The radicalization of workers isn’t a steadily and inexorably upward process. It ebbs and flows for any number of reasons. Class understanding is made and unmake. And to understand each of these moments of making or unmaking requires a concrete analysis of that moment. In his analysis of the current GM strike, veteran labor reporter Steven Greenhouse unearths the background and larger canvas that prompted GM workers to go on strike after a long hiatus during which the strike weapon was put on the back burner. Of no small significance here were the recent strike actions by teachers and other groups of workers.
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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.
