Glen Ford

Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Can Black Politics Be Revived?
22 May 2013
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Obama’s presidency has been disastrous for African Americans, who have been economically crushed and disconnected from their historical roots in social struggle.…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Chicago Teachers Build a Movement
22 May 2013
Chicago teachers see themselves as engaged in a movement to defend the public sphere from corporate acquisition. “Wall Street hedge funders and other speculators are betting heavily on school…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Black Labor Too Uppity for the Fields: Guest Workers Needed
08 May 2013
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford By his silence, President Obama is giving the wink and nod to guest worker programs under immigration reform, further institutionalizing the displacement of African…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
The Big Nausea: Waking Up With an Obama-Ache
17 Apr 2013
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Who will defend the indefensible Obama? Answer: There will be fewer and fewer Obamapologists, as each day passes. “For the monumentally dysfunctional Black…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Throwing BRICS at the U.S. Empire
27 Mar 2013
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford History has placed the BRICS nations on the path of confrontation with a superpower in decline. Washington is prepared to strangle the world into submission, or…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
From Detroit to Cyprus, Banksters in Search of Prey
21 Mar 2013
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford “Detroit and the people of Cyprus share the same enemy.” The Lords of Capital, who are preparing to snatch chunks of cash straight out of ordinary people’s accounts…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
The U.S. Scorched Earth Policy, Ten Years After Iraq Invasion
13 Mar 2013
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford In desperation to halt the slide into “non-empire” status, the U.S. makes every government on Earth a potential target for “humanitarian” military intervention. The…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Hugo Chavez: New World Rising
07 Mar 2013
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford The great Bolivarian is gone – which means the U.S. will soon escalate its destabilization campaign against his country. “Washington hopes that Venezuelan socialism…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Obama’s State of the Corporate Union
14 Feb 2013
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford President Obama’s State of the Union address makes it official: the 2012 election has brought us back to 2011, when the outlines of his grand bargain with the…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Why Nobody’s Paying Attention to Black Folks These Days
07 Feb 2013
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford