Hopefully, the Ukrainian people and army will repel this invasion and the Russian people – as many are wont to do – will continue their struggle to stop the war and retire, asap, the Putin regime. If that is the case, I assume that democratic, progressive, and socialist minded people worldside will – with tactics in mind – do whatever they can to express their solidarity for people in both countries in their conjoined struggles. We would look worse than silly if we stood on the sidelines and looked on indifferently.
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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.
