June-July 2009 Volume 30, Number 3
Why Obama is no socialist by Steven Strauss A chorus of conservative pundits has been using the 'S' word to describe President Obama. During last fall's presidential campaign, for example, media personality Rush Limbaugh crowed, "the American people reject socialism." And then he warned, "But this is Obama's program." Limbaugh's scare tactic didn't prevent a resounding Obama victory. Neither did it transform the new commander-in-chief into a socialist. Yet, as the pain and suffering caused by capitalism becomes more intense and widespread, the need for radical, socialist change cries out. Read the complete article. More Featured Articles: 
Legalize drugs!
Ethics, economics, health, common sense — whatever the perspective, there is no good reason to keep drugs illegal. 
Queer liberation: the feminist connection
The reactionaries have one thing right: gay equality — like women’s liberation — is a threat to caplitalism’s patriarchal family. 
Labor splits over healthcare proposals
Many union officials are content to follow Obama and the Democrats, but a grass-roots movement is fighting for a single-payer system that would take the insurance industry out of the picture. 
U.S. sabotaging rights of Afghan women
The Afghanistan Socialist Association reveals the true conditions of women living in occupied Afghanistan — conditions that recall medieval times. For links to all of this issue's stories, click here. |
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