquel Evita Saraswati pretended to be a woman of color. Her deception traumatized the communities she claimed to help.\\u201d
* Some devastating TikToks by college applicants, courtesy of Jay\\xa0
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