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Barack Obama's Trials and Battles with the DC Political Establishment

Eric Alterman, Nation Books. February 5, 2011.

In this excerpt from his new book, Alterman covers the systemic obstacles that have stalled Obama's presidential performance.

What Should Lefties Do in These Revolutionary Times?

Barbara Ehrenreich, The Nation. August 17, 2010.

The role of the left should not be to uphold or defend a government increasingly at odds with the interests of the people, but to change it, drastically and from the ground up.

Is Obama a Conservative or a Progressive Realist?

Isaac Fitzgerald, The Real News Network AlterNet: Video. June 30, 2008.

Eric Alterman and Pepe Escobar duke it out over Obama's recent moves on the campaign trail.