The current crisis in the Middle East won’t be the last if this moment doesn’t become a springboard to a just settlement of the long standing desire and right of the Palestinians to their own viable state and homeland. For too long justice has been denied to them. And as long as that is the state of affairs, conflict, violence, and war will be reoccurring.
Even the many supporters of Israel here, I suspect, are reaching a similar conclusion. Will it be a complicated process? For sure. But is it absolutely necessary? Yes!
Written by
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.
