Bill Quigley

Bill Quigley
Now that President Obama has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, what should he do?
10 Oct 2009
* Refuse it, like Vietnam's Le Duc Tho did in 1973, because nothing like peace is even on the horizon * Take it and laugh, like Henry Kissinger also in 1973, less than a year after his Christmas…
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7 Arrested in Chicago Demanding Single Payer Health Care; Protests In Ten More Cities Next Week
09 Oct 2009
by the Editors On October 8, seven demonstrators were arrested at the Chicago offices of Cigna Insurance. The protests are part of a series begun in New York last week and slated to spread to…
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Rep. Barbara Lee 7 Years After AntiWar Vote Still Standing For Peace and Justice
06 Oct 2009
A Democracy Now interview by Juan Gonzalez
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Roman Polanski and the Contradictions in Us All
06 Oct 2009
by Davey D For 30 years, it bothered the U.S. government not one bit that film director Roman Polanski lived free and well in Europe, a fugitive from a 1977 charge of drugging a minor to have sex…
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The Pedophile and the Terrorist
06 Oct 2009
by John Maxwell The U.S. wants film director Roman Polanski extradited from Switzerland to face the music for his sexual encounter with a 13-year-old girl, 30 years ago. Meanwhile, the U.S. harbors…
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Rep. John Conyers at the Coporate Black Caucus Affair Last Week
30 Sep 2009
If you managed to attend the annual DC gathering of the Congressional Black Caucus last week you know it was more the "Corporate Black Caucus" that was on display. Goodie bags from Coca-…
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Street Report from the G20
30 Sep 2009
by Bill Quigley When the people who preside over the largest economies on the planet come to visit, the town goes on lockdown. This year, in Pittsburgh, strange and painful sounds pierced the air,…
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Saving Jamaica: Revaluing People
30 Sep 2009
by John Maxwell “People who habitually describe other people as 'human resources' scare me,” writes the author. Disrespect for Jamaica's people – by the people's own government – has contributed to…
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Healthcare Revolution That is Second to None
22 Sep 2009
by Netfa Freeman The U.S. health care jungle fares badly when compared to health care systems in other wealthy, capitalist countries. However, even western Europe and Canada can learn a great deal…
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The Two-Faced Power of Racial Oppression
22 Sep 2009
by Henry D. Rose The summer of 2009 provided plenty of racist reruns from the past, plus scary glimpses into the future. The future “reserved for us by our enemies” is “a place where civility masks…