The Obama administration
The American people made history in electing Barack Obama--and they expected big reforms instead of the same old America Obama represents.
November 4, 2009 Barack Obama, winner of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize, is planning another war to add to his already impressive record.
October 20, 2009 : Howard Zinn I was shocked when I heard Barack Obama was given the Nobel peace prize--until I recalled that Wilson, Roosevelt and Kissinger had all won.
October 14, 2009 Barack Obama, who is in the process of waging two wars, is now the recipient of an award that is supposedly reserved for those who have a commitment to peace.
October 14, 2009 : Elizabeth Schulte The important thing about Joe Wilson's outburst isn't that it was bad etiquette, but that it symbolizes the racism and intolerance of the Republican right.
September 23, 2009 : Todd Chretien Why did Barack Obama cave again to the right-wing blowhards who attacked environmental justice activist Van Jones?
September 9, 2009 Republicans and conservative Democrats are set to wreck health care reform--and Barack Obama is letting them.
August 25, 2009 Socialists should refuse to sacrifice the independence of social movements in the interest of any politician's election.
July 30, 2009 There may be differences within the limits of "mainstream" ruling-class thinking, but figures like Obama would never challenge those limits themselves.
July 29, 2009 : Jeremy Scahill How is it that the name of a high-ranking Obama administration official came to be featured in an ad campaign for Big Oil?
July 16, 2009 : Phillip Molnar Barack Obama said that Africa's future "is up to Africa," but he ignored the U.S. government's own role in making Ghana's poverty worse.
July 13, 2009 Some of Barack Obama's most ardent supporters are unsettled by the administration's failure to pursue a bold agenda for reform.
June 29, 2009 Obama's Cairo speech showed that crucial changes are taking place in U.S. policy that represent potential opportunities for an antiwar movement.
June 23, 2009 : Toufic Haddad I watched Barack Obama's speech to the background noise of Israeli fighter jets conducting maneuvers over the West Bank.
June 18, 2009 Obama's rhetoric in Cairo was intended to restore the credibility of American imperialism at home and abroad--how is that a "step forward"?
June 17, 2009 The U.S. president spoke in Cairo as if his and previous administrations were neutral brokers of peace, instead of rapacious backers of Israel's war.
June 16, 2009 : Deepa Kumar Barack Obama's Cairo speech heralds a shift from the Islamophobic rhetoric of the Bush regime--but not the long-term aims of the U.S. empire.
June 12, 2009 : Todd Chretien Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez's plan to present Barack Obama with another book got me thinking about what I'd recommend.
June 10, 2009 : Gilbert Achcar Barack Obama's speech in Cairo doesn't represent a dramatic change in foreign policy, but a return to the mainstream after eight years of George W. Bush.
June 10, 2009 Fewer then six months into the new administration, we're finding out that beneath the rhetoric of "change" lies more continuity than many expected.
June 8, 2009 Recent appointments by the Obama administration illustrate how out-of-touch status quo politicians are from people's needs.
June 2, 2009 It's time for a little truth in advertising--what's the reality behind the media happy talk about Barack Obama's first 100 days?
May 6, 2009 : Brian Jones Whatever disappointments people have about Obama, the dust hasn't settled on this new era, and there's a feeling we have room to fight for our demands.
May 5, 2009 : Lee Sustar Barack Obama's approach to the banking crisis has been even more generous to Wall Street than George W. Bush.
May 4, 2009 : Haidar Eid The Obama administration is effectively marginalizing the issue of Palestine, and unfortunately setting the stage for renewed Israeli assaults.
May 1, 2009
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