Last week, New York City’s “Brecht Forum” gathered a panel of progressive journalists to pose the question: Can Barack Obama be a People’s President? Are his weaknesses unforgivable, or is it up to us to push him left? If so, how? The panelists are Betsy Reed, Executive Editor of The Nation; Doug Henwood, writer and editor of the left Business Observer; Jo-Ann Mort of Change Communications; Writer Ta-Nehisi Coates; and Nation columnist Gary Younge. To listen to the broadcast, click here.