Internationalism shouldn’t be at war with national feeling and pride, with a genuine patriotism. To act as if they are cedes political ground to the false patriots of the MAGA movement unnecessarily. The latter wrap themselves up in the flag and espouse patriotic feeling, but we shouldn’t allow them to do that without challenging their hypocrisy and dishonesty.
At the same time, we should unhesitatingly declare by our words and actions that we believe in a patroitism – in love of country – that is grounded in democracy, equality, peace, and solidarity. It is us – not them – that upholds, albeit in difficult conditions, everything that is best, beautiful, and liberatory in our country’s past and fights to embed that in our present and future.
Written by
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.
