emily mcarthur

Got attacked for not attending enough of their meetings...like sorry I didn't get class credit for the one where the chairs insist we cosplay 1934 strikers instead of talking about how to build an actual General Strike in 2026.

Can't believe I just sat through a SDSA convention where more time was alotted to the power of asking some1 out for a beer than debating an endorsement for the most effective elected socialist this country has ever seen. Shameful.

When will @RealGDT do for the Mexican Revolution what he did for the Spanish Civil War? #PansLabyrinth #DevilsBackbone

This is because of @SocialistAlt unfortunately holding @cmkshama’s IG and TikTok hostage since Kshama left to build @wrkrsstrikeback We have repeatedly urged Socialist Alternative not to be sectarian and to please give Kshama her accounts back @SocialistAltSEA @SocialistAltEWS

Not to be dramatic but there’s more poop in my neighborhood than when horses were the main form of transportation.

Yesterday the largest hybrid-electric ferry in the country landed at Seattle’s Coleman Dock. @wsferries

It’s only 10 days into Kshama's independent socialist campaign for Congress against pro-genocide Democrat Adam Smith, and already the right-wing attacks are escalating, including the defacement of our posters as you can see in the photos below. Unsurprisingly, the main attack is that opposing the genocide in Gaza makes @cmkshama “anti-Semitic.” This, of course, is not only one of the favorite slurs against the antiwar movement from the right wing, but also from Democratic politicians like Chuck Schumer who just published a book with this premise called “Antisemitism in America.” It’s one of the iron laws of working-class politics that the greater the political impact you’re having, the more you’ll get attacked, and that’s what’s happening here in spades. The right wing and the Democratic Party hate that working people are excited about our demands to end the genocide, end all U.S. military aid to Israel, stop the deportations & shut down the detention centers, win free healthcare by taxing the rich, and fight for rent control. They hate that our campaign has already raised over $70,000 from working people in 40 states, Washington DC, and Puerto Rico. The BEST way to push back on these kinds of attacks is to build the strongest possible campaign and go on the offensive for working people. If you’re reading this, please take a moment to go to kshamasawant.org/donate and make a donation now. And also sign up to volunteer for our campaign — it’s going to take thousands of us to defeat Adam Smith and the Zionist lobby that’s backing him to the hilt. In some ways the more disappointing, though predictable, development has been the sectarian attacks from the “left.” This includes some activists at Wednesday’s ICE Out protest physically (and somewhat violently) ripping the microphone out of Kshama’s hands as she was speaking and then screaming in her face. That has since been followed up by a sectarian social media post by DSA member, Sundar Sharma, who justifies the incident by saying Kshama was “bogarting the mic.” In fact she was about 2 minutes into her speech, which had been punctuated repeatedly by loud applause. The mood was electric and most people were hanging on Kshama's every word. Sundar also bizarrely claims that Kshama was criticizing DSA. She hadn’t said a word about DSA, but she *was* rightly criticizing the Democrats for their total failure to fight Trump. Many people chanted “let her speak” after the mic was seized from Kshama, but the sectarians weren't having it. Instead of this kind of toxicity on the left, we urgently need to put the focus on fighting effectively for the urgent issues we agree on. That’s one of the reasons we’re building the strongest antiwar, working-class campaign in the country behind Kshama’s run for US Congress: End the genocide in Gaza — no military aid, no occupation End the deportations — shut down the detention centers Free healthcare now — tax the rich We need rent control — make corporate landlords pay I hope you’ll join us.

"We need mass strikes & mass civil disobedience to defeat Trump's horrendous agenda of deportations... Trump says this is disorderly — he hasn’t seen anything yet. Most urgently, the labor leadership should call for a general strike in the LA metro area." - @cmkshama Link 👇

Both Democrats & Republicans serve warmongering billionaires. I'm running for Congress against Democrat Adam Smith, who has fully backed the genocide in Gaza & has blood all over his hands. Just as I used my City Council election campaigns to build momentum to win the first major-city $15 minimum wage (which is now the nation's highest at $20.76/hour), the Amazon Tax, and unprecedented renters' rights, I will use my Congressional election campaign to help build the antiwar, anti-genocide movement and to launch a historic fight for Medicare for All. Just as I did in my decade as a representative of working people in Seattle, if I’m elected to Congress, I will accept only the average worker’s wage and donate the rest of my six-figure salary to workers’ and social justice movements. kshamasawant.org/why-im-running/

State of the parking garage blockade right now. Protesters are zip-tying and duct taping the Lime scooters and bikes in a 21st century answer to the barricades of Paris

French & Italian dock workers are refusing to load ships with weapons for the Israeli military. This is exactly what American port workers & the ILWU longshore workers' union leadership should be organizing to end the genocide in Gaza. The working class DOES have the power to end the genocide, and this is how. Through workers internationally shutting down the genocide machinery. This is why I'm running against the warmonger Democratic Congressmember Adam Smith who has approved billions of dollars for the Israeli state's genocide of the Palestinian people & called antiwar protestors "left-wing fascists". My campaign is calling for an end to the genocide, to all U.S. military funding for Israel, and to Israeli occupation of Gaza & the West Bank. I stand with the CGT, the French trade union confederation, who say: "We will not participate in the ongoing genocide orchestrated by the Israeli government. "We are for peace between peoples. We are opposed to all wars. We deplore all armed conflicts that cause death, misery, and the exodus of populations. "For peace. For an end to wars in the world. For society free from capitalist exploitation."

In its first three days, my working-class, anti-genocide campaign has raised over $50,000 from working people in 35 states to DEFEAT warmongering Democratic Congressman Adam Smith. Smith’s #1 donor is @AIPAC, along with executives from Palantir, Microsoft, and weapons manufacturers. He is a loyal representative of the billionaire class. He has helped lead the financing of the ongoing genocide in Gaza as one of the most influential members of the House Armed Services Committee. Donate and help build the strongest working-class, antiwar campaign in the country to turn the billionaires and their representatives on the defensive: kshamasawant.org/donate/ We’re getting nowhere by supporting the parties of the billionaires. Instead, send the socialist money can’t buy to U.S. Congress to end the genocide in Gaza, tax the rich to fund free healthcare for all, win rent control, and force a reckoning for big business and both their parties.

BREAKING: KSHAMA SAWANT IS RUNNING FOR U.S. CONGRESS.

BREAKING: Independent socialist Kshama Sawant is running for Congress to take on the corrupt two-party system, end the genocide in Gaza, and fight for a nationalized healthcare system. She will be taking on Democrat warmonger Adam Smith and running as an independent.

Indian-American politician and economist Kshama Sawant announced her candidacy for the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington on June 2. @cmkshama #BREAKING #USCongress #IndianAmerican #Socialist #Independents #Politics #Seattle newindiaabroad.com/english/news/k…

Former Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant will run for Congress in Washington’s 9th District. seattletimes.com/seattle-news/p…

KSHAMA FOR CONGRESS Workers Strike Back members have voted overwhelmingly to back Kshama Sawant’s working-class, antiwar, anti-genocide campaign for U.S. Congress. Help build the strongest antiwar, anti-genocide campaign in the country: kshamasawant.org/donate 👉 END the genocide in Gaza — No Military Aid, No Occupation! 👉 Free Healthcare for All — Tax the Rich! 👉 We Need Rent Control — Make Corporate Landlords Pay! Elect the socialist money can’t buy. Kshama Sawant for U.S. Congress.

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Trump has been forced to declare a 90-day pause on big parts of his tariff plan after the stock market crisis, but a lot of damage has already been done to working people. Watch our new episode now: youtube.com/watch?v=O4LtGY… We need to reject all the false shortcuts being dangled in front of us & build an independent, militant movement to bring down Trump, the billionaires, both their political parties, and their system.

Teamwork makes the dream work in the San Juan Islands 😎 📸: Aidan Wahl, OS