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For me, the story of the U.S. election run-in has not been the story of the inevitable march to power of Barack Obama. It’s been the story of how an immeasurably more experienced candidate — John McCain — has rendered himself unelectable with a solid month of cackhanded campaigning. When [...]
Filed under: election2008, johnmccain, jonathanbirch, uspolitics on October 28th, 2008 | No Comments »
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Monday 27th October, 8.45pm
On the back of Tuesday’s successful talk from Salim Tamari, Clare Politics brings you another must-see event, as Jodi Williams addresses the society.
As one of the first member’s of Barack Obama’s presidential campaign - a campaign which by now has reached the home straight - she helped [...]
Filed under: barackobama, clarepoliticsnews, election2008, jodiwilliams, uspolitics on October 24th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Tuesday evening saw Professor Salim Tamari address a packed Bennett Room, as the visiting fellow of Clare gave his low down on the Arab-Israeli conflict - its causes, the current impasse, and thoughts on the future. Clare Politics would like to extend a big thank you to the many who came and contributed to the [...]
Filed under: clarepoliticsnews, salimtamari, speaker discussion on October 23rd, 2008 | No Comments »
Tuesday 21st October, 8.45pm
So Clare Politics is back under new administration and with a great line up of speakers this term and next - beginning with a talk from Professor Salim Tamari.
Professor Tamari is an undisputed Palistinian expert: not only is he the director of the Institute of Jerusalem Studies, he also teaches of sociology [...]
Filed under: clarepoliticsnews, salimtamari on October 18th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
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Of all the bizarre and interesting features of the 2008 US presidential election, here’s one you may not have noticed: it’s the first time both tickets have been topped by a serving senator. It guarantees that America’s 44th president will be the third to assume the job from a Senate [...]
Filed under: barackobama, democracy, election2008, johnmccain, jonathanbirch, uspolitics on October 8th, 2008 | No Comments »
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Like a small unhappy section of society I spent most of Friday morning yawning profusely looking to all the world like I was suffering the consequences of a particularly heavy night out. But alas, I must confess to night-time pursuit far less socially acceptable and indeed more sordid and [...]
Filed under: election2008, podcasts, presidentialdebate, uspolitics on October 5th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
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The 44th President of the United States will be a crisis president. But he won’t just have an economic disaster to deal with. He’ll also inherit twin military deployments in the region between Israel and India — an area we should perhaps think of as one massive region, one massive problem, but [...]
Filed under: afghanistan, barackobama, election2008, iraq, jonathanbirch, uspolitics on October 2nd, 2008 | No Comments »
