List of left-wing articles critical of Barack Obama

Most recent first.

Date (YYYYMMDD)	Article	Author	Publisher
2008 after the election
2008/12/23	Obama, the military and the threat of dictatorship	Bill Van Auken	WSWS
2008/12/19	Obama picks Wall Street insider to head main regulatory agency	Patrick Martin	WSWS
2008/12/19	Obama, in a ‘slap in the face,’ invites right-wing evangelist to the inauguration	David Walsh	WSWS
2008/12/18	Obama names more cabinet secretaries—a continued march to the right	Bill Van Auken	WSWS
2008/12/17	Praise from Cheney for Obama’s national security team	Bill Van Auken	WSWS
2008/12/16	Obama’s defence appointee signals continuing US belligerence	Peter Symonds	WSWS
2008/12/16	Intro to Obamanomics	Alan Maass	Socialist Worker
2008/12/16	Obama’s defence appointee signals continuing US belligerence	Peter Symonds	WSWS
2008/12/15	From change to continuity	John Pilger	Socialist Worker
2008/12/13	US military prepares for Obama’s expansion of Afghan war	James Cogan	WSWS
2008/12/12	Obama's gathering of hawks	Lance Selfa	Socialist Worker
2008/12/10	Socialism Is No Longer a Dirty Word		The Nation
2008/12/06	Buyer beware! Obama named “Marketer of the Year”	Tom Eley	WSWS
2008/12/02	Is this where change will come from?		Socialist Worker
2008/11?	Some Thoughts on Obama (315Kb)	Christopher Z. Hobson	UtopianMag
2008/11/28	Who is Paul Volcker? Obama appoints a longtime enemy of the working class	Patrick Martin	WSWS
2008/11/28	After the Party comes the Hangover		Revo
2008/11/27	Orbiting Planet Obama	Ted North	Weekly Worker
2008/11/17	The black “insiders” and the Obama administration	Lawrence Porter	WSWS
2008/11/13	Obamania		Weekly Worker
2008/11/11	One week since the election of Obama		WSWS
2008/11/10	Guardian journalist on Obama’s election: An “armed insurrection” averted	Chris Marsden	WSWS
2008/11/08	USA: Obamania at the universities		Permanent Revolution
2008/11/08	Obama reassures big business on economic policy	Patrick Martin	WSWS
2008/11/07	Obama: Meet the new boss, same as the old boss		LibCom
2008/11/06	Obama wins but will he bring change?	Ian Sinclair	LibCom
2008/11/06	Class divisions begin to emerge in Obama coalition	Jerry White	WSWS
2008/11/05	US elections: Welcome to the "School of the Democrats"	John Peterson	SA
2008 before the election
2008/11/01	Whoever Wins US Election, Policy in “War on Terror” Unlikely to Change		Infoshop
2008/11/01	Obama begins to “lower expectations” for a Democratic White House	Patrick Martin	WSWS
2008/10/31	Is Obama really a radical at heart?	Lance Selfa	Socialist Worker
2008/10	Ballyhoo and baloney	Michael Schauerte	Socialist Standard
2008/09/13	Is Obama a Socialist
2008/10/20	Colin Powell endorses Obama	Barry Grey	WSWS
2008/10/19	McCain calls Obama a socialist	John Amato	Crooks and Liars
2008/10/22	World Without Wages		Socialism or your money back
2008/10/22	Sarah Palin and the Socialist		The Nation
2008/10/20	Socialists say Obama No Socialist		Chicago Tribune
2008/10/17	A political farce, not a debate	Patrick Martin	WSWS
2008/10/06	Obama and McCain agree on Wall Street bailout and war	Patrick Martin	WSWS
2008/10/09	Obama, McCain offer platitudes in the face of an economic disaster	Patrick Martin	WSWS
2008/09/29	The Obama-McCain debate: Right-wing politicians agree on bailout and militarism	Patrick Martin	WSWS
2008/08/25	Chasing the Obama mirage	Lance Selfa	Socialist Worker
2008/07/25	Obama promotes wider war in Afghanistan: Another presidential race between pro-war candidates	Jerry White	WSWS
2008/10	Politics of change or politics as usual?	Lance Selfa	International Socialist Review
2008/10	Can the Left take over the Democratic Party? No!	Lance Selfa	International Socialist Review
2008/10/16	Why won't Obama back a real jobs plan?		Socialist Worker
2008/10/09	Who would Obama put first?	Lance Selfa	Socialist Worker
2008/10/05	The Obama Phenomenon	Paul Street	ZMag
2008/10/16	VOTE NADER IN AN OBAMA LANDSLIDE		Socialist Unity
2008/09/30	Oppose Obama? How dare you!	Joshua Frank	Socialist Worker
2008/09/29	Why won't Obama go for the knockout?	Lance Selfa	Socialist Worker
2008/09/11	Does Obama have answers?	Lance Selfa	Socialist Worker
2008/08/28	Capitalism with a human face	Jim Creegan	Weekly Worker
2008/08/20	Candidates for Sale	Matt Taibbi	Rolling Stone
2008/08/07	Obama and the Empire by William Blum	William Blum	Counterpunch
2008/08/06	Barack Obama in Berlin: "Send more troops!"	Wladek Flakin	Permanent Revolution
2008/08/04	Obama joins the club	Ramzy Baroud	ZMag
2008/07	US elections - is real change coming?	Gary Younge	International Socialist Journal
2008/07/31	What will an Obama Presidency bring?	Carl Finamore	ZMag
2008/07/27	Where Obamaism seems to be going	Adolph Reed	ZMag
2008/7/25	Europe's Obama cheers ring hollow in the Middle East	Jonathan Steele	The Guardian
2008/7/24	Barack Obama campaign: American workers need their own party	Sacha Ismail	Workers' Liberty
2008/07/23	What Obama missed in the Middle East	Ali Abunimah	The Guardian
2008/07/23	Fudging the issue with cliches	Salam Al-Mahadin	The Guardian
2008/07/20	The Myth of Barack Obama’s “True Progressive” Past	Paul Street	ZMag
2008/7/17	Barack Obama - a class act	Jim Creegan	Weekly Worker
2008/07/17	Because he's black	Paul Street	ZMag
2008/7/16	Going nuts about Obama	Mahir Ali	ZMag
2008/7/15	All you need to know about Obama	Brad Spangler
2008/7/12	After the Obama Betrayal	Gregory Kafoury	Counterpunch
2008/7/4	Why the left should not back Obama	Barry Finger	Workers' Liberty
2008/06/27	Warning: This candidate makes wide right turns	Alan Maass	Socialist Worker
2008/6/15	Change, What Change?	Jeffrey St Clair	Counterpunch
2008/6/10	Deadly Fallout From Obama's Groveling Before Israel Lobby	James G. Abourezk	Counterpunch
2008/5/29	After Bobby Kennedy/False Hope in Obama	John Pilger	New Statesman
2008/5/26	Is Barack Obama an Alternative for U.S. Workers?	Shane Jones	Socialist Alternative
2008/3/10	Obama, the Democrats and the socialist movement	Barry Finger	Workers' Liberty
2008/3/05	Why I won't vote for Obama	Wayne Price	Anarkismo
2008/2/29	Count Me Out: The Obama Craze	Matt Gonzalez	Counterpunch
2008/2/22	Who is Barack Obama and what does he stand for?	Luiz Bicalho	Marxist
2007
2007/02/13	US Senator Barack Obama and the war in Iraq	Tom Eley	WSWS

External links

• Barack Obama and the Future of American Politics by Paul Street
• Criticizing Obama Infoshop
• The Left against Obama Facebook group
• Progressives against Obama