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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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Obama speaks

President Obama’s speech yesterday, three months before the elections and on the same day that Trump tweeted that we may have to postpone the elections, was a much needed intervention in our national conversation and politics. There were other speakers…

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First shot of Cold War

The dropping of nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and then Nagasaki was more the first shot of the Cold War than a necessary action to compel Japan to lay down its arms and surrender in the final days of WW II.…

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Not helpful

To say that Trump is a product of longer terms trends in our society is true, but not necessarily helpful if it occludes in the slightest way the particular uniqueness of Trump’s ascendancy to power, the immense dangers of his…

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Blast Trump

Maneuvering in politics is a critical skill. We see it today in the struggle around a stimulus package. Trump’s announcement of of a series of executive actions to break the impasse in the Senate over the passage of a second…

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Socialism and China

China has made impressive economic advances, thanks to Deng in no small part. I saw its advances first hand on two trips there. But socialism should be judged, first of all, by the degree to which its extends the boundaries…