Sam Webb
LATEST ARTICLES BY Sam Webb
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Opinion
What the economic conversation needs to be about
June 6, 2010The focus on "fiscal responsibility" conceals the real causes of the crisis, and if we don't address those we don't have a snowball's chance in hell of lifting workers out of the quicksand.
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Peace
Honoring buddies, not war, on Memorial Day
May 31, 2010Today, I will again lift a pint of ale in memory of my three friends and their comrades who died in Vietnam, without honoring the aggressive and unjust war.
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Opinion
CPUSA: A fighting spirit
May 28, 2010Without any sense of hyperbole, the 29th convention of the Communist Party was a "home run."
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Opinion
A reality check on Wall Street
April 29, 2010By any objective measure, Wall Street has given up its right to manage our nation's finances.
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Opinion
Betting on all sides
April 22, 2010If you listened to the recent testimony of Wall Street executives about the financial crisis, you would think that they were mere innocent spectators to it all.
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Opinion
A critical terrain of struggle
April 14, 2010The AFL-CIO and its new president, Richard Trumka, are going to spend a day on Wall Street later this month, but not everyone there is planning to welcome them.
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Opinion
Heaven help us if we don’t heed his call
April 9, 2010Decades from now, climate scientist James Hansen will occupy a prominent place in our history books, but what we don't know now is whether humankind will heed his alarm or go on with business as usual.
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Opinion
Not just any movement
April 2, 2010Only a particular kind of movement has the capacity to challenge the array of forces on the other side of the class struggle at this juncture.
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