Bill Quigley

Bill Quigley
Is Africa the Next Cold War Theater?
28 Nov 2007
by Nii OkaiJah Africa's failure to move towards creation of a "United States of Africa" - Dr. Kwame Nkrumah's vision when he assumed the presidency of newly independent Ghana, 50 years ago - has…
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Ten Reasons Why "Save Darfur" is a PR Scam to Justify the Next US Oil and Resource Wars in Africa
28 Nov 2007
The star-studded hue and cry to "Save Darfur" and "stop the genocide" has gained enormous traction in U.S. media along with bipartisan support in Congress and the White House. But the Congo,…
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The US’s War In Darfur
21 Nov 2007
by Keith Harmon Snow The Darfur region of Sudan possesses the third largest copper and the fourth largest uranium deposits on the planet, in addition to strategic location and significant oil…
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African Americans: Stand Up Like World Warriors
21 Nov 2007
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford When many hundreds of thousands of African American Joshuas blew their horns and shed their blood during the Black Freedom Movement, the walls of legal Jim Crow…
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Say My Name: Another Capitol Crime Against African Americans
21 Nov 2007
by BAR columnist Lizz Brown The society that bought and sold Black people in bulk; gave them names rooted in a foreign culture (and no last names at all); refused to recognize their individuality…
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Miami Gentrification
21 Nov 2007
by Max Rameau Miami is the scene of a fierce struggle of Black and poor communities to remain rooted in the face of speculators who wield eviction notices like bayonets. Even as the housing…
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Obama’s Big Gay and Black Problem
21 Nov 2007
by Kevin Alexander Gray & Marshall Derks Barack Obama often seems confused in his search for a constituency. The ambiguity of his agenda causes his campaign to constantly collide with…
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Change Racist Crack Cocaine Laws
21 Nov 2007
by Anthony Papa The U.S. Sentencing Commission has acknowledged the obvious: that penalties for possession of "crack" cocaine, as opposed to the powdered kind, amount to racist law designed to…
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We Are All Victims of the Katrina Housing Debacle
21 Nov 2007
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford The Katrina catastrophe was a fast-forwarding of what race-based U.S. "market forces" have in store for Black America at-large: an exile to nowhere.…
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Leading Democrats: ‘Expropriate the Expropriators’
14 Nov 2007
A political satire by Paul Street What if...what if the Republicans were right, and the Democratic field of presidential candidates were really closet Marxists, biding their time until after…