<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>The Activist &#187; barack obama</title>
	<atom:link href="http://theactivist.org/blog/tag/barack-obama/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://theactivist.org/blog</link>
	<description>// Culture. Consciousness. Critical Thought. //</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:39:55 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1</generator>
<image>
  <link>http://theactivist.org/blog</link>
  <url>http://theactivist.org/blog/animated_favicon1.gif</url>
  <title>The Activist</title>
</image>
		<item>
		<title>The Liberals and the Debt Limit</title>
		<link>http://theactivist.org/blog/the-liberals-and-the-debt-limit</link>
		<comments>http://theactivist.org/blog/the-liberals-and-the-debt-limit#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 04:21:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ydsblog</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News and Views]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[austerity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[barack obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[debt ceiling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ideology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Security]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://theactivist.org/blog/?p=3897</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[CHRIS MAISANO In a sane world, the residues of whatever loyalty that liberals and leftists (especially those who should know better) feel toward Barack Obama would be wiped away by today&#8217;s news that the president has proposed substantial cuts to the three pillars of the parsimonious U.S. welfare state &#8211; Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://theactivist.org/blog/the-liberals-and-the-debt-limit/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Israel &amp; Obama</title>
		<link>http://theactivist.org/blog/israel-obama</link>
		<comments>http://theactivist.org/blog/israel-obama#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 15:39:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ydsblog</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News and Views]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[barack obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Benjamin Netanyahu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Israel occupation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Israeli-Palestinian conflict]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Palestine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[settlements]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://theactivist.org/blog/?p=3405</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[BILL FLETCHER, JR. The so-called peace talks between Israel and the Palestine National Authority raise a number of interesting and, in some respects, provocative questions. One concerns whether the Israeli government has any interest in a just peace. The second is whether the Netanyahu group (in power) wishes to bring down President Obama. In terms [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://theactivist.org/blog/israel-obama/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Goldberg Scheme</title>
		<link>http://theactivist.org/blog/goldberg-scheme</link>
		<comments>http://theactivist.org/blog/goldberg-scheme#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 20:36:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Maisano</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News and Views]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bad ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[barack obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jonah Goldberg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[socialism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://theactivist.org/blog/?p=3097</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[CHRIS MAISANO Jonah Goldberg is what happens when you take an Internet message board troll and give him a well-connected literary agent for a mother. A couple of years ago, he gave the world Liberal Fascism, an entire book based on the same kind of logical fallacy that says since many gay men like Madonna, [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://theactivist.org/blog/goldberg-scheme/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>It&#8217;s Time for the Left to Get Serious</title>
		<link>http://theactivist.org/blog/its-time-for-the-left-to-get-serious</link>
		<comments>http://theactivist.org/blog/its-time-for-the-left-to-get-serious#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 02:30:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Schulman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[barack obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bill fletcher]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Neoliberalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[populism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://theactivist.org/blog/?p=2529</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; BILL FLETCHER Shortly after last November’s presidential election, I spoke at a forum discussing its implications. There I mentioned that we should anticipate a right-wing populist trend emerging, one that I would describe as “revanchist” – a term meaning “revenge-seeking.” Interestingly enough, a member of the International Socialist Organization dismissed my concerns as pessimistic [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://theactivist.org/blog/its-time-for-the-left-to-get-serious/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Austerity Now</title>
		<link>http://theactivist.org/blog/austerity-now</link>
		<comments>http://theactivist.org/blog/austerity-now#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:32:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Maisano</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[austerity program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[barack obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Neoliberalism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://theactivist.org/blog/?p=2456</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[CHRIS MAISANO A couple months ago, I wrote a post titled The Coming Liberal Austerity Program. Well, it’s not just coming anymore. It’s here. In response to the Republican victory in last week’s special election in Massachusetts and the deficit paranoia that has gripped the right wing and orthodox economists, President Obama announced yesterday that [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://theactivist.org/blog/austerity-now/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Obama and Afghanistan: What A Downer</title>
		<link>http://theactivist.org/blog/obama-and-afghanistan-what-a-downer</link>
		<comments>http://theactivist.org/blog/obama-and-afghanistan-what-a-downer#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:55:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jake Blumgart</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[barack obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[domestic policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[escalation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LBJ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vietnam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[War on Poverty]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://theactivist.org/blog/obama-and-afghanistan-what-a-downer</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[JAKE BLUMGART The verdict is in: everyone is unhappy, or at least uncomfortable, with President Obama’s plan for Afghanistan. Reactions ranged from the typical delusions of National Review to the wounded hopes of many progressives who hoped that Obama would do something, anything  other than escalate. I generally try not to get too invested in [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://theactivist.org/blog/obama-and-afghanistan-what-a-downer/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Against Escalation</title>
		<link>http://theactivist.org/blog/against-escalation</link>
		<comments>http://theactivist.org/blog/against-escalation#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:12:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Maisano</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News and Views]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[barack obama]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://theactivist.org/blog/?p=2161</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[CHRIS MAISANO The British journalist Johann Hari recently wrote a scathing critique of the fallacies underpinning official propaganda in support of continuing NATO military engagement in Afghanistan. As Hari notes, there are less than one hundred al-Qaeda fighters still left in that country. The Taliban is considered even by American intelligence services as primarily a [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://theactivist.org/blog/against-escalation/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Socialists Say: Obama Is No Socialist (but here&#8217;s what one looks like)</title>
		<link>http://theactivist.org/blog/socialists-say-obama-is-no-socialist-but-heres-what-one-looks-like</link>
		<comments>http://theactivist.org/blog/socialists-say-obama-is-no-socialist-but-heres-what-one-looks-like#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:42:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ydsblog</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Misc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[barack obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[socialism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://theactivist.org/blog/?p=2138</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[FRANK LLEWELLYN &#038; JOE SCHWARTZ Over the past 12 months, the Democratic Socialists of America has received more media attention than it has over the past 12 years. The global economic crisis undoubtedly opened some people&#8217;s eyes to the inequality and insecurity that capitalism generates and rendered them curious about an alternative. But when the [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://theactivist.org/blog/socialists-say-obama-is-no-socialist-but-heres-what-one-looks-like/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>The End of Healthcare History? Let&#8217;s Hope Not</title>
		<link>http://theactivist.org/blog/the-end-of-healthcare-history-lets-hope-not</link>
		<comments>http://theactivist.org/blog/the-end-of-healthcare-history-lets-hope-not#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 01:22:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ydsblog</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lead Story]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[barack obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://theactivist.org/blog/?p=1874</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[JEFF MUCKENSTURM There’s no doubt that mainstream liberals will gush over last night&#8217;s speech by President Obama to the joint session of Congress. But any progressive or socialist should find Obama’s speech, and his overall healthcare reform effort, as just another entry in a long list of political disasters (i.e. Afghanistan, Iraq, “don’t ask-don’t tell,” [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://theactivist.org/blog/the-end-of-healthcare-history-lets-hope-not/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Wrong on Afghanistan</title>
		<link>http://theactivist.org/blog/wrong-on-afghanistan</link>
		<comments>http://theactivist.org/blog/wrong-on-afghanistan#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2009 04:29:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest Author</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Exogenous Views]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[barack obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Fletcher Jr.]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://theactivist.org/blog/wrong-on-afghanistan</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes I feel like I am reliving the era of President Lyndon B. Johnson. </strong>The era of 'guns and butter,' as they called it. At the same time that Johnson was launching his 'War on Poverty' he was escalating the US war against the people of Vietnam and Laos, as well as carrying out the criminal invasion of the Dominican Republic (1965).]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://theactivist.org/blog/wrong-on-afghanistan/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>

