Message from Kshama Sawant calling for the acquittal of the Las Heras oil workers

Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant, member of Socialist Alternative (in political solidarity with the Committee for a Workers International)

PETITION For the acquittal of the workers of the Las Heras Oil Refinery

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