ArticlesMay 6, 20251 min read

Democratic as well as class

Sam Webb

Today’s struggles against Trump and the billionaire class have a democratic as well as a class dimension. A working class approach should take this into account in its articulation of demands as well as its approach to allies and coalition partners — people of color, women, immigrants, gay, lesbian, and trans people, small business people, farmers, and many others.

Narrowly constructed class struggle politics — workers unite —is a recipe for defeat against Trump, Trumpism, and the billionaire class. It was Lenin, the leader of the Russian Revolution and in the epoch of imperialism, who correctly modified the slogan of Marx and Engels, Workers of the World Unite to Workers and all Oppressed People Unite.

Like Lenin, we should do likewise, adjusting our slogans and politics to the conditions of struggle that we face today, namely rising fascism and its relentless, farreaching, and unprecedented assault on class and democratic rights.

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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.

Democratic as well as class

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