US Politics
New York “terror” arrests: another government-orchestrated plot
By Tom Eley, May 28, 2009
Police arrested four men in New York City May 20, alleging they planned to blow up synagogues and shoot down US military planes in New York. The case against the men has been created and orchestrated ...
Credit card “bill of rights” puts few restraints on banks
By William Moore, May 28, 2009
There is little in the legislation passed by Congress to aid the large numbers of working and middle class people who are being crushed by credit card debt.
Obama names Sonia Sotomayor to US Supreme Court
By Patrick Martin, May 27, 2009
The Sotomayor nomination is being hailed by liberals and damned by the ultra-right in equal measure, but it confirms Obama’s predilection for the predictable, conservative choice.
Obama offers nothing to the Palestinians
By Jean Shaoul, May 25, 2009
His three-hour meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu made clear that President Barack Obama has no more intention of acting as an “honest broker” to secure a settlement with the P...
Letters on the Obama administration, the CIA, and democratic rights
May 25, 2009
A selection of recent letters sent to the World Socialist Web Site on articles relating to the Obama administration, Cheney, the CIA and the attack on democratic rights.
The Obama-Cheney “debate” and the threat of dictatorship in America
By Joe Kishore, May 22, 2009
Behind the competing speeches from Obama and Cheney lie sharp differences within the American military-state apparatus and the deep erosion of democratic forms of rule in the United States.
US treasury secretary rejects limits on executive pay
By Andre Damon, May 20, 2009
Timothy Geithner, US treasury secretary, said on Monday he opposes caps on executive pay in companies receiving bailouts from the federal government.
US Supreme Court shields Bush administration officials from torture lawsuit
By Tom Eley, May 20, 2009
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that a Pakistani immigrant could not advance a lawsuit against top Bush administration officials for the torture he sustained while imprisoned in New York City.
Right-wing rampage by Obama administration
Balance sheet of a week of reaction
By Patrick Martin, May 18, 2009
The past week has provided a definitive demonstration of the subservience of the Obama administration and the Democratic Party to the military-intelligence apparatus of American imperialism.
The lies of the CIA and Nancy Pelosi
May 16, 2009
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi charges the CIA with lying to her about torture in a 2002 briefing. What is certain is that she and the Democrats have lied to the American people to obscure their co...
Obama restarts military commission trials
By Tom Eley, May 16, 2009
President Obama on Friday officially restarted military commission trials for a number of Guantánamo Bay “terror” detainees, proposing modest changes to the system created under the Bush administ...
Obama on torture photos: cover-up and complicity
By Bill Van Auken, May 15, 2009
President Obama’s reversal of the decision to release Pentagon torture photos is part of a series of actions that have served to cover up for the crimes of the Bush administration and to continue th...
