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The President’s Leftovers

THE PRESIDENT'S “LEFTOVERS” By Rob Macon As the election approaches, President Obama prepares to walk the Oval Office one final time. Many agree Obama has done an outstanding job concerning the nation’s economy. Then there are what we can identify as “leftovers.” Leftovers are conditions prevailing during the Obama Administration, as well as past presidents, that the administration was unable to finish, leaving the next administration to solve such problems as poverty, [...]

By Change-Links|2016-09-02T02:22:22-05:00September 2nd, 2016|Banking Reform, Capitalism, Climate Change, Drones, Education, Energy, Health, Health Care, Justice/Injustice, National Security, Nuclear Power, Obama, Peace and War, Rob Macon, Voting, Wall Street|0 Comments

Obama vs. Black Lives Matter
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Obama vs. Black Lives Matter
Anti-Racism/Racism, Commentary, Movements, Mumia Abu-Jamal

Obama vs. Black Lives Matter

By the way, Black Lives Matter has done far more than “yell” at politicians. Their efforts led to the electoral defeat of at least two prosecutors who spit on the community in the aftermath of the police killings of Laquan McDonald in Obama’s hometown, Chicago; and in Ferguson, Missouri. They have raised the flag of Black resistance to injustice.

By Change-Links|2016-06-04T03:13:05-05:00June 3rd, 2016|Anti-Racism/Racism, Commentary, Movements, Mumia Abu-Jamal|0 Comments

The Death of Moderates: Extreme Problems Require Extreme Solutions

The Death of Moderates: Extreme Problems Require Extreme Solutions By Ted Rall “Given his druthers, Obama will pursue the most left-leaning course that he can get away with.” So says Jennifer Rubin, a right-wing pundit at the neoconservative-leaning Washington Post. “Obama,” Rubin claims, “would have marched through his entire liberal agenda--if he had the votes.” This, of course, assumes that Obama ever had a liberal agenda. There’s not much evidence of that. [...]

By John Johnson|2011-01-08T02:50:11-05:00January 2nd, 2011|Commentary, Editorial, Independent Media, News, Obama, Politics, Ted Rall|0 Comments

Obama: The Republican’s Reliable Interlocutor

Obama: The Republican’s Reliable Interlocutor by Glen Ford Barack Obama reacted reflexively to Monday's orchestration of angry calls to the White House by lefties outraged at his latest grand accommodation with the GOP, spending much of his Tuesday press conference attempting a limp smack-down of Left Democrats. Oozing condescension and a certain cattiness, Obama dismissed Democratic critics for playing "games" while he did what was necessary to wring an unemployment benefits extension [...]

By John Johnson|2010-12-08T15:03:16-05:00December 8th, 2010|Big Business, Economy, Editorial, News, Obama, Wall Street, Writers|0 Comments

Obama and the War on the Poor

Obama and the Continuing War on the Poor By Paul A Cleveland A mentor of mine, Clarence Carson, published a book in the 1970s entitled The War on the Poor. He took his title from Lyndon Johnson’s so-called “war on poverty.” Carson noted that actual wars are waged against real people rather than circumstances, and that if the government were engaged in a war it must be against some identifiable group of [...]

By John Johnson|2010-12-01T12:14:04-05:00December 1st, 2010|Banking Reform, Big Business, Commentary, Democracy, Economy, Editorial, Health Care, Human Rights, News, Obama, Paul Cleveland, People, Wall Street|0 Comments

Class Warfare

By John Johnson During the past few months leading up to the mid-term elections, we have experienced some of the most blatant acts of class warfare in recent memory. And they won’t stop no matter the outcome. A small example is Joe Miller, the Republican Senate candidate from Alaska, whose private guards roughed up, handcuffed and detained Alaska Dispatch blogger Tony Hopfinger as he tried to ask the candidate a question at [...]

By John Johnson|2010-11-01T13:01:07-05:00November 1st, 2010|Featured|0 Comments

SNAFUs

SNAFU By John Johnson Situation Normal, All Fucked Upped, a saying of GIs from WWII A very very brief history of the SNAFU US wars. WWII was the greatest, most inhumane, most brutal exercise of mankind. Somewhat during but afterwards the war from the GI level was depicted in literature, and movies. Though it was difficult for most GIs to talk about it for decades. It was mainly left up to the [...]

By John Johnson|2010-09-01T02:59:27-05:00September 1st, 2010|Human Rights, Independent Media, Iraq, John Johnson, Peace and War, Wall Street|0 Comments

Shirley Sherrod, A Family Farmers Friend

Shirley Sherrod, a Family Farmer’s Friend By Willie Nelson Shirley Sherrod has been a great friend to me, Farm Aid and family farmers for 25 years. She has always worked to improve economic opportunities for family farmers in the South, going back to when I first met her as the director of the Georgia Field Office for the Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund. Like Ms. Sherrod herself has said, she’s always [...]

By John Johnson|2010-08-03T12:11:45-05:00August 1st, 2010|Commentary, Editorial, News, People|0 Comments

Targeting Whistleblowers: Truth Telling Endangered

By Stephen Lendman On April 16, journalist John Cole wrote: "The message is clear - you torture people and then destroy the evidence, and you get off without so much as a sternly worded letter. If you are a whistle blower outlining criminal behavior by the government, you get prosecuted." In fact, it's worse. Under Bush, torture was official policy. It remains so under Obama who absolved CIA torturers, despite unequivocal evidence of [...]

By John Johnson|2010-07-02T21:24:28-05:00July 2nd, 2010|Free Speech, Stephen Lendman|0 Comments