Bill Quigley

Bill Quigley
Israel’s Secret Nuclear Alliance with Racist South Africa
27 May 2010
by Stephen Gowans In the mid-70s, the world’s two pariah states, Israel and South Africa, sought to seal their relationship with a nuclear kiss. A new book claims Israel tried to sell…
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Soldiers Defecting from Somalia’s U.S.-Backed Regime
19 May 2010
by Benjamin Joffe-Walt Washington’s puppet government in Mogadishu, Somalia’s capital, holds sway over only a few blocks of real estate, propped up by U.S.-paid foreign troops. The “government’s”…
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Jena Justice: Drug Bust or Racist Revenge?
19 May 2010
by Jordan Flaherty The sheriff in Jena, Louisiana is carrying out a vendetta against the town’s Black population, say residents, under the guise of fighting drug dealers. "They will get put in…
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Taking Back Homes from the Banks: Exercising the Human Right to Housing
19 May 2010
by Bill Quigley The United States has a surplus of housing, especially after the artificial boom that preceded the Big Bust. There are “very real contradictions in the way we provide housing –…
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Extra Judicial Killings in Guyana: “Champion of the Earth” Presides Over Death Squad Regime
19 May 2010
by the National Resistance In the Theatre of the Absurd anything is possible. And so it is that Guyana’s President, Bharrat Jagdeo, is among six winners from government, science, business and…
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US Troops In Obama's Afghan War Are Executing Prisoners: Seymour Hersh
16 May 2010
If you cannot see the video above, click here. Seymour Hersh knows what he's talking about. He's the award winning reporter who first reported the My Lai massacre to the American people…
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The Boondocks as Black Public Sphere
11 May 2010
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by BAR columnist Jared A. Ball Ph.D. Some folks are too dense even for cartoons – when they’re produced by Aaron McGruder. The Boondocks author’s political take on…
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The Elite Re-Capture New Orleans City Hall: End Of An Era, Beginning Of An Era. A Definitive Analysis
11 May 2010
by Dr. Mtangulizi Sanyika New Orleans has its first white mayor in 32 years, but that doesn’t mean the city has entered a “post-racial” era. Mitch Landrieu won a landslide with a majority of the…
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Pardon You: Racism, Reparations and the Politics of Blame (as Explained by Henry Louis Gates Jr.)
11 May 2010
by Tim Wise Harvard Prof. Henry “Skip” Gates' attempt to blame the trans-Atlantic slave trade largely on Africans and to absolve Europe and America of their historical crimes is a “moral and…
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Update on Romaine "Chip" Fitzgerald in California's Corcoran State Prison
11 May 2010
Two weeks ago we ran a story on Romaine "Chip" Fitzgerald, a political prisoner and former Black Panther imprisoned forty years in California. Fitzgerald was refusing food and demanding…