Don’t forget to remind your family and friends that Barack Obama is making a commencement speech to the graduating class of 2020 tonight. Some networks and media sites are carrying it. The contrast between the former president and the current one will be stark and unmistakable. Thus the speech to a national audience will be a political event, even if that isn’t its intention. Obama will likely mention the devastating and deadly impacts of a pandemic as well as the growing crisis of governance that exists, as a result of lies, decisions, and actions of Trump and his Republican enablers.
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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.
