The U.S. media is structurally biased and normal people have to start thinking outside the box for real change to happen
Declan McDaid — December 10, 2008 7 Comments
The media in the U.S. set a narrow range of political debate, which makes real change impossible. Obama rode on this media wave and he must be criticized by the very people who elected him to make sure he doesn’t turn into another Tony Blair.
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Outside the White House on election night 2008
Tomas Dinges — November 17, 2008 4 Comments
Tomas Dinges went down to the White House in Washington DC on election night 2008. Here he remembers what happened.
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Don’t relax after Obama’s win: Now is the time to speak up
Anjali Kamat — November 13, 2008 0 Comments
The people who helped elect Obama should not stop their activism now; it is now they are needed more than ever to stop his Presidency congealing into reheated Clintonism.
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Our generation will be remembered like our grandparents are
Wilson Dizard — November 13, 2008 6 Comments
We often think of what our grandparents time must have been like, with the Kennedy’s and Luther King’s, but with all this history now, we can be sure that our grandchildren will think of us in the same historical light.
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Strange but true: White supremacists rejoice at election of Barack Obama
Matt Kennard — November 12, 2008 1 Comment
Against all intuitive reasoning the white supremacist movement in the United States thinks the election of Barack Obama is the best thing to happen to them for decades.
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Obama’s victory won’t change any fundamentals of our world
Matt Kennard — November 11, 2008 2 Comments
Obama’s victory was a great moment in the history, but his influence on the world won’t be what his supporters think because he sits firmly inside the corporate nexus that dominates American politics.
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Harlem erupts for election of first black president
Laurence Witherington — November 6, 2008 0 Comments
Laurence Witherington remembers the historical election of the first black president as he witnessed it in the center of black culture in the U.S., Harlem.
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Massive Obama win in Ohio spurred by students
Wilson Dizard — November 6, 2008 0 Comments
The massive win in Ohio for Obama was one of the biggest shocks of election 2008. Wilson Dizard watched the events with his fellow students at Ohio State University, a vital demographic grouping that ensured Obama’s victory.
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Somalians for Obama in Ohio
Wilson Dizard — November 4, 2008 0 Comments
Wilson Dizard reports from Ohio where the Somali community are getting out the vote for Barack Obama.
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The ghost of a McCain victory is haunting me
Laurence Witherington — November 1, 2008 2 Comments
No matter what the polls say, I can’t banish the ghost of a McCain victory this Halloween.
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Obama, the Democrats, and the American working class
Richard Seymour — October 30, 2008 0 Comments
Obama never mentions the working-class in America, but they are important part in the his success.