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Porter: Obama Endorses Long-Term US Deployment of US Combat Troops
Znet Article, June, 27 2011
Gareth Porter
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The Obama decision gives Petraeus the first full season with all or almost all of the troops he had wanted
Rasmus: The Attack on Social Security is About to Intensify
Znet Article, June, 26 2011
Jack Rasmus
Rasmus's ZSpace page
The disability benefits trust fund is a prime and easy target from which to attack Social Security across the board
Jensen: The Anguish in the American Dream
Znet Article, June, 26 2011
Robert Jensen
Jensen's ZSpace page
The American Dream is born of, and maintained by, domination
Street: Hope-Killer for Re-Hire: Brand Obama and the Management of Popular Expectations
Znet Article, June, 23 2011
Paul Street
Street's ZSpace page
There was a different Obama beneath the optimistic campaign branding
Bennis: In Afghanistan Speech, Obama Offers Token Troop Withdrawals While Maintaining the "War on Terror” Mindset
Znet Article, June, 23 2011
Phyllis Bennis
Bennis's ZSpace page
There is no strategy for Afghanistan
Swanson: Obama's Libya Defense Makes Bush's Lawyers Look Smart
Znet Article, June, 21 2011
David Swanson
Swanson's ZSpace page
The president's "foreign affairs powers" do not, under the U.S. Constitution, include the power to launch "military operations" or "hostilities" or "wars"
Swanson: Washington Post Wants Endless War
Commentary, June, 19 2011
David Swanson
Swanson's ZSpace page
When fighting a war to build a democratic nation, something we have pretended to do quite often but never yet done, it is important to maintain absolute contempt for one's own democracy
Landau: Cuba Changes, U.S. Remains Stuck in the Past
Znet Article, June, 12 2011
Saul Landau
Landau's ZSpace page
Cuba opens its doors to religion freedom, while the U.S. ignores all progress in Cuba
Engelhardt: How the National Security Complex Grows on Terrorism Fears
Znet Article, June, 10 2011
Tom Engelhardt
Engelhardt's ZSpace page
Since 9/11, terror attacks have ranked above shark attacks but below just about anything else that could possibly be dangerous to Americans
Rasmus: Obama and Corporate Responses to the May Jobs Report
Commentary, June, 06 2011
Jack Rasmus
Rasmus's ZSpace page
At best, the job market has been flat for two years now
Wallerstein: The Political Quandary of Barack Obama
Commentary, June, 03 2011
Immanuel Wallerstein
Wallerstein's ZSpace page
Barack Obama is by conviction and by personality the quintessential centrist
Bloice: His Home is Not My Home
Znet Article, May, 30 2011
Carl Bloice
Bloice's ZSpace page
Right now the lives of millions of people are being rendered increasingly precarious
Street: On Astroturf and Frankenstein: Reflections on “the Tea Party,” the People, and the Ruling Class
Znet Article, May, 30 2011
Paul Street
Street's ZSpace page
The Tea Party’s active membership and leadership are far from grassroots and popular
Fisk: Who Cares in the Middle East What Obama Says?
Znet Article, May, 30 2011
Robert Fisk
Fisk's ZSpace page
Obama's failure to support the Arab revolutions until they were all but over lost the US most of its surviving credit in the region
Bond: Can Democracy Activists Undo US and IMF Damage?
Commentary, May, 24 2011
Patrick Bond
Bond's ZSpace page
Obama has missed the point of the Arab Spring. It’s not just about the street vendor, it is about social justice
Swanson: Republicans in Congress to Crown Obama King
Commentary, May, 23 2011
David Swanson
Swanson's ZSpace page
This new "legal" language would get presidents around the restrictions of the War Powers Resolution
Zunes: Obama's Mideast Speech: Two Steps Back, One Step Forward
Znet Article, May, 22 2011
Stephen Zunes
Zunes's ZSpace page
Obama failed to consistently assert principled U.S. support for human rights, democracy, or international law
Baker: Boosting the Economy: The Best Way to Balance the Budget
Znet Article, May, 19 2011
Dean Baker
Baker's ZSpace page
Unfortunately, our policymakers don’t do very well in either the memory or creativity department
jr.: Race and 2012: What Too Few Progressives are Prepared to Discuss
Znet Article, May, 19 2011
Bill Fletcher, jr.
jr.'s ZSpace page
The larger right-wing narrative: the United States of America is being lost to white people
Street: Why Some Truth Slips Through
Znet Article, May, 18 2011
Paul Street
Street's ZSpace page
Facts are one thing; how you “frame” and explain them is another
