https://internationalviewpoint.org/ International Viewpoint, the monthly English-language magazine of the Fourth International, is a window to radical alternatives world-wide, carrying reports, analysis and debates from all corners of the globe. Correspondents in over 50 countries report on popular struggles, and the debates that are shaping the left of tomorrow. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://internationalviewpoint.org/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH25/siteon0-da713.png?1745245334 https://internationalviewpoint.org/ 25 144 https://internationalviewpoint.org/On-Seattle-Kshama-Sawant-Elections-and-the-US-Left https://internationalviewpoint.org/On-Seattle-Kshama-Sawant-Elections-and-the-US-Left 2014-02-22T19:42:41Z text/html en Andrew Sernatinger United States (USA) <p>At this point, most people are pretty familiar with Kshama Sawant's election to the Seattle City Council. Sawant first ran for the Washington State House of Representatives in the fall of 2012 and used her notoriety and unexpected positive reception to run again at the municipal level in 2013, defeating her opponent Richard Conlin in a tight race.</p> - <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/-IV469-February-2014-" rel="directory">IV469 - February 2014</a> / <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-United-States-USA-+" rel="tag">United States (USA)</a>