US Elections & Politics
Thirty days to US elections
Obama and McCain agree on Wall Street bailout and war
By Patrick Martin, October 6, 2008
As the US presidential election campaign enters its final month, the candidates of the two major parties have voiced substantial agreement on the most critical issues of domestic and foreign policy.
New York’s Mayor Bloomberg cites financial crisis in bid for third term
By Peter Daniels, October 6, 2008
After months of speculation, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg held a City Hall press conference on October 2 to make it official: he proposes to ditch the current term limits law in order to run ...
US vice-presidential debate: A window on the right-wing character of an Obama-Biden administration
By Patrick Martin, October 4, 2008
Thursday night’s vice presidential debate, having been heavily promoted by the media, was notable mainly for its avoidance of any serious discussion of the biggest financial crisis in the United...
US House backs Wall Street bailout
Democrats credit Obama with shifting vote
By Bill Van Auken, October 4, 2008
In its second vote in five days, the US House of Representatives approved a massive bailout package for the major banks and finance houses. The legislation, passed by a vote of 263 to 171 Friday after...
The Senate bailout bill: How the Democrats do the bidding of Wall Street
By Barry Grey, October 3, 2008
The revised Wall Street bailout bill passed by the US Senate on Wednesday goes substantially beyond the version voted down Monday by the House of Representatives in committing taxpayer money to prop u...
US Senate passes Wall Street bailout bill
Obama backs the bailout
By Patrick Martin, October 2, 2008
The Democratic-led US Senate approved a slightly modified version of the Wall Street bailout Wednesday, reviving the $700 billion windfall for the wealthy only two days after it was defeated in the Ho...
The Wall Street bailout and the threat of dictatorship
By Bill Van Auken, Socialist Equality Party vice presidential candidate, October 2, 2008
Recriminations have continued to reverberate internationally over the vote in the US House of Representatives Monday to reject a $700 billion bailout package for the Wall Street banks.
Public meetings in UK and Germany
SEP candidate Jerry White to speak on crisis of US and world capitalism
October 1, 2008
The presidential candidate of the Socialist Equality Party in the United States, Jerry White, will speak at a series of meetings next month in Britain and Germany.
Stocks plunge on Wall Street as bailout fails in Congress
By Bill Van Auken, Socialist Equality Party vice presidential candidate, September 30, 2008
Wall Street suffered its biggest one-day point fall in history amid panic selling, as the proposed government bailout of the major banks and finance houses went down to defeat Monday in the US House o...
The Obama-McCain debate: Right-wing politicians agree on bailout and militarism
By Patrick Martin, September 29, 2008
Friday night’s presidential election debate between Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain demonstrated that there is no choice in the 2008 presidential election within the confines of...
SEP presidential candidate Jerry White addresses ISSE meeting at the University of Michigan
By our reporter, September 26, 2008
On September 24, SEP presidential candidate Jerry White spoke on the financial crisis at a well-attended public meeting at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. The meeting was the first in a serie...
Democrats push for quick adoption of Bush plan to bail out Wall Street
By Barry Grey, September 26, 2008
The turn of events at the White House summit announced Wednesday night by President Bush and held Thursday to press for bipartisan agreement on his plan for a bailout of Wall Street has underscored th...
