Only a strategic alliance of all democratic minded organizations and people – not least the Democratic Party – offers the chance of defeating the powerful opponents of democracy and democratic rights, gathered in and closely aligned to Trump and the Republican Party. Any idea that the alliance is temporary and tactical, to be dispensed with at the first sign of a weakening of this retrograde and authoritarian political bloc is wrongheaded. The accent within this expansive and diverse coalition defending democracy for the foreseeable future should be on finding common ground and cooperation, not contestation and division.
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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.
