Hopeless : Barack Obama and the politics of illusion / edited by Jeffrey St. Clair and Joshua Frank.

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Language: eng Publication details: Oakland, CA ; Edinburgh, Scotland : AK Press, c2012.Description: 319 pages ; 23 cmISBN:

9781849351102
1849351104

Other title:

Barack Obama and the politics of illusion

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LOC classification:

002 E 907 H791 2012

Contents:

Prelude: Barack Obama, changeling / Jeffrey St. Clair and Joshua Frank -- Marketing hope / Kevin Alexander Gray -- Obama's money cartel / Pam Martens -- A kettle of hawks / Jeremy Scahill -- Obama's Israel problem / Joshua Frank -- From Oscar Grant to Barack Obama / Ron Jacobs -- AIG and the system / Jeffrey St. Clair -- Orwell in Baghdad / Chris Floyd -- A redneck view of Obamarama / Joe Bageant -- Obama and abortion rights / Sharon Smith -- From state secrets to wiretaps / Sibel Edmonds -- Obama and the man in the hat / Jeffrey St. Clair -- The Wall Street White House / Andrew Cockburn -- The Honduran coup / Conn Hallinan -- Obama's immigration reforms / Wajahat Ali -- The wolf at Trout Creek / Jeffrey St. Clair -- Obama's mistakes in health care reform / Vincente Navarro -- The Afghan war question / Franklin Spinney -- Obama and nuclear power / Joshua Frank and Jeffrey St. Clair -- The novocaine presidency / Kevin Alexander Gray -- Obama's war for oil in Columbia / Daniel Kovalik -- Blowback of the drones / Gary Leupp -- America the pacified / Kathy Kelly -- Kagan's disturbing record / Marjorie Cohn -- Obama and the nuclear rocket / Karl Grossman -- Torturing the rule of law / Chase Madar -- Eat, pray, be disappointed / Paul Krassner -- Let them eat oil / Jeffrey St. Clair -- Obama's sellout on taxes / Michael Hudson -- Obama and rendition / Steve Hendricks -- The murdered women of Juarez / Laura Carlsen -- Obama's puzzling silence / Ralph Nader -- Inside Obamanomics / Ismael Hossein-zadeh -- The US as Israel's enabler in the Middle East / Kathleen Christison -- Obama as deregulationist / Andrew Levine -- Monsanto's minions / Rommie Cummins -- The torture of Bradley Manning / Medea Benjamin and Charles Davis -- Winding down Obama / Linh Dinh -- Sexual politics in the age of Obama / David Rosen -- What has Bin Laden's killing wrought? / Ray McGovern -- Much ado about nothing / Alvaro Huerta -- The Obama administration and Iran / Susan Fayazmanesh -- Obama's nuclear weapons surge / Darwin Bond-Graham -- Friends without benefits / David Macaray -- War colleges / Henry Giroux -- Politics as the earth burns / Brian Tokar -- Obama's attack on Social Security and Medicare / Dave Lindorff -- Obama's assault on civil liberties / Bill Quigley -- Top ten myths in the war on Libya / Maximilian Forte -- War and debt / Michael Hudsen -- Perpetual war / Tariq Ali -- Guantánamo, torture and Obama surrenders / Andy Worthington -- Obama and the economy / Mike Whitney -- The audacity of dope / Fred Gardner -- Black backlash against Obama / Linn Washington, Jr -- Coda, occupy the system / Jeffrey St. Clair and Joshua Frank.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Recursos Regionales	Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso)	002 E 907 H791 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		00000146618

Includes index.

Prelude: Barack Obama, changeling / Jeffrey St. Clair and Joshua Frank --
Marketing hope / Kevin Alexander Gray --
Obama's money cartel / Pam Martens --
A kettle of hawks / Jeremy Scahill --
Obama's Israel problem / Joshua Frank --
From Oscar Grant to Barack Obama / Ron Jacobs --
AIG and the system / Jeffrey St. Clair --
Orwell in Baghdad / Chris Floyd --
A redneck view of Obamarama / Joe Bageant --
Obama and abortion rights / Sharon Smith --
From state secrets to wiretaps / Sibel Edmonds --
Obama and the man in the hat / Jeffrey St. Clair --
The Wall Street White House / Andrew Cockburn --
The Honduran coup / Conn Hallinan --
Obama's immigration reforms / Wajahat Ali --
The wolf at Trout Creek / Jeffrey St. Clair --
Obama's mistakes in health care reform / Vincente Navarro --
The Afghan war question / Franklin Spinney --
Obama and nuclear power / Joshua Frank and Jeffrey St. Clair --
The novocaine presidency / Kevin Alexander Gray --
Obama's war for oil in Columbia / Daniel Kovalik --
Blowback of the drones / Gary Leupp --
America the pacified / Kathy Kelly --
Kagan's disturbing record / Marjorie Cohn --
Obama and the nuclear rocket / Karl Grossman --
Torturing the rule of law / Chase Madar --
Eat, pray, be disappointed / Paul Krassner --
Let them eat oil / Jeffrey St. Clair --
Obama's sellout on taxes / Michael Hudson --
Obama and rendition / Steve Hendricks --
The murdered women of Juarez / Laura Carlsen --
Obama's puzzling silence / Ralph Nader --
Inside Obamanomics / Ismael Hossein-zadeh --
The US as Israel's enabler in the Middle East / Kathleen Christison --
Obama as deregulationist / Andrew Levine --
Monsanto's minions / Rommie Cummins --
The torture of Bradley Manning / Medea Benjamin and Charles Davis --
Winding down Obama / Linh Dinh --
Sexual politics in the age of Obama / David Rosen --
What has Bin Laden's killing wrought? / Ray McGovern --
Much ado about nothing / Alvaro Huerta --
The Obama administration and Iran / Susan Fayazmanesh --
Obama's nuclear weapons surge / Darwin Bond-Graham --
Friends without benefits / David Macaray --
War colleges / Henry Giroux --
Politics as the earth burns / Brian Tokar --
Obama's attack on Social Security and Medicare / Dave Lindorff --
Obama's assault on civil liberties / Bill Quigley --
Top ten myths in the war on Libya / Maximilian Forte --
War and debt / Michael Hudsen --
Perpetual war / Tariq Ali --
Guantánamo, torture and Obama surrenders / Andy Worthington --
Obama and the economy / Mike Whitney --
The audacity of dope / Fred Gardner --
Black backlash against Obama / Linn Washington, Jr --
Coda, occupy the system / Jeffrey St. Clair and Joshua Frank.

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