Sam Webb
LATEST ARTICLES BY Sam Webb
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Opinion
According to the fruits of their labor
August 18, 2010A photo-essay about blueberry workers in eastern Maine by photojournalist David Bacon resurrected my own memories of picking blueberries in Maine as a young boy.
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Road trip in the heartland
August 9, 2010My trip through the Great Plains was pretty tame compared to the travels of Jack Kerouac and Ken Kesey, but this gray-haired son did make a few observations along the way.
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Throwing gasoline on the fire in Asia
August 2, 2010The only good thing I can say about Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's trip to Asia last month is that it is over.
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The barbarians are at the gates
July 22, 2010For the Republican Party, which tells lies as fast as McDonald's makes burgers, there are no moral restraints, only the overarching desire for power.
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Fighting to be reborn
July 14, 2010It wasn't quite "old home week," but attending the U.S. Social Forum last month in Detroit, where I had lived for many years, was special, and thought-provoking.
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No other way to get there
June 24, 2010There's no direct path to socialism - at every new stage of struggle, everybody has his or her opinion about what is to be done, and, not surprisingly, I do too.
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A cautionary tale
June 18, 2010Sometimes we can learn lessons from our adversaries, and here's one we need to heed.
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An idea whose time has come
June 10, 2010A new political and economic model, a new New Deal, is urgently needed, but the tycoons of finance are not about to yield their power - it will take a series of struggles.
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