The nearly 75 million people who voted for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris belong on the honor role of this election. In denying Trump a second term, they denied him the immense and concentrated power of the executive branch of government for the next 4 years. The right wing extremist movement that Trump leads, we are reminded, still retains considerable power and influence notwithstanding Trump’s loss. While that is the case on one level, on another the loss of the executive branch and its associated powers not only puts a stop to an accelerated dive into full blown right wing authoritarianism, but also constitutes a body blow to their power and influence going forward.
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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.
