{"id":155,"date":"2014-12-02T18:04:03","date_gmt":"2014-12-02T18:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/democracycuba.com\/Blog\/?p=155"},"modified":"2016-01-25T20:31:19","modified_gmt":"2016-01-25T20:31:19","slug":"counterpunch-my-article-ferguson-obama-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democracycuba.com\/Blog\/counterpunch-my-article-ferguson-obama-democracy\/","title":{"rendered":"CounterPunch\/My article &#8211; <BR\/>Ferguson: What&#8217;s Going on?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>See my article in <strong>CounterPunch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s Going On?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ferguson, Obama and American Democracy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>by ARNOLD AUGUST.<\/p>\n<p>A few days after the killing of Michael Brown, which occurred on August 9, 2014, Obama stated that \u201cthere are going to be different accounts\u201d and \u201cdifferences in terms of what needs to happen,\u201d but \u201cthat\u2019s part of democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>See my full article in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.counterpunch.org\/2014\/12\/02\/ferguson-obama-and-american-democracy\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">CounterPunch<\/span><\/a> and then let me know about your thoughts, here\u00a0on my blog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>See my article in CounterPunch What&#8217;s Going On? 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