Tag Obama

Obama’s elite power base

Both right- and left-wing critics fail to consider the fundamental nature of the Obama regime. This presidency represents not a traditional ideology but a new politics that mirrors the rise of a new, and potentially hegemonic class, one for which…

On Obama. Apologists vs. Young Turks

Here are the two main positions among progressives now about Obama’s lack of action, as put forward by bloggers. I call it the apologists vs the young Turks and both of them appear to be loyal Democrats. Cenk Uygur at…

Obama as corporatist

Credit Writedowns ponders whether Obama is a “sellout, bamboozler, or ingénue,” and decides Obama is a corporatist. Not that it makes much difference because the outcome is the same. The evidence, therefore, tends to demonstrate that we have witnessed an…

Climate Encounter: After Copenhagen

Copenhagen failed, but that doesn’t mean we’re powerless in the face of climate change. This video, the first of a series, briefly examines the Copenhagen debacle and what we can do about it.