The Obama presidency
Escuchando a Barack Obama en estos días, pareciera que él fuera un paladín del pueblo contra Wall Street--pero al separar la paja del trigo en lo que dice, otra realidad se sobrepone.
January 27, 2012 Barack Obama is portraying himself as a crusader against Wall Street on behalf of ordinary people--but you have to separate rhetoric from reality.
January 25, 2012 Ordinary African Americans will have to fight for their own "Black agenda" since no one can seriously expect Barack Obama to do it.
September 29, 2011 It's clearer to the world than ever that Barack Obama's words mean nothing when it comes to pursuing peace in the Middle East.
September 27, 2011 The "real" Barack Obama is the one who wants cuts in the social safety net--and the "class warrior" is a costume he dons for election campaigns.
September 26, 2011 A pesar de haber sido cómplice en la sangría bipartidista presupuestaria durante el "debate" acerca del déficit y la deuda, Obama ahora aparentar de que él detuvo la arremetida republicana.
August 19, 2011 Despite the bipartisan budget bloodletting during the deficit "debate," Obama is trying to further the deception that he "stood up to the Republicans."
August 17, 2011 Muchos esperaban ver Obama defender el bienestar social en EE.UU, pero durante su negociación con la derecha, lo está barriendo bajo la alfombra.
July 15, 2011 The problem with the budget talks is not just Obama's sellout to the Republicans, but the whole program of the Democrats.
July 14, 2011 Turns out the man many expected to revive the New Deal is out to bury it. That's what Barack Obama is up to with his negotiations over the debt ceiling.
July 13, 2011 : Mike Marqusee Those who hoped Barack Obama's promise of "change" would apply to U.S. foreign policy have been bitterly disappointed.
May 31, 2011 You know official politics have moved to the right when a plan to cut $4 trillion from the U.S. budget over 12 years can be passed off as "liberal."
April 27, 2011 Barack Obama is back on the campaign trail, but he needs some new slogans--because "hope" and "change" have been emptied of any content.
April 26, 2011 Barack Obama said in his much-hyped speech on reducing the government deficit that "we" shouldn't "begrudge those who have done well." Why not?
April 21, 2011 Barack Obama embodies the Democratic Party logic in steering a declining empire: Profits and military power must be maintained at any cost.
April 14, 2011 Barack Obama's surrender to the Republicans on $38 billion in near-term budget cuts foreshadows more bipartisan austerity to come.
April 13, 2011 One hundred people gathered in Harlem to protest a Democratic Party fundraiser where Barack Obama appeared.
April 4, 2011 All progressives should support Matt Damon's recent criticisms of the Obama administration and its education policies.
March 8, 2011 Barack Obama's budget proposal shows that the question for Democrats and Republicans alike isn't whether to impose cuts, but how deep they'll go.
February 16, 2011 : Howard Zinn Barack Obama is a politician, and you have to know the difference between the politicians and you--what they have to do and what you have to do.
January 28, 2011 The dogmas and delusions of conservatives are still dominating national politics--and their most effective advocate is the Democratic president.
January 26, 2011 It's no coincidence that media praise for Barack Obama's recent performance coincides with a White House charm offensive toward big business.
January 25, 2011 Corporate America is praising William Daley as a White House chief of staff who will "understand us." But it's hard to see how he's much of a change.
January 11, 2011 : Lee Sustar Barack Obama has just painted a target on the back of every public-sector worker in the U.S. with his order imposing a two-year federal pay freeze.
December 3, 2010 Barack Obama is being criticized by some liberals for not standing up for his agenda--but he's fought plenty hard for the interests of Corporate America.
November 17, 2010
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