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A supreme injustice: the battle for abortion rights in the United States

Posted on 10th October 2022 by International Socialism

The richest and most powerful nation on the globe set the clock back on women’s reproductive rights by half a century on 24 June 2022. This was the day the United States Supreme Court reversed its ruling on the landmark… Continue Reading →

Article abortion rights, The United States, United States, USA, women's liberation, Women's oppression

Racism and resistance in the US after Ferguson

Posted on 11th April 2015 by ISJ

In August 2014 unarmed 18 year old black teenager Michael Brown was shot and killed by white police officer Darren Wilson in the St Louis suburb of Ferguson. Brown was shot six times including twice to the head, despite having… Continue Reading →

Uncategorised Racism, USA

Why Obama won

Posted on 8th January 2013 by ISJ

“The people who delivered [Obama] a second term…are those who were least likely to have benefited from his first”.1 Journalist Gary Younge’s comment on the re-election of Barack Obama in the United States sums up the contradiction at the heart… Continue Reading →

Analysis Barack Obama, USA

Back to “normality”? US foreign policy under Obama

Posted on 8th October 2012 by ISJ

“Change we can believe in”.1 We all remember the hope-laden slogans of the brilliantly executed Obama 2008 presidential campaign. This was much less a promise of change than a return to “normality” after the deviant years of the Bush-Cheney regime.… Continue Reading →

Analysis Barack Obama, USA

Narrowing the bounds of the possible: the US election

Posted on 8th October 2012 by ISJ

In November 2008, after Barack Obama had won in the presidential election in the US, Slavoj Žižek wrote one of his very best pieces: “The reason Obama’s victory generated such enthusiasm is not only that, against all odds, it really… Continue Reading →

Analysis Barack Obama, USA

The Occupy movement and class politics in the US

Posted on 9th January 2012 by ISJ

The Occupy movement that began in New York in September 2011 and has spread with remarkable speed across the country represents a massive shift in the politics of the United States.1 A year ago the seemingly inexorable rise of the… Continue Reading →

Analysis Class, Occupy movement, USA

Mad as hatters? The Tea Party movement in the US

Posted on 4th January 2011 by ISJ

Two years after his election Barack Obama presides over an increasingly divided nation, in both economic and political terms. His failure to deliver on the promise of real change has seen him punished in the midterm elections for Congress and… Continue Reading →

Analysis The Tea Party, USA

1937: the year of the sitdown

Posted on 25th June 2010 by ISJ

When they tie the can To a union man Sit down! Sit down! When they smile and say “No raise in pay” Sit down! Sit down! When the boss won’t talk Don’t take a walk Sit down! Sit down!1 The… Continue Reading →

Analysis USA

From a bang to a whimper: Obama’s first year

Posted on 16th December 2009 by ISJ

The Obama presidency is in a quagmire. The tremendous promise encapsulated in the campaign slogan “Change we can believe in” and the enormous expectations of reform after the Bush years have not been realised. Energy has given way to hesitancy… Continue Reading →

Analysis Barack Obama, USA

Obama’s 100 days

Posted on 24th June 2009 by ISJ

The first 100 days of the Obama administration have made clear that the tremendous expectations driving last year’s dramatic election are already coming into conflict with the realities of US capitalism in crisis. The desire for change on the part… Continue Reading →

Analysis Barack Obama, USA

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