The election of Barack Obama as president of the United States and his taking office on January 6 established a new political administration in Washington just as a financial crisis threatened to bring the U.S. economy to a halt. We ask here:
- What has Obama done in his first months in office?
- What do the economic and political conditions and Obama’s response
mean for the labor and social movements in this country? - What should Solidarity, other socialists, and labor and movement activists throughout the country be doing to respond to the crisis?