I saw someone on FB bellyaching that Debbie Wasserman Schultz in a reversal of her earlier immigration positions is now speaking out against family separations at the border.
I think that such a reaction to Schultz is silly at best. A mature left allows people to change, even welcomes it; a left on the margins is content to posture and upbraid people with less progressive views, even in instances when they shift politically in a progressive direction. Too little, too late, I guess, such people think? Or never forgive, never forget? Or is it simply a small circle mentality?
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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.
