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AMANDA ULMAN

Please describe your education, your occupation, and the training and
experience that qualify you for this position. (50 word limit)

I am a garment factory worker and have two decades of activity with the Socialist Workers Party in support of workers and farmers struggles the world over that strengthen our unity and confidence in the battle to eliminate capitalist exploitation and oppression.

How would you prioritize the current needs facing Houston? (60 word limit)

The problems that working people are facing here and around the world stem from the capitalist system of exploitation, which is going through the deepest crisis in living memory. Working people need to answer the assaults on our class by taking power out of the hands of the ruling rich and reorganize society in the interests of workers and farmers.

How would you manage maintenance and improvement of the city’s
infrastructure (water and sewer lines, roads and bridges, etc.)? (60 word limit)

My campaign demands and fights for a massive federally-funded public works program to employ millions at union-scale wages that can be used to build public transportation and infrastructure as well as quality, affordable public housing, hospitals, and more, to meet the needs of all working people.

What initiatives would you take to coordinate public health and safety resources in the event of a future crisis, e.g. an epidemic similar to the H1N1 virus, or a hurricane or other natural disaster, or other emergency? (60 word limit)

The consequences of natural disasters and man-made crises fall heaviest on the working class. My campaign proposes universal public health care in one public system where disability benefits, retirement pensions, and health care for life are available for everyone regardless of their citizenship status. Cuba’s world-class health care and emergency response record shows what a socialist