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Saturday, July 22, 2017
From Socialist Alternative- We raised $10,000 in one night!
On July 9, over 150 people came out to celebrate the historic victory of the $15/hr minimum wage movement that was spearheaded by 15Now, Socialist Alternative, and Ginger Jentzen.
The celebration featured Kshama Sawant, the socialist Seattle City Councilmember who led the fight for $15 in Seattle, who delivered a powerful appeal to support Ginger’s insurgent campaign to challenge the Democratic Party establishment.Together, we raised over $10,000 to elect Ginger to the Minneapolis City Council!
We’re showing it’s possible to build a political alternative, rooted in social justice movements, based on unapologetic demands for working people, and free from donations from corporate executives and big developers. Let’s build on this momentum to raise another $10,000 before the first campaign finance report on August 1st!
Movements make the impossible possible. As Seattle Councilmember Kshama Sawant said at the celebration, “The interests of big business and big developers are diametrically opposed to the interests of working people...but [with $15/hr] we prevailed, because we got organized, and we fought back."
We’ve already knocked on thousands of doors, mobilized over 100 volunteers, and inspired donations from over 700 working people. This is a campaign we can win, if people like YOU continue to dig deep. But big business knows what we’re capable of. The Chamber of Commerce, big downtown developers, and anti-worker corporate executives will spend big to defeat our political revolution.
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