Seattle City Council Member Kshama Sawant On The Ruling Elite’s Recall Effort Against Her

Kshama Sawant, a member of the Seattle City Council and Socialist Alternative, joins the “Unauthorized Disclosure“ podcast to discuss the unprecedented recall effort against her. The state supreme court in Washington gave a green light to the Recall Swant campaign on April 1. It explicitly targets Kshama for promoting a tax on corporations like Amazon in order to help the city fund housing for lower income residents. Kshama is unfairly singled out for attending a protest against Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan at her home, which was part of a push in June to defund the Seattle Police Department. The grassroots mobilization took place in the weeks following the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police.