The support of white workers without a college education for Trump and the GOP – evidenced once again this week in the Virginia elections – constitutes a major obstacle to progressive politics as well as a counter movement to the present turn toward class, anti-Trump politics by other sections of the working class. How to address this section of white workers in a way that moves them in a progressive, anti-racist, class struggle direction will take great political skill, creativity, patience, and persistence. Evading this task isn’t an option.
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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.
