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Sam Webb

1,752 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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Buyer’s remorse

Part of the Trump coalition — the non MAGA part — is, not surprisingly, experiencing some buyer’s remorse.

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A new world order?

In Trump’s view, the U.S. led global order that structured international relations for more than a half century no longer serves, if it ever did, U.S. interests and deserves a quick burial. “Trump,” writes University of California political scientist Stephen…

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Formulas of the past

To win against the MAGA onslaught, democracy not only has to be defended, but also deepened and extended to new areas of socio-economic life. Formulas of the past no longer resonate to millions in the present nor address the problems…

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The Democratic Party?

The characterization of the Democratic Party as a party sitting on its hands, like a modern day Nero, is neither accurate nor helpful. Implicit in the characterization is that the Democrats are of one mind and in the pockets of…