November 21, 2023 “Our movement will claim this historic victory today and fight on. What we won today is a reflection of the balance of forces right now, and it shows we need an even stronger movement in order to address the root causes of the conflic...
Councilmember Kshama Sawant
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Councilmember Kshama Sawant represents the Council District 3, which includes Central Seattle.
A RESOLUTION condemning the Israeli military assault on the people of Gaza, urging an immediate ceasefire, affirming opposition to islamophobia and antisemitism, and urging Congress to end all military funding to Israel.
WHEREAS the Palestinian people of Gaza are now facing an unimaginable human catastrophe as the Israeli military, the fourth-largest in the world, invades and imposes a brutal blockade on Gaza; and WHEREAS, as of November 6, the Israeli military h...
Statement Against Israeli War on Gaza
Friday, October 20, 2023 END THE WAR ON GAZA END US MILITARY FUNDING FOR ISRAEL’S WAR MACHINE SOLIDARITY AGAINST WAR AND TERROR END THE OCCUPATION AND BLOCKADE BUILD A POWERFUL, INTERNATIONAL, ANTI-WAR, ANTI-IMPERIALIST MOVEMENT The Palestinian people ...
PRESS RELEASE: Kshama Sawant Condemns Veto of Caste Discrimination Ban by Democratic California Governor Gavin Newsom
October 9, 2023 “It’s clear that Newsom, Biden, and the Democratic Party as a whole care far more for the strategic relations of the American ruling class with the reactionary Modi regime than they do for oppressed-caste and other marginalized people… ...
My Statement in Support of City of Seattle Workers Fighting for Strong Contracts
September 19, 2023 Greetings, union sisters, brothers, and siblings: As a Seattle City Councilmember, a rank-and-file union member, a proud member of Socialist Alternative and an activist with Workers Strike Back, I am in solidarity with all of the mem...
Read My Speech Against Restarting the “War on Drugs” in Our City
September 19, 2023 Thanks to everyone who demanded that the City Council vote against this legislation. I will be voting ‘no’ on this bill, which is attempt number two by the city’s Democratic Mayor and City Councilmembers to do the bidding of the Cha...
PRESS RELEASE: Sawant Calls for Independently-Elected Community Oversight Over Seattle Police & Firing of Daniel Auderer & Mike Solan After Horrific Comments About Death of Jaanhavi Kandula
September 15, 2023 “Auderer’s actions are far from an exception in police departments nationwide—under both Democrats & Republicans—which use excessive force with impunity, especially against the poor, those facing mental health challenges, women, ...
My Letter to KC Tenants Requesting Letter of Support for Seattle Rent Control Fight
Sent July 28, 2023 Dear Tara and everyone at KC Tenants, My name is Kshama Sawant. I believe we had been in touch some years ago in the context of renters’ rights issues. Congratulations on all the work KC Tenants has been doing! As you might kno...
Seattle Renters: Is your landlord taking part in an alleged “price-fixing” scheme to drive up rents? Get in touch with my office!
RealPage is a company whose software is being used by for-profit landlords to drive up rents sky-high. As alleged in multiple lawsuits, corporations use this software to fix rent prices high, acting as a “cartel,” as the lawsuits allege. The largest Se...
PRESS RELEASE: Sawant Calls on Working People to Fight Modi-Aligned Right Wing & California Democratic Party’s Attempts to Undermine Proposed Caste Discrimination Ban
June 22, 2023 “In a demonstration of the U.S. imperialist “friend-shoring” agenda against the China-led bloc in the New Cold War, President Biden’s White House is currently hosting the reactionary Narendra Modi for an unprecedented “pomp-filled” state ...