Biden may have retreated on this or that promise, but the coalition instrumental in electing him – save a few like Reverend Barber and the Poor People’s Campaign – has gone on an extended vacation since the election. Everyone needs a vacation, but in this case the timing couldn’t be worse. Its public, demonstrable presence in the deliberations going on in Washington is urgently needed.
This would be a great opportunity for the new leadership of the AFL-CIO to fill this vacuum of inaction and passivity. 40 years ago, it did when it organized Solidarity Day I and II in the early Reagan years.
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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.
