Democrats are a dumpster fire of a party.
Could it be any more obvious that they don’t give a damn about working and poor people? They’re ruthless representatives of the wealthy and the bosses as much as the Republicans are.
They carried out a government shutdown as a purely performative gesture, claiming that they were standing up for Affordable Care Act subsidies and the restoration of Medicaid funding.
But they held the shutdown just long enough for the 2025 elections to get done. Then they picked a group of Senators who are either retiring or are not up for re-election in 2026 to be the bad guys.
Tens of millions of poor people went through absolute heartache for the basic food assistance they lost during the shutdown. TSA workers went six weeks without pay, many of them facing evictions because they were unable to pay their rent.
The Democratic Party had multiple chances to make the ACA tax credits permanent when they had Biden in the White House and a majority in both the House and the Senate. They could have voted in Medicare for All, but they represent the billionaires and multimillionaires, so of course, they did not.
The Democratic Party is utterly rotten. Working people need a new party of our own. A party whose leaders fight against the bosses and their political goons.
I am running as an independent revolutionary socialist against genocidal billionaire-backed Democrat Adam Smith. Winning our election would be nothing short of a political earthquake in D.C. politics and a huge step towards a new party for workers.
My campaign is fighting for free healthcare for all funded by taxing the rich, national rent control, and a national $25/hour minimum wage. We are fighting for an end the genocide in Gaza, for a permanent end to all U.S. military aid to Israel, and to the brutal occupation of Palestinian lands.
Following is L.A. Progressive’s September 8 interview with Kshama Sawant. If you’re new to Kshama and her campaign, a campaign that I’m supporting, then this interview serves as an excellent introduction.
Related Off-site Links:
Kshama Sawant Stiffs Corporate Duopoly, Runs as an Independent Against Adam Smith for Congress – Corporate Crime Reporter (October 19, 2025).
Why Kshama Sawant Is Running for Congress – Vincent De Stefano (L.A. Progressive, September 9, 2025).
Introducing Kshama Sawant, Socialist Candidate for Congress – Videocratic Media (via YouTube, September 8, 2025).
Will Zohran Mamdani Empower or Betray the Working Class? – An Interview with Kshama Sawant – The Chris Hedges Report (July 2, 2025).
Kshama Sawant Reacts To Zohran Mamdani’s Stunning Primary Victory in New York City – Due Dissidence (June 27, 2025).
Kshama Sawant, a Seattle Socialist, to Challenge Veteran WA Democratic Congressman – Jerry Cornfield (Washington State Standard, June 2, 2025).
Kshama Sawant: How Socialists Beat the Democrats in Seattle – On Strike! (December 15, 2023).
Left Parties Advanced in the 2024 U.S. Election – Alan Zundel (Political Dharma, March 5, 2025).
Why the Democratic Party Is Not Going to Save Us From Fascism – The Humanist Report (March 6, 2025).
Jill Stein and Kshama Sawant on the Fight the Rich Movement – Sabby Sabs (January 26, 2025).
Trump Is Unpopular – and So Are the Do-Nothing Democrats – Jeet Heer (The Nation, February 18, 2025).
You Don’t Actually Need to Pick a Team – Caitlin Johnstone (CaitlinJohnston.substack, February 21, 2025).
The Left Can Only Win If There is a Left – Richard Moser (CounterPunch, August 2, 2024).
See also the previous Wild Reed posts:
• Robert Reich on the “Big Ugly Cave” by Senate Democrats
• Kshama Sawant: Independent Working-class Campaigns Can Succeed
• A Timely and Important Conversation
• History Matters
• David Norton: “The Democratic Party Serves Capital, Not You”
• Matthew Cooke on the Fallacy That Socialism “Doesn't Work”
• “It Is Our Responsibility to Make a Third Party Viable”
• “The Moment Is Ripe”: Butch Ware on Building a “True Oppositional Alternative” to the Duopoly
• No, Hitler and the Nazis Weren’t Socialists
• What It Means to Be a Leftist in 2025
• Ted Rall: “Democrats Are Not the Left”
• Democrat Talk on the Eve of Trump’s Return
• Breaking the Mold: Why Progressives Should Push for Marianne Williamson to Lead the DNC
• Inauguration Day Thoughts
• The Green Party’s Jill Stein and Butch Ware Give Their First Post-Election Interview
• Progressive Perspectives on Where Democrats Went Wrong in the 2024 Election
• “A New Chapter of the Democratic Party Needs to Begin”
• What the Republican Party Now Stands For
• The Lamentable Legacy of the Biden Administration
• Jill Stein: “We Give Reasons for People to Come Out and Vote”
• We’re Witnessing a Liberal Meltdown Over Jill Stein
• Butch Ware: “You Can Actually Vote Your Conscience”
• Peter Bloom on the Unmasking of the “Democratic Charade”
• The “Green Smoothie” Option
• Green Party Vice Presidential Candidate Butch Ware in Minneapolis
• When Democrats Undermine Democracy
• Elise Labott on How Third Parties Can Revitalize Democracy
• Something to Think About – August 15, 2024
• Centrist/Corporatist Democrats Have Just Launched “Left Punching” Season
• “Americans Deserve Choices”: Jill Stein on Breaking Points – 4/30/24
• AOC Falls in Line
• The Cassandra of U.S. Politics on the “True State of the Union”
• Will Democrats Never Learn?
• “The Next Step Is a Green Step”: Cornel West Endorses Jill Stein (2016)
• Bernie Sanders and Jill Stein: Is a “Historic Collaboration” in the Making?
• Hope Over Fear: Voting Green
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