https://freerepublic.com/tag/howasocialistwon/ en-us Sat, 1 Feb 2014 20:36:44 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3118267/posts **SNIP** Lesson #9: Join the Fight Last but not least, we had Kshama Sawant – an intelligent, eloquent, passionate yet tactful immigrant woman of color running against stale establishment white guys in both 2012 and 2013. Sawant is an impressive speaker and a determined fighter, no doubt. But she is also an ordinary person who happened to attend a couple public forums in 2008 and was impressed with the Socialist Alternative speakers’ political clarity. Through discussions with Socialist Alternative, she decided to dedicate her life to fighting for a socialist world. Most ordinary people gravely underestimate our own potential to... Socialist Alternative https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3118267/posts#comment Sat, 1 Feb 2014 20:36:44 GMT