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Barack Obama

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

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

Obama and the working class vote

Posted on 2nd January 2009 by ISJ

The election of Barack Obama as president of the United States is tremendous confirmation of the widespread opposition to the wars, racism and economic policies of the Bush administration. The Obama campaign tapped into a deep desire for change among… Continue Reading →

Analysis Barack Obama, USA, Working class

From Bush to Obama

Posted on 2nd January 2009 by ISJ

Barack Obama’s victory in the US was one consequence of the crisis. Of course, there was more to the victory than that. For many African Americans it was an important symbolic gain after more than three centuries of oppression. Tens… Continue Reading →

Analysis Barack Obama, USA
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