Re: [Marxism] Summer Reading for Obama

[Bill O'Connor <billyoc@xxxxxxxxx>]

Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Todd Chretien wrote:
>> Complete story at:
>> http://socialistworker.org/2009/06/10/reading-list-for-barack-obama
>> 
>> SW will print a select list of recommendations for Obama next week.   
>> So go to the website and add your suggestions... Todd
>> 
>
> The sad fact is that Obama probably read books just like these when he 
> was at Columbia University. Somebody who counts Bill Ayers and Rashid 
> Khalidi as friends (at least at one point in his life) would have likely 
> read Chomsky, Zinn, or whoever. That's what is so fucking disgusting 
> about him. None of it made a difference.

You would think that all of that time spent at University would cause
him to become a *little* radical in his thinking, how could it not?  He
must have seen the devastating effect of neoliberal economic policies on
the neighborhoods in Chicago, why would he continue the same policies
when he doesn't have to?  

-- 
In Solidarity,
Billy O'Connor

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