Sam Webb – Page 570

ArticlesSeptember 9, 20146 min read

Ray Rice and his enablers: why men must speak out

“Ray Rice and his enablers: why men must speak out” first appeared on PeoplesWorld.org on September 9, 2014. Read it at PeoplesWorld.org.

On Sunday night, TMZ Sports released a new video showing Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice knocking out Janay Rice, his then-fiancée and now his wife, on an elevator in a casino hotel. By Monday morning, sports networks and morning talk shows were abuzz, talking again about what is far too familiar in our national life – male violence against women – and the mishandling of this gruesome incident by National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell and the Ravens football team – not to mention the entire National Football League. (more…)

ArticlesAugust 5, 20147 min read

“Bourgeois politics” and the mature left

“Bourgeois politics” and the mature left” first appeared on PeoplesWorld.org on August 5, 2014. Read it on PeoplesWorld.org.

Below is a section of the keynote to the Communist Party USA 30th National Convention, June 13-15, 2014, delivered on the convention’s opening day by outgoing National Chair Sam Webb. The newly elected national chair is John Bachtell, who previously served as Illinois organizer for the party.

This article discusses one of six challenges for the party and progressive movement. (See previous articles here, here and here.) We will feature other sections in the coming weeks.
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ArticlesJuly 25, 201410 min read

How do we get out of this mess?

“How do we get out of this mess?” first appeared on PeoplesWorld.org on July 25, 2014. Read it on PeoplesWorld.org.

Below is a section of the keynote to the Communist Party USA 30th National Convention, June 13-15, 2014, delivered on the convention’s opening day by outgoing National Chair Sam Webb. The newly elected national chair is John Bachtell, who previously served as Illinois organizer for the party.

This article discusses the second of six challenges for the party and progressive movement. (See previous articles here and here.) We will feature other keynote sections in the coming weeks.

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