To yield the cultural struggle – abortion, homosexuality, transgender rights, multiculturalism, racism, patriotism, and so on – to the Republican Party and MAGA movement in favor of an election strategy that singularly focuses on “economic” issues will likely backfire. In contrast, a far better strategy is to organically blend the two together. The conservative Andrew Breitbart’s assertion that “politics is downstream from culture,” (meaning that to win elections, it is necessary to first shape cultural perceptions of voters) may be overdrawn some, but not by much.
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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.
