Review: Arun Gupta Asks, “What Anti-War Movement” (presented by Democracy Now!, September 24th, 2009)
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A year after Barack Obama’s presidential election and with the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan still raging (and spreading into Pakistan), many within anti-war circles are engaged in dialogue about which way the movement should go. A large part of the [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Barack Obama’
November 25, 2009
Review: Arun Gupta Asks, “What Anti-War Movement”
Filed under Barack Obama, Imperialism, Organizing, Political Economy
October 14, 2009
Denver Protests Ongoing Imperialist Wars
Denver Protests Ongoing Imperialist Wars
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October 7 was the 8th anniversary of the start of the current war in Afghanistan by the United States. A number of national groups in the remaining U.S. anti-war movement called for actions. Locally the Denver Anti-War Network (DAWN) called for a march many months ago, and it kicked off this [...]
Filed under Actions and Events, Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Imperialism, News and Analysis
August 22, 2009
Obama: more troops, more imperialism, more of the same
Obama: more troops, more imperialism, more of the same
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The election of Barack Obama as president was promised as bringing a different direction to U.S. foreign policy. But as recent news shows, Obama will continue U.S. imperialist policies, for one by increasing the number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan. In the beginning of his term this [...]
Filed under Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Imperialism, Iraq, News and Analysis
August 22, 2009
1,013 Afghan Civilians Killed in First Half of 2009
1,013 Afghan Civilians Killed in First Half of 2009
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A U.N. mission has reported that 1,013 civilians have been killed in combat in Afghanistan during the first half of the year, up 24% from the same period in 2008. Civilian deaths have not been restricted to Afghanistan. On January 23rd, less than three days after his [...]
Filed under Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Imperialism, News and Analysis
April 28, 2009
Obama Administration Boycotts U.N. Conference on Racism, Imperialists Walk Out During Ahmadinejad Speech
Obama Administration Boycotts U.N. Conference on Racism, Imperialists Walk Out During Ahmadinejad Speech
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On April 20th, the so-called United Nations opened its first World Conference Against Racism in eight years. The United States announced ahead of time that it would boycott the conference; similar announcements were made by Israel, Germany, Canada, Australia, and the Netherlands. Were [...]
March 24, 2009
Obama to Iranian Leadership: Let’s Make a Deal
Obama Tries to Cut a Deal with Iranian Leadership
by “Midwest RAIMster”
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Marking the Iranian new year’s celebration, Nowruz, U.S. president Barack Obama released a video statement to the Middle East nation. While on the surface Obama offered his “best wishes” and the “promise of a new beginning,” such a statement can hardly be taken at [...]
Filed under Barack Obama, News and Analysis
March 12, 2009
Iraqi Resistance to the Obama Administration
The following is reportedly a communique from the Iraqi resistance group, Rafidan, identified elsewhere on the internet as the Mujahideen Central Command. In the interest of giving a voice to those fighting the U.S. military on the ground, we are reposting it here. While leaving the political content intact, we edited out portions for the [...]
Filed under Barack Obama, Imperialism, Iraq
February 21, 2009
Obama Signs Stimulus Bill, Escalates War in Afghanistan
Obama Signs Stimulus Bill, Escalates War in Afghanistan
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As part of a country-wide tour, Barack Obama arrived in Denver to sign the 787 billion dollar “economic stimulus package.” The bill was signed at a private media event held at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. Obama sycophant Governor Bill Ritter laughably described the event as [...]
Filed under Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Imperialism, News and Analysis
Tags: Barack Obama
February 16, 2009
MSH: President Barack Obama Continues to Outsource Terror
President Barack Obama continues to outsource torture
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President Barack Obama has issued an executive order that extends the CIA’s ability to carry out renditions. (1) Obama has chosen to continue the Bush administrations controversial “torture by proxy” policies that have come under fire even by the bourgeoisie. To those paying attention, it is no surprise that [...]
February 5, 2009
Remember Oscar Grant: The Struggle Is Not Over
This New Years Day 2009 in Oakland, California another tragic incident of police terror against a young Black man occurred. Oscar Grant III, 22 years old, father of a 4 year old daughter, was shot execution-style by a transit cop. Videos of the incident clearly show he was shot in the back while face-down on [...]
November 9, 2008
Debriefing on the Obama Presidential Victory –
Debriefing on the Obama Presidential Victory
RAIM Called It
On Tuesday, November 4th 2008, Barack Obama won the presidential race in a landslide victory
over John McCain. Last August, before the Democratic National Convention, in
a short analysis article entitled Obama, “Black” Messiah for White Amerika, RAIM
predicted his victory in non-absolute terms (1). Nevertheless, such a prediction was
months ahead [...]
Filed under Barack Obama, News and Analysis, Organizing
June 30, 2008
Obama, “Black” Messiah for White Amerika
Liberals, even some calling themselves ’revolutionaries,’ have a chronically false ideal of Amerika. Instead of seeing historical injustices carried out by Amerika as part of its overall development, liberals see such things as disconnected aberrations which can be resolved through in a piecemeal fashion through progressive determination. They see Amerika, though flawed, as an unfinished [...]
Filed under Agitation Statements, Barack Obama, White Amerika
June 19, 2008
History of Amerikkka – Rev. Wright is Right!
Filed under Africa, Barack Obama, Black Nation, First Nations, Imperialism, Videos, White Amerika
June 12, 2008
Obama Shocks Arab World, Touts Imperialist Credentials
Obama Shocks Arab World, Touts Imperialist Credentials
Released by RAIM-Denver, 6/12/08
Hours after he secured the Democratic Party nomination, U.S. presidential contender Barack Obama spoke before the Amerikan Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). “We will never compromise when it comes to Israel’s security… Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel and must remain undivided,” he said, receiving [...]
Filed under Barack Obama, Iraq, News and Analysis
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