Working Paper: Obama, The Crisis & The Movements

Submitted by Isaac on June 18, 2009 - 12:35pm

by Dan La Botz - May 17, 2009

The election of Barack Obama as president of the United States and his taking office on January 6 established a new political administration in Washington just as a financial crisis threatened to bring the U.S. economy to a halt. We ask here:

  • What has Obama done in his first months in office?
  • What do the economic and political conditions and Obama’s response mean for the labor and social movements in this country?
  • What should Solidarity, other socialists, and labor and movement activists throughout the country be doing to respond to the crisis?

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