[SDCPJ] Reminder: Barack Obama and the Left, Sunday, March 15, 09 - Socialist Salon

TODAY: Barack Obama and the Left

Wars fester, Economy meltdown, Poverty spikes, Bailouts blunder,
Occupations continue, Corporation Collude...
What can we do to prevent a rightward drift?

- Socialist Salon -
Discussions with Lefties
on Burning Issues
Sunday, March 15, 4:30 - 7:00 pm

Location: 6142 Romany Drive, SD 92120
Home of Herb Shore & Virginia Franco
619-287-5535

Exit Fwy. 8 at College Ave. North on College, left on Del Cerro Blvd, right on Theta Place, left on Romany Drive. 6142 is third house on the right. (Bring light, potluck snacks if you wish)

San Diego Socialist Unity Network is holding a series of forums to encourage deeper political discussions, which look strategically at our movement, the path to social transformation & a new social order. We use this opportunity to tackle many major issues of our times from a non-sectarian, left perspective in a challenging yet relaxed setting. 

Barack Obama and the Left

Both Obama's record as a Senator and his campaign for President put him to the left of his post election media characterization as a "centrist." Clearly a massive grass roots support put him in office to accomplish goals well beyond where his short record stands today: Republican appointments to his cabinet and a compromised response to the economic crises.  A massive grass roots campaign can move his agenda back on track, but is it up to the task of a long-term struggle to do so?  Will we see the coalition of new voters, youth and labor doing the heavy political lifting to roll back the right's efforts to derail "change?" And, if so, when and in what manner? Will it include renewed efforts in the "red states" to bring support to a progressive agenda and possibly impact elections in November 2010?

Obama's speeches on the economy give hope that real change can come, but his announced policies on peace, Iraq and Afghanistan have been  disappointing.  We will discuss options for the left and the peace movement to move U.S. policy in the right direction.

We hope to see you on Sunday.

San Diego Socialist Unity Network regular meetings alternate with Socialist Salons on the 3rd Sunday of each month. 
The regular meetings are at the Activist Center, 4246 Wightman St., from 4:30-7 pm. You are invited to attend.