Glen Ford

Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Black Politics Atrophies Under Obama
08 Feb 2012
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford “Traditional Black progressive and movement politics has been replaced by fear and sycophantism, as Blacks once again circle the wagons around Obama and…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
State of Obama: Immunity for Wall Street
25 Jan 2012
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford President Obama hoped to announce a monetary “settlement” of massive banker criminality in housing foreclosures that would grant banks immunity from…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Occupy Wall Street’s Next Phase: Avoid Cooptation in Election Season
18 Jan 2012
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford The election season is in full swing, and Democratic tentacles are reaching out to caress the Occupy Wall Street movement and its new, Black partner,…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Occupy Wall Street Joins Occupy The Dream: Is It Cooptation, or Growing the Movement?
11 Jan 2012
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford The Occupy Wall Street movement has, to date, “been effective in warding off cooptation by Democratic Party fronts such as Rebuild The Dream and MoveOn.…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
The GOP Savages Itself, While Wall Street Backs the Black Guy, Again
04 Jan 2012
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford The Republican Party presidential campaign has been relegated to a sideshow in the American power game. The white nationalist masses recoil at the scent…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
NATO's Depraved Disregard for Libyan Civilian Casualties
21 Dec 2011
NATO’s outrageous claim that no civilians were killed in the 7-month air war against Libya has been challenged by Russia and, in a very modest way, the New York Times.
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Obama and the GOP Circus Show
15 Dec 2011
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Having shown his hand over the last three years as an eager – although often spurned – partner in Republican austerity politics, and a war-maker who…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
The Occupy Movement, Gentrification and Black America’s Ancient Struggle
08 Dec 2011
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford The Occupy Wall Street movement faces challenges of relevance, and permanence, that must be addressed this winter. Most importantly, and like all…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Libya Still a Killing Zone
07 Dec 2011
The United States and its allies have moved on to attempts at regime change in Syria, leaving the humanitarian crisis NATO created in Libya to fester.
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Africa Lies Naked to Euro-American Military Offensive
30 Nov 2011
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford As the U.S. and its NATO allies move southward to further consolidate their grip on Africa, following the seizure of Libya and its vast oil fields, most…