UNITED STATES: Socialist wins 18% in council elections

October 12, 2005
Issue 
645
World

In the September 20 Seattle City Council election, Freedom Socialist Party activist Linda Averill won 18% — almost 16,000 votes. Averill, a bus driver, campaigned for an increase in the minimum wage, raised the need for an elected civilian review board over police and called for employer-funded child care. She put forward anti-capitalist solutions to poverty, discrimination and homelessness, and her campaign was endorsed by various unions and community leaders. For more information visit .

From Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly, October 12, 2005.
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