Tag Archives: Barack Obama
Don’t You Dare Conflate MLK and Obama
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford “Had King survived, his break with Obama would have come early.” Back in 1964, under prodding from a BBC interviewer, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. predicted that a Black person might be elected president … Continue reading →
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The Anti-Empire Report
December 11, 2012 by William Blum http://www.killinghope.org “Nuclear, ecological, chemical, economic — our arsenal of Death by Stupidity is impressive for a species as smart as Homo sapiens” 1 The hurricanes, the typhoons, the heat waves … the droughts, … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barack Obama, capitalism, Cold War, Cuba, European Union, Global Climate Change, Imperialism, NATO, Syria, United Nations
Our Mission Whether We Choose to Accept It Or Not: Reflections on the 2012 Election Boycott
by Mark E. Smith In several areas the Election Boycott Movement succeeded in 2012. We managed to make boycotting elections part of the discussion and an acceptable option for many who hadn’t considered it before. Turnout … Continue reading →
The disillusioned and dissatisfied electorate
8 November 2012 An initial analysis of the results of Tuesday’s presidential election reveals one overriding element that is little noted in the American media: the staggering decline in voter turnout, and in particular the vote for President Barack Obama. … Continue reading →
A House Visit From Obama