does preserve the pure red traditions in america chairman of the united states economy this party sam webb how and thank you for joining us from new york city thank you sam well well first of all just about what we've just heard from our reporter what's your party's attitude to to the occupy movement and does the does the united states communist party somehow take in taking part in occupy wall street or whatever. but we have a very positive attitude towards. occupy wall street in our opinion to change the conversation in the country from a sturdy to inequality. and as you probably know inequality has grown tremendously over the past thirty years since the election of ronald reagan and it's getting worse even in the midst of this economic crisis. the ones who benefited from it are the the wealthiest americans working people though are in very difficult straits now unemployment officially is around eight percent and officially it's nearly double that so the occupy movement is raise some important questions about the conditions of working people inequality unemployment. so it's been a very po

where some say the focus on labor has been forgotten next we hear from sam webb chairman of the american communist party spotlight just ahead. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm sorry welcome to the big picture. hello again or welcome to spotlight the interview show on our site i'm now in today my guest on the program is sampling the web for more than century may has been the month of the working class the first of may is labor day in most countries around the globe and therefore most celebrations parades and stripes to held this month but do you know that the tradition has been a big deal in the communist russia for nearly a century but it originated in the united states and though ironically it's not really cherish them that much of the these dates so what's the condition of the proletariat the most revolutionary class according to lenin and the country of pure kept. celebrating the triumph of socialism