Sam Webb

 
 
Sam Webb

Sam Webb is a member of the National Committee of the Communist Paryt USA. He served as the party's national chairperson from 2000 to 2014. Previously he was the state organizer of the Communist Party in Michigan. Earlier, he was active in the labor movement in his home state of Maine.

He is a public spokesperson for the CPUSA, and travels extensively in the U.S. and abroad, including trips to South Africa, China, Vietnam, and Cuba where he met with leaders of those countries.

Webb currently resides in New York City, graduated from St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia and received his MA in economics from the University of Connecticut.

 

Building a Transformative Movement & Party

Building a Transformative Movement & Party

The main factor explaining the grim circumstances in which the working class finds itself is the one-sided intensification of the class struggle by the capitalist class.  

BY:Sam Webb| May 7, 2013
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Hugo Chavez empowered and united

Hugo Chavez empowered and united

The powerful voice of Hugo Chavez - a voice for economic justice, democracy, empowerment, national independence, continental solidarity, peace, anti-imperialism, and socialism - has been stilled.

BY:Sam Webb| March 15, 2013
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Defeat for the Right, Victory for the People & Democracy

Defeat for the Right, Victory for the People & Democracy

The recent election vote is an insistent call for action on the most pressing problems facing the working class and people. That is the election's mandate.

BY:Sam Webb| November 21, 2012
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Democracy comes out on top on Nov. 6

Democracy comes out on top on Nov. 6

The Communist Party said a year ago that the 2012 elections would be the main front of the class and democratic struggle, and subsequent events have confirmed that fact.

BY:Sam Webb| November 9, 2012
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Some left intellectuals fall short on strategy and tactics

Some left intellectuals fall short on strategy and tactics

Today's left intellectuals offer both insight and inspiration. But as good social analysts as they are, some of them come up short at the political level.

BY:Sam Webb| August 7, 2012
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