Remembering my Uncle Leo who served in the Navy in WWII. Came home at war’s end and found work in the post office. He and his wife didn’t have children so he took a special interest in his younger sister’s three children, myself and my two brothers. And when she died at a young age, he, along with my elderly grandmother, helped to fill the terrible void in a devastated family and home. He has been gone for a long time now, but he still lives in our memory. We will never forget.
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Sam Webb
I'm a long-time socialist and activist, but new to the blogging world. I hope to bring a different perspective on politics, sports, culture, and Marxism. Besides blogging, I also leave plenty of time for swimming, hiking, ESPN, music, reading, drinking good beer, and, not least, my family and friends. I wish I could play basketball, but my knees ruled out that possibility long ago.
While I currently reside in New York, my politically formative years were spent in Portland, Me. and Detroit during the 1970s and 1980s. I graduated from St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia (where I played basketball) and received a MA in economics from the University of Connecticut.
I was the national chairperson of the Communist Party, USA from 2000 until 2014 when I stepped down at the convention. In 2016 I resigned from the Communist Party two years later. We were no longer on the same page.
