Category: USA

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  Obama’s Cairo Speech

  Barack Obama’s speech in Cairo on the 4th of June 2009 definitely lived up to expectations – provided we agree on what could have been expected. With regard to the … Keep reading »

  International Relations, USA  •  June 6, 2009  •  Gilbert Achcar
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  Assessing an Obama Presidency

  The Left in the USA and around the world is celebrating the end of the Bush Presidency. We also celebrate the election of an African-American to the Presidency of what … Watch video »

  USA  •  November 21, 2008

• Assessing an Obama Presidency

  The Left in the U.S. and around the world is celebrating the end of the Bush Presidency. We also celebrate the election of an African-American to the Presidency of what … Keep reading »

  USA  •  November 18, 2008  •  Rinaldo Walcott and Matthew Brett
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  Putting the U.S. Economic Crisis in Perspective

  It is time to take stock. The centrality of the American economy to the capitalist world – which now literally does encompass the whole world – has spread the financial … Keep reading »

  International Relations, USA  •  January 31, 2008  •  Leo Panitch

• Empire’s Contradictions, Our Weaknesses: The Empire Stumbles On

  Today’s two most conspicuous global flashpoints – the Middle East and Latin America – have widely exposed the fact of U.S. imperialism and highlighted some of its limitations. Adding the … Keep reading »

  Imperialism, USA  •  September 17, 2007  •  Sam Gindin
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  Is the Big Ship America Sinking? Contradictions and Openings

  “There’s something happening What it is ain’t exactly clear” -Buffalo Springfield, 1966 Are we in the midst of a momentous turn in world politics? Donald Rumsfeld has been shuffled out … Keep reading »

  Theory, USA  •  February 8, 2007  •  Sam Gindin