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Sam Webb

1,755 posts, 2001–2026
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.
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No direct path to socialism

The left if it is wise elaborates a strategic policy at each stage of struggle. After all, there is no direct or inevitable path to a fulsome democracy or democratic socialism. Nor is the working class going to simply “rise…

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Midwives

Majoritarian political movements are the midwives of reforms and radical transformations. Militant minorities composed of progressive and left movements make a big and necessary difference, providing as they do initiative, militancy, and vision. But — and this is a big…

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False oppositions

A reality based left — not all iterations of the left are — steers clear of false oppositions between partial and more advanced demands, between gradual and radical change, between electoral forms of action and direct action, between mass action…

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Chimes of Freedom Clashing

Chimes of freedom clashing Part 1The day-to-day lives of most working people have improved far less than what most of them had hoped. In fact, the main trends that frame life for much of the working class that is diverse…