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

Contributor(s): 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
Subject(s): 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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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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