More on Barack Obama
US continues to pressure Iran after Geneva talks
By Peter Symonds, October 2, 2009
Following international talks in Geneva, President Obama has again warned Iran that it faces “increased pressure” if it fails to take “swift action” to meet its nuclear obligations.
Public Meeting in Richmond Virginia
Obama: The Class Issues
September 30, 2009
The International Students for Social Equality calls this public meeting to discuss the historical origins of the Obama administration’s policies, as well as the perspective by which workers and stu...
ISSE meeting: Health care–the socialist response
September 28, 2009
This meeting will analyze the character of Obama's health care overhaul and explain the socialist response—which proceeds from the interests of social need, not corporate profit.
Obama asserts power to detain suspects without trial
By Tom Eley, September 25, 2009
The Obama administration announced this week that it intends to continue the Bush administration policy of holding terrorism suspects indefinitely without charge or trial.
Obama gives Israel carte blanche on settlement construction
By Chris Marsden, September 24, 2009
Tuesday’s meeting between Barack Obama, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas was widely regarded as little more than a photo opportunity before...
US troops out of Afghanistan
By Bill Van Auken, September 24, 2009
With the US commander in Afghanistan set to deliver a request for tens of thousands more troops, all sides in the Obama administration’s so-called strategy debate are pushing for increased bloodlett...
At UN general assembly, Obama urges international support for US wars
By Tom Eley, September 24, 2009
In his first address to the UN, Obama at once defended US unilateralism and demanded foreign capitals provide further support. Obama also menaced Iran and declared Israel to be a “Jewish state.”
US, Europe reject bank pay limits ahead of G20 meeting
By Stefan Steinberg, September 22, 2009
In advance of this week’s G20 summit in Pittsburgh, the Obama administration and the major European governments have fashioned a compromise to block any effective limits on the pay of leading intern...
Obama administration shields CIA torturers
By Tom Eley, September 22, 2009
In response to a public campaign waged by the CIA, the Obama administration has scaled back the already narrow investigation into CIA torture announced last month by Attorney General Eric Holder.
In Sunday television interviews
Obama seeks to defuse opposition on healthcare, Afghanistan
By Patrick Martin, September 21, 2009
In a Sunday morning media blitz, Barack Obama appeared on interview programs on the three major television networks and two cable channels to discuss his proposed healthcare restructuring program as w...
Obama accelerates push for cost-cutting health care plan
By Kate Randall, September 19, 2009
Barack Obama spoke Thursday at the University of Maryland, continuing his public relations drive for a cost-cutting overhaul of the health care system.
US suspends eastern European missile shield plan
By Niall Green, September 18, 2009
President Obama announced the suspension of plans to develop two bases in Poland and the Czech Republic as part of a missile defense shield. The move is seen as a political gesture to secure Russian s...
