The political reality analyzed below by Paul Krugman still goes under appreciated by too many. I’m always amazed when commentators write about the existential threat of the climate crisis, but then have nothing or very little to say about the urgency of defeating right wing extremism in next year’s election. Krugman in the article below however tells us that its defeat isn’t a lower order task, but an absolutely necessary one if we’re going to save ourselves and the planet.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/04/opinion/republicans-climate-change-denial-denial.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-right-region®ion=opinion-c-col-right-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-right-region
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Sam Webb
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.
