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NEW TITLE: THE OBAMA SYNDROME Surrender at Home, War Abroad By TARIQ ALI Published 1 November 2010 ----------------------------- EVENTS: V40 Politics: Monday 25 October, 7pm, Free Word Centre, 60 Farringdon Street, London, EC1R 3GA Panel discussion with Tariq Ali, Mehdi Hasan, Patrick Cockburn and DD Guttenplan to discuss how much Obama's first two years in office will cost him at the most expensive elections in history. Tickets are FREE, but booking is essential for this event. Call 020 7324 2570 or email i...@freewordonline.com<http://www.freewordonline.com/%22mailto:i...@freewordonline.com/%22> to book your place. More information here http://www.versobooks.com/events/47-v40-politics---the-obama-syndrome-surrender-at-home,-war-abroad Monday 8 November, doors open 8pm, Café Oto, 18-22 Ashwin Street, London, E8 3DL Tickets cost £4 advance/£5 on the door. For more information and to buy tickets: http://www.cafeoto.co.uk/tariq-ali.shtm Tuesday 9 November, Frontline Club, 13 Norfolk Place, London, W2 1QJ Tickets cost £12.50/10 early booking (£8 concessions - students/seniors). For more information and to buy tickets: http://frontlineclub.com/events/2010/11/insight-with-tariq-ali---the-obama-syndrome.html ----------------------------- A merciless dissection of Obama's overseas escalation and domestic retreat. "Our country has borne a special burden in global affairs. We have spilled American blood in many countries on multiple continents ... Our cause is just, our resolve unwavering. We will go forward with the confidence that right makes might." -Barack Obama, West Point, December 1, 2009 What has really changed since Bush left the White House? Very little, argues Tariq Ali, apart from the mood music. The hopes aroused during Obama's election campaign have rapidly receded-the honeymoon has been short. Following the financial crisis, the "reform" president bailed out Wall Street without getting anything in return. With Democratic Party leaders and representatives mired in the corrupt lobbying system, the plans for reforming the healthcare system lie wrecked on the Senate floor. Abroad, the "war on terror" continues: torture on a daily basis in the horror chamber that is Bagram, Iraq occupied indefinitely, Israel permanently appeased, and more troops to Afghanistan and more drone attacks in Pakistan than under Bush. The fact that Obama has proved incapable of shifting the political terrain even a few inches in a reformist direction will pave the way for a Republican surge and triumph in the not too distant future. ------------------------------- TARIQ ALI is an internationally acclaimed writer and commentator. He has written more than a dozen books on world history and politics. His Clash of the Fundamentalisms has sold over 80,000 copies, and he has also won awards and accolades for his fiction - the first book in the Islam Quintet, Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree has sold over 20,000 copies. Ali is also a celebrated filmmaker and has written scripts for the stage and screen; most recently he co-wrote and appeared in Oliver Stone's South of the Border. He is an Editor of New Left Review and lives in London. --------------------------------- ISBN: 978 1 84467 449 7/ £9.99 / 160 pages ------------------------------- For more information and to buy:http://www.versobooks.com/books/516-the-obama-syndrome ---------------------------------- Visit Verso's all-new website for blog updates, information on our upcoming events, news, reviews, publications and special offers: http://www.versobooks.com<http://www.versobooks.com/books/469-manituana> Become a fan of Verso on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Verso-Books-UK/122064538789 And get updates on Twitter too! http://twitter.com/VersoBooksUK ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
