The overarching challenge of this moment is to further build a multi-class, popular people’s coalition to the point where it has the capacity to throw Trump and the MAGA movement on the defensive and ultimately decisively defeat this incubus of evil and American style fascism.
Such a turn of events and fortunes will take sustained initiatives and struggles on multiple levels. Crucial in this regard are the special gubernatorial elections this fall in New Jersey and Virginia, not to mention the elections in some major cities around the country. Their outcome will give us some measure (for better or worse) of where we stand in the overall struggle against Trump and MAGA.
Obviously, anti MAGA activists should engage in these struggles.
Written by
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.
