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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Trump and his minions are at once laying waste and restructuring the federal government — the administrative state in their words — in the service of the billionaire class and the MAGA movement. It may seem haphazard, and it is,…
The UAW wholeheartedly welcomed the announcement by Trump of a new trade policy. The union apparently believes Trump’s new tariff regime will re-shore auto production to the U.S., increase demand for U.S. made cars and trucks, and bring income and…
