Tag archive for ‘Barack Obama’
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International action needed as Honduras coup rips up power-sharing agreement
Last week it seemed that a victory had been secured in Honduras over the military coup that had removed the President, Manuel Zelaya. The coup leaders had agreed a deal for power-sharing that would take the country forward to elections.
The Tegucigalpa-San Jose agreement set out the priority of returning to constitutional order, and requires the need to “return the holder of executive power to its pre-June 28 state through to January 27, 2010, which marks the end of the term [...] -
Spike Lee – “I never drank that post-racial Kool Aid”
Director Spike Lee always gives good interview, and he didn’t disappoint with Jeremy Paxman on Newsnight last night.
When Obama won the election last year you could have been forgiven for thinking from some of the media coverage that Martin Luther King’s objectives had all been achieved, the dream realised.
But however significant Obama’s victory was – and it was – it did not eliminate racism and discrimination in America.
Talking to Paxman, Spike Lee reasserted the historic nature of Obama’s victory, [...] -
Hannan’s rhetoric feeds a dangerous US right wing beast
By Simon Fletcher
One of the most objectionable features of Daniel Hannan’s intervention in the US healthcare debate – aside from his actual attacks on the NHS itself – is how his comments feed the rhetoric and prejudices of very right wing strands of US opinion.
Hannan’s rhetoric that the NHS is “Marxist” and his claims that America risks becoming less American play straight into the notion of Obama importing what are seen as un-American ideas. The US right’s assertion of Obama [...] -
On Labourlist: Daniel Hannan feeds the US right wing beast
I have a new piece on Labourlist today, “Hannan’s rhetoric feeds a dangerous US right wing beast.”
It says that Tory MEP Daniel Hannan’s attacks on socialised healthcare feed the right’s dynamic that President Obama is acting against the American way of life.
“Hannan’s rhetoric that the NHS is “Marxist” and his claims that America risks becoming less American play straight into the notion of Obama importing what are seen as un-American ideas. The US right’s assertion of Obama as alien or [...] -
Honduras coup – condemnation must be followed by action
Barack Obama has repeatedly made it clear that he wishes to see better US relations with central and Latin America. This Sunday’s military coup in Honduras is the first coup in Latin America since President Obama was elected – the first test of US policy towards central and Latin America on his watch.
President Manuel Zelaya Rosales, was kidnapped by the military, removed from his home by force, prevented from communicating with the outside world for several hours and then violently [...]
