More on Barack Obama
Obama touts economic “recovery”
By Tom Eley and Barry Grey, August 3, 2009
The Obama administration is seizing on recently-released economic data to proclaim that the recession is ending. The aim is to justify the government’s refusal to provide any serious social relief, ...
Strange case of North Carolina “jihadists” used to heighten terror scare
By Bill Van Auken, July 31, 2009
In the wake of this week’s arrest of seven North Carolina men labeled as “jihadists” in a federal conspiracy case, the Obama administration has sought to heighten fears of “homegrown terrorism...
Subordinating science to religion
Obama names evangelical Christian to run National Institutes of Health
By Patrick Martin, July 30, 2009
In selecting Francis S. Collins as the director of the National Institutes of Health, President Obama has sent a clear political message that he is willing to subordinate scientific research to Christ...
Obama, Congress back deeper attacks on health care for workers
By Barry Grey, July 30, 2009
The corporate response to the erosion of popular support for the Obama health care plan has been to campaign more energetically for its adoption and urge quick action by the Senate Finance Committee.
Honduran coup enters second month
By Bill Van Auken, July 29, 2009
With the coup in Honduras now entering its second month, the Obama administration’s policy is directed at consolidating the changes wrought by Zelaya’s overthrow, while formally condemning the act...
SEP holds conference in Detroit
By Jack Cody, July 28, 2009
The Socialist Equality Party conference was called to review the first six months of the Obama administration and discuss a new political perspective for the working class.
Obama escalates assault on public education
By Tom Eley, July 25, 2009
President Obama announced an education funding program Friday that would award money only to states that encourage charter schools and agree to allow merit pay for teachers based on students’ test r...
Following example of Bush-Cheney
Obama administration bars torture investigators from Guantánamo Bay
By Patrick Martin, July 25, 2009
Adding to its six-month record of extending the Bush administration’s attacks on democratic rights, the Obama administration is blocking efforts by human rights investigators from the United Nations...
The class issues in the US health care debate
By Kate Randall and Barry Grey, July 22, 2009
The Obama administration’s push for health care “reform” has exposed the class realities that dominate American politics and the social interests which Obama defends.
Obama task force backs indefinite detention without trial
By Tom Eley, July 22, 2009
A task force on US detention policies has released an “interim report” indicating that the Obama White House—like the Bush administration before it—claims the right to indefinitely detain “t...
Six months of the Obama administration
By Joe Kishore, July 21, 2009
Six months ago yesterday, Barack Obama was inaugurated as president of the United States. It is an appropriate time to take stock of what has transpired.
US air strikes kill Afghan civilians
By Bill Van Auken, July 18, 2009
An attack by US warplanes left Afghan civilians dead and wounded, underscoring the grim human cost of the military escalation ordered by the Obama administration.
