Glen Ford

Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Obama Humiliates the Black Caucus – and They Pretend Not to Notice
28 Sep 2011
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford When the going gets rough, beat up on the Blacks. That’s been a rule of American politics for many generations – so why should Barack Obama be any…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Obama Hosts International Debut for Libya’s Racist and Thoroughly Non-Revolutionary Regime
21 Sep 2011
The United States and the corporate media would have you believe that President Obama and the U.S. corporate media are celebrating the triumph of a “revolution” in Libya.
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Obama Subverts Social Security
15 Sep 2011
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Since January, 2009, Barack Obama has been Social Security’s relentless antagonist. He has succeeded in maneuvering the program into “the middle of the…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Fauntroy's Libya Massacres Story: No Time for Teasing
14 Sep 2011
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford Rev. Walter Fauntroy has so far failed to follow up on his abbreviated tale of witnessing European special forces troops on an orgy of massacres…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
After Years of Abuse, Obama Now Woos Democratic Base
08 Sep 2011
Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford Having humiliated and marginalized the core constituencies of the Democratic Party in his first term, Barack Obama calls upon these same groups to…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Black Libya City Said to Fall to Rebel Siege
17 Aug 2011
Western-backed rebels have made good their vow to “purge slaves, black skin,” with their reported capture of Tawurgha, a black Libyan city, after a long siege. Elsewhere, just 30 miles from the…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Ruin-Nation: The Obama Catastrophe
03 Aug 2011
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford After two and a half years of waging war against the Left half of his own party, while seeking a “Grand Consensus” with the GOP, President Obama has finally set…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Justice Department is Hiding Something on Malcolm X Murder
03 Aug 2011
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford Forty-six years after the assassination of Malcolm X, a large segment of Black America believes the FBI played a part in the Black leader’s death. But…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Killing Gaddafi's Grandbabies
05 May 2011
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford When the U.S. and Europeans needed a way to get on the “right” side of the Arab Awakening – and thereby crush it – they chose to re-demonize Libyan…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Dragging Malcolm X to Obamaland
27 Apr 2011
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Manning Marable’s rendition of Malcolm X’s life should be read very carefully, so as not to confuse Malcolm’s evolving worldview with the late Columbia…