Sam Webb
| Sam Webb | |
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| Chairman of the Communist Party USA | |
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In office 2000–2014 |
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| Preceded by | Gus Hall |
| Succeeded by | John Bachtell |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Samuel Webb July 16, 1945 Maine |
| Political party |
Democratic Party (2016—present) Communist Party (1978—2016) |
| Alma mater |
St. Francis Xavier University, (B.A., Economics) University of Connecticut, (M.A., Economics) |
| Website | www.samwebb.org |
St. Francis Xavier University, (B.A., Economics)
Samuel "Sam" Webb (born July 22, 1945) is an American activist and political leader, who served as the Chairman of the Communist Party USA from 2000 to 2014, succeeding the party's longest running leader Gus Hall. Webb did not accept nomination to be reelected as chairman at the 30th National Convention in 2014, at which John Bachtell was elected the party's new chairman. Webb continued to serve on the party's National Committee until 2016 when he renounced his party membership and joined the Democratic Party.
Samuel Webb was born in Maine and graduated from St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia in 1967. He holds an M.A. in economics from the University of Connecticut. He worked as a Communist Party organizer in Michigan from 1978-1988.
Webb led the CPUSA when it made the decision to support some Democratic candidates in the 2004 presidential election. While the Party regards both major parties as two capitalist entities in a collaborative dictatorship for established financial institutions, it believes that rule by the Democrats is preferable to rule by the Republicans, arguing that the latter puts the interests of working people in considerable danger. During the 2008 election, Webb called President Obama a "people's advocate" and said that some of his early decisions, in reversing some of President George W. Bush's policies, were praiseworthy.
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