Sam Webb
LATEST ARTICLES BY Sam Webb
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Opinion
Is this a socialist moment?
January 25, 2010Is this a socialist moment? I hear this question when I travel. So here is the answer I usually give when asked at public meetings.
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Setting the record straight
January 20, 2010Some on the left say the Communist Party USA has no differences with President Obama. Just to set the record straight: we do, and we express them, but we go to great lengths to state them...
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Haiti: more than meets the eye
January 15, 2010The world grieves as images of the beleaguered and dying Haitian people find their way into our homes. Despite the outrageous statements of Pat Robertson (Haitian people made a pact with devil), Rush Limbaugh (President Obama...
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We looked into the future and the problem is us
January 12, 2010Harsh talk about Obama from the left can easily become a substitute for examining our inadequacies. Wouldn't we be well served to look into the mirror?
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A program to address the economic crisis
December 28, 2009Only direct and indirect government intervention to stimulate and restructure the economy along democratic lines stands a chance of lifting the working class and nation out of crisis.
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Reflections on some political and ideological questions today
December 21, 2009The president doesn't simply register and reflect the balance of power; he influences it as well; no other person has as much power as the president.
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Early lessons from 2009
December 15, 2009A year ago, we said that the country was entering an era of democratic reform and that the same coalition that defeated the right in the 2008 elections would drive the process going forward.
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The dynamics of health care reform
December 10, 2009The current struggle for health care reform gives us a concrete glimpse of the contours, dynamics and complexities of the issue.
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