In an earlier post(s) I commented on socialism and socialist democracy. Here is a long piece that I wrote more than 15 years ago. It was an attempt to rethink the Communist Party’s vision of socialism and the place of democracy in a socialist society and much more. It was overdue.
In the aftermath of the Soviet Union’s collapse in 1991, we heaped blame on Gorbachev and re-emphasized our commitment to “Bill of Rights” socialism, but we did nothing to critically look at some of the assumptions that shaped and informed our understanding and vision of socialism, not to mention come to grips with socialism’s implosion.
Anyway, here is my attempt to do that.
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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.
