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Rogue0071
Dec 8, 2009

Grey Hunter's next target.

Nintendo Kid posted:

I know what you're saying, you're still wrong. Third parties as a way to get a message across to a wider audience are not really ever successful.

Socialist Alternative didn't make $15 an hour happen, Seattle is literally one of the most left leaning cities in the country and they were only pushed to it because of the SeaTac $15 an hour wage floor for most workers. Also the Tea Party is not a third party, you clown.

Socialist Alternative was not the only factor in Seattle's minimum wage increase, but Kshama Sawant's campaign, which focused on $15 as its central issue, mobilized tens of thousands of people, and was able to defeat a 16-year incumbent Democrat on that issue, was very significant in pushing the Democrats in Seattle to support it.

Another example to look at would be the role of the CCF/NDP in Canada in getting the Liberals to pass national public health care.

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