RadioActive hosts a community roundtable discussion evaluating Barack Obama’s first six months in office.

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RadioActive hosts a community conversation with Shirene Brown, business owner, loan officer, and real estate agent, and Monique Jarvis, educator and spoken word artist.

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By Steve Fournier

Barack Obama‘s apparent descent into unreason—manifest in the nation’s renewed commitment to military adventure, creditors’ rights, and subsidized markets—is not what it seems. The remarkable dumbing-down of this seemingly rational man marks the passing of the imperial torch ignited for Ronald Reagan and kept burning by each his successors, Read the full story

Connecticut activist groups are coming together today to condemn the wave of intense violence in Gaza by the Israeli government.   An unprecedented surge of military force in the region has left untold destruction and an estimated one hundred to three hundred civilians dead, depending on the news source.   Read the full story

From truthout.org:

The absence of a solid anti-war voice on Obama’s national security team means that US foreign policy isn’t going to change.

The assembly of Hillary Clinton, Robert Gates, Susan Rice and Joe Biden is a kettle of hawks with a proven track record of support for the Iraq war, militaristic interventionism, neoliberal economic policies and a worldview consistent with the foreign policy arch that stretches from George HW Bush’s time in office to the present.

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AFTER THE VOTES ARE COUNTED
Thu Nov 13, 7 pm reception; 7:30 discussion, Real Art Ways, 56 Arbor St., Hartford.
The political attack ads have subsided and the debates and speculation are over. We have a new president, but what does that mean? Moderated by WNPR’s John Dankosky, host of “Where We Live,” a panel including Laurence Cohen, Bill Curry and Melanye Price, professor at Wesleyan University focus on “The Aftermath” of November 4 and what our future looks like in an Obama presidency. Free. 232-1006, realartways.org