I hear people on the left say that Ukraine is not much more than a nestful of fascists and Nazis as reason to temper their criticism of Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine. What is astonishing here? It is the indisputable fact that Putin is an imperialist minded, anti democratic, racist, authoritarian, fascist like leader who enjoys the support of a powerful white Christian, hyper natonalist, cross class constituency in Russia and elsewhere. But that doesn’t seem to register in their thinking in any significant way.
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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.
