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.
To suggest, as Bernie did today, that anybody that isn’t on Bernie’s team is a “corporate” Democrat is pernicious and divisive. It isn’t strategic, not even good tactics, especially if you’re the front runner and likely nominee.
Both Bernie and Biden can beat Trump. To say that nominating one or the other forecloses that possibility rests more on ideological disposition than reality and facts.
Joe Biden’s victory in South Carolina, propelled by African American voters, changes the dynamics of the primary. Tomorrow, Super Tuesday, voters across the country will tell us to what degree and in what ways.
The coronavirus is, sorry to say, bringing to public attention the dangers of hollowing out (Steven Bannon calls it deconstructing the state) federal agencies whose functions are to address issues, like viruses, contagions, and public safety and health. What might…
