| ULU Marxists: US Elections - Obama for change? |
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Thursday, 13 November 2008, 18:00 - 20:00 |
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 The U.S. has elected a new president, Barack Hussein Obama. Along with
the dramatic turn in the economic situation, this marks a definite
turning point in the history of the country and of the world. Big
illusions have been created that Obama will provide “change”. What
American workers have voted for is an end to policies that benefit the
rich - but does Obama represent real change?
Will Obama repeal
anti-labor legislation? Will he implement a national living wage? Will
he provide free, universal health care? Will he cut the military budget
and invest much needed billions in education, housing and
infrastructure? Will he nationalize the energy, auto and airline
industries, all crucial for the functioning of the country, to be run
under democratic workers' control? Will he stop the raids and
deportations and grant amnesty to immigrant workers and their families?
Will he launch a mass program of public works to create millions of
union jobs, provide housing for all, modernize and expand public
transportation and rebuild America’s crumbling infrastructure?
Come
to the ULU Marxist Society’s next meeting where Mick Brooks, editor of
the Socialist Appeal, will talk on the significance of the election of
the Democrats and America’s first black President, and the need for a
socialist transformation of society.
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Location: Room 2A, University of London Union (ULU), Malet Street, London
Contact:
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Tel: 07533 568362 or on Facebook ‘ULU Marxist Discussion Group’ |
