Who's Afraid of Barack Obama?

Who's Afraid of Barack Obama?

In the print edition...

• Who's Afraid of Barack Obama?, by Joe Sims
• Anatomy of a Protest: How Miami Marched against Bush, by Annie Fox
• George W. Bush: The Worst President in US History?, by Norman Markowitz
• Quién le Teme a Barack Obama?, por Joe Sims

A Black president in 2008? Just months ago, many if not most would have scoffed at the prospect. Yet as summer blossoms, so too is the candidacy of Illinois Senator Barack Obama.

Imagine the disgrace of George W. Bush speaking at a college commencement. Now imagine more than 1,000 people out on the front lawn of the college with protest signs – in Miami, where we celebrate wild success if we get 300 out for a peace rally.

Of US presidents, influential progressive historian William Appleman Williams is reputed to have said, “it is not by rhetoric alone, but by their ability to recognize and resolve the central problems of their times that one should judge presidents.”

Un presidente afronorteamericano en 2008. ¿Qué le parece esta idea? Solo hace unos meses muchos norteamericanos, si no la mayoría hubieron descartado hasta la posibilidad.