More on Barack Obama
Obama’s banker-friendly financial overhaul
By Barry Grey, October 31, 2009
In the wake of a financial meltdown that precipitated the deepest recession since the 1930s, the Obama administration and Democratic congressional leaders are working to institute regulatory changes t...
Obama signs bills for record Pentagon, Homeland Security spending
By Patrick Martin, October 30, 2009
President Obama signed legislation Wednesday authorizing $680 billion for the Pentagon, the largest military budget ever. On Thursday, he signed a bill giving another $44 billion to the Department of ...
The swine flu pandemic and the market
By Tom Eley, October 30, 2009
The Obama administration entrusted preparations for the H1N1 pandemic to pharmaceutical corporations and stood by as state and local governments laid off public health workers. The result is an acute ...
US casualties rise as Obama prepares Afghan escalation
By Bill Van Auken, October 27, 2009
Eleven US soldiers and three drug agents were killed in the space of 24 hours in Afghanistan as the Obama administration’s war cabinet prepared to meet Monday on escalating the war.
As unemployment claims rise
White House rejects new measures to stem jobs crisis
By Barry Grey, October 24, 2009
Even as the Labor Department reported an unexpected rise in initial claims for unemployment benefits, the Obama administration and Democratic congressional leaders reiterated their opposition to any s...
Washington pushes Pakistan to the brink
By Keith Jones, October 23, 2009
Under heavy pressure from the Obama administration, Pakistan is now waging all-out war in South Waziristan.
“A bit of a hoax”
White House unveils token bank pay restrictions
By Andre Damon and Joe Kishore, October 23, 2009
As details of the Obama administration’s bank pay restrictions were released, it became evident that they will do little to limit compensation, even at the handful of companies affected.
The great unmentionable
By Joe Kishore, October 22, 2009
The past week has seen a proliferation of worried comments from liberal supporters of Obama on the state of social and political relations in the United States.
As unemployment and poverty rise
Obama turns to the financial elite for campaign cash
By Bill Van Auken, October 21, 2009
Under conditions of deepening social misery throughout the US, President Barack Obama came to New York Tuesday to raise millions of dollars in campaign cash from America’s financial elite.
Obama’s job creation fraud
By Jerry White, October 20, 2009
Data released last week shows that the Obama administration’s stimulus program has created a pitiful number of jobs, under conditions where 15 million people are out of work and joblessness is at th...
US steps up pressure on Karzai over Afghan vote
By Bill Van Auken, October 20, 2009
The Obama administration and its European allies have stepped up pressure on Afghan President Hamid Karzai to reach a political settlement in order to resolve the crisis over the fraudulent August 20 ...
SEP public meetings in US
One year since the election of Obama: Illusion and reality
October 19, 2009
The SEP (US) is hosting a series of meetings throughout the country reviewing the situation one year since the election of Obama.
