To think of a united front against the Republican Party and the larger right wing authoritarian movement that fails to include President Biden and the Democratic Party is the worse kind of sectarian nonsense. It has the smell of radicalism and left wing polltics, I suppose, but not the substance. It’s a form of radicalism that, strategically speaking, gives little thought to what kind of coalition stands any chance of defeating the gathering white nationalist authoritarian juggernaut, while preserving our democracy and setting the stage for a new era of social progress.
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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.
