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The 2008 Elections
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Kate Randall , WSWS
13 March 2010
The Obama administration is spearheading an unprecedented assault on public education in the US. The White House and Education Secretary Arne Duncan are promoting a nationwide wave of school closures, teacher and staff layoffs, attacks on teachers’ wages and conditions, and an expansion of privately run charter... » read this article
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Bill Van Auken , WSWS
6 February 2010
As US and British troops prepare to attack the town of Marjah in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province, military commanders and the media are openly comparing the operation to the November 2004 siege of Fallujah, one of the bloodiest war crimes of the Iraq war.
The operation in central... » read this article
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Patrick Martin , WSWS
2 February 2010
The Obama administration’s budget for the 2011 fiscal year, unveiled Monday, projects massive US government deficits for the next decade, fueled by gargantuan military spending and the impact of the financial and economic crisis of American and world capitalism. The US national debt is projected to more... » read this article
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Patrick Martin , WSWS
1 February 2010
The 90-minute televised meeting between President Barack Obama and the House Republican caucus, broadcast over the cable networks Friday, was an extraordinary exposure of the right-wing consensus within American bourgeois politics.
It was a demonstration of the administration’s decision, in the wake of the Republican victory in... » read this article
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Patrick Martin , WSWS
25 January 2010
In a public statement criticizing the major banks Thursday, followed by a speech on jobs in the industrial town of Elyria, Ohio, Friday, President Barack Obama has begun a transparent effort to posture as the defender of the people against corporate interests.
In what media pundits and... » read this article
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Jerry White , WSWS
20 January 2010
One year ago today, on January 20, 2009, Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th president of the United States. The event was greeted with enthusiasm in the US, as well as in Europe, the Middle East and elsewhere. Many millions around the world hoped the... » read this article
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Fault Lines , Al Jazeera
Editor's Comment: This Fault Lines video exposes what the Obama regime has done since he came into office on January 20, 2009. Millions, including many on the Left, were caught up in the euphoria when the first African American was (s)elected as president of the United States. Dreams and expectations... » read this article
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Jean Shaoul , WSWS
19 October 2009
The United Nations Human Rights Council has endorsed a report into Israel’s 22-day assault on Gaza in December and January, accusing Israel of war crimes.
Israel’s premier, Binyamin Netanyahu, predictably denounced the report as biased against Israel and unjust and insisted that he would not allow any... » read this article
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Tom Eley , WSWS
17 October 2009
The class character of the Obama administration is clearly indicated by one statistic: President Obama has made available more than $12 trillion in cash infusions, loans and guarantees to the financial industry, but for state governments that are facing massive budget deficits, Obama has thus far provided... » read this article
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Tom Eley , WSWS
5 October 2009
US President Barack Obama’s failed effort to attract the 2016 Olympics to his adopted home city of Chicago reveals much about the character and priorities of his administration.
Obama flew to Copenhagen on October 2 to deliver a personal appeal to the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which... » read this article
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Chris Hedges , Truthdig
The right-wing accusations against Barack Obama are true. He is a socialist, although he practices socialism for corporations. He is squandering the country’s future with deficits that can never be repaid. He has retained and even bolstered our surveillance state to spy on Americans. He is forcing us to buy... » read this article
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Alex Lantier , WSWS
In run-up to address to Congress
7 September 2009
As polls show mounting popular distrust of Obama’s reactionary health care proposals in the run-up to his September 9 address to Congress on health care, the administration is trying to secure right-wing support for its agenda.
White House officials on Sunday... » read this article
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