Socialism, Obama, and America's Future

By W.A. Beatty

Is Obama a socialist? Obama falls within the mainstream of contemporary socialism as represented by Germany's Social Democrats, the French Socialists, or Spain's socialist-workers party. By this criterion, yes! Obama is a socialist. He is clearly a socialist in the European sense of the term.

France has just elected François Hollande president. Hollande is a proud socialist. How are Obama's and Hollande's policies similar? ......