[Imc-chicago-audio] Obamanomics: In These Times April Issue

[Jeff Allen]

IN THESE TIMES April Issue

Articles from our April issue are available online at 
http://ent.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker&cmd=track&j=198714261&u=2028150.
	
FOR INTERVIEWS OR MORE INFORMATION:
Contact: Jeff Allen
Phone: 773.772.0100, x225 
Fax: 773.772.4180 
Email: jeff at inthesetimes.com

FEATURES

"Showdown" by Adam Doster 
Although the Udalls are jokingly called "the Kennedys of the West,"
most Americans have never heard of this political family that
traverses four generations. That's about to change. Three Udall 
cousins are running for the Senate, two as Democrats and one as a
Republican. If the two Democrats win and the Republican loses, the
Democratic Party will be within reach of a filibuster-proof majority
in the Senate. 

"Blue Collar, Bare Cupboards" by Sasha Abramsky 
Food pantries have long served the chronically unemployed and the
homeless. But due to stagnating wages and the rising cost of living,
a different group is increasingly showing up at food banks: the working 
poor. Pantries, already stretched because of massive cuts in federal
aid and reductions in private contributions, are struggling to feed 
the swelling ranks of the hungry working poor.

"The Upside of Nationalism" by David Sirota 
American nationalism - the politics of putting America first - can 
be reactionary, as immigrant bashing shows. On the other hand, 
American nationalism can be progressive by combining economic
nationalism with populism. Progressive nationalism condemns 
treaties, policies, and business practices that benefit elites at the 
expense of ordinary U.S. workers. It also opposes - as a threat to 
national security - allowing foreign governments to invest heavily in
critical sectors of the U.S. economy.

"Obamanomics" by David Moberg
Obama's economic policies, although still being refined, seem more
centrist than progressive. But if elected, Obama may shift to the 
left for two reasons. First, Obama risks alienating his progressive 
supporters if he cleaves to centrist policies. Second, centrist 
policies are too feeble to address the economic disasters that 
Obama will inherit from Bush.

"Recruiting Spies in the Peace Corps" by Jean Friedman-Rudovsky 
A U.S. embassy official in Bolivia asked Peace Corps volunteers to 
report on any Cubans they encounter in Bolivia. The U.S. embassy 
and the State Department later said the request was a mistake and
a violation of U.S. policy. But six months after the first request, the 
same U.S. official allegedly asked a Fulbright scholar to spy on 
Cubans and Venezuelans in Bolivia. These incidents are part of a 
disturbing pattern of recent U.S. meddling in Bolivian affairs. 

PLUS:
"Shape Up and Ship Out" by John Cavanagh, Anita Dancs, and Miriam
Pemberton
How the Pentagon can cut the U.S. defense budget and still keep us
safe. 

"Beyond Propaganda" by Michael Moreci 
Oil giant BP greenwashes Alberta tar sands. 

"Caricaturing Danish Muslims" by Jacob Wheeler
Religious bias figures prominently in the election defeat of a 
progressive Muslim woman in Denmark. 

"Kenya's Indy Media" by Michelle Chen 
Bloggers, cartoonists, and guerrilla radio activists rock the East 
African mediascape. 


VIEWS

Susan Douglas on the $9 trillion debt no one wants to talk about. 

Salim Muwakkil on Obama, the man, and the movement. 

Laura Washington on Nader's narcissism. 

Ralph Seliger on secular Jews and the Jewish state. 

Terry Allen on downer cows, heparin, and the incompetent federal 
bureaucracy.  





----------------------------------------
You are subscribed to this list as imc-chicago-audio at lists.indymedia.org.  To unsubscribe, send email to unsubscribe.246434.198714261.1976920857437281070-imc+2Dchicago+2Daudio_lists.indymedia.org at en.groundspring.org.

Our postal address is 
P.O. Box 1912
Mt. Morris, Illinois 61054
United States

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/imc-chicago-audio/attachments/20080320/39de268e/attachment.htm