US Presidential election 2008

AWL London forum: Kim Moody on Barack Obama and class struggle in the USA

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Date: 
29 January, 2009 - 19:30 - 21:15
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School of Oriental and African Studies, Russell Square, London WC1H

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As Barack Obama begins his presidency, what can US workers expect from him? Will there be big changes, or will it be business as usual? What does the new administration mean for the increase in workers’ struggles that has recently begun in the US?

From the economic crisis to the wars in Palestine and Iraq, come and join the discussion on what lies ahead.

Speaker: Kim Moody, an American socialist activist and former editor of the US rank-and-file labour movement publication Labor Notes.

All welcome

Obama signals drive for a deal

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John Nihil

So long as the Jewish and Arab workers in the Middle East remain subordinate to the forces of Israeli and Arab (or Islamic) chauvinism — as they are now — the only hope for Palestinian progress towards their own state is from intervention on their behalf from outside governments.

Of those, the USA is the decisive one.

The Obama presidency

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Ruben Lomas

The inauguration of Barack Obama, the first black president of the United States of America, is a source of intense hope for a great many American workers. More people than ever before, including more people from Afro-American and Latino backgrounds, turned out to vote for Obama in the November 2008 elections.