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Bill Quigley
The Illusion of Post-Racial America
15 Oct 2008
Normal 0 by Aman Gill "Why does racial conflict no longer generate the same kind of heat" - the militant response - as 40 years ago? What is it about the "post-racial" or "post-civil rights" era that causes Blacks to remain passive in the face of police atrocities like the Sean Bell killing…
Bill Quigley
ACORN Is Not the Nut Here
15 Oct 2008
Normal 0 by David Swanson With total predictability, white supremacists, heavily clustered in the Republican Party, are raising the alarm about two grave threats to national survival: 1) Poor Black people, under the leadership of the activist group ACORN, have conspired to destabilize…
Bill Quigley
McCain and Alaska’s Toxic Termagant
15 Oct 2008
Normal 0 by John Maxwell U.S. public opinion seems to be inching closer to world opinion. "That it is why an English worldwide poll has found that the world wants Obama to win. The preference is almost 100% across countries as disparate as Norway and Saudi Arabia." The gaming industry has…
Bill Quigley
Remembering Ahmed Sekou Touré as Guinea Turns 50
15 Oct 2008
Normal 0 by Norman Otis Richmond It is fashionable among the historically challenged to belittle the founding revolutionary fathers of Black Africa as ineffectual dreamers. The late Sekou Toure, former President of Guinea, is a frequent target. "Only a fool would attempt to defend the current…
Bill Quigley
Obama and the Derivatives Merchants
15 Oct 2008
Normal 0 by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Barack Obama's star shines brighter than ever (whose wouldn't, in comparison to John McCain?) despite his intimate association with "the very same individuals who brought about the current catastrophe." Former Clinton Treasury…
Bill Quigley
US Supreme Court Denies Troy Davis Appeal
15 Oct 2008
by Amnesty International Although there has never been any direct physical evidence tying Troy Anthony Davis to the scene of the murder, and seven of the nine non-police witnesses have recanted their stories, the US Supreme Court yesterday declined to take up the case of Troy Anthony Davis,…
Bill Quigley
Obama and Powell are Quite Compatible
22 Oct 2008
Normal 0 Colin Powel understands Barack Obama. Powell was once himself the "breath of fresh air" that would soften attitudes toward America by his very presence. Then he showed his true colors. Click the flash player below to hear this Black Agenda Radio commentary. {mp3}…
Bill Quigley
Bankers Use Crisis to Strengthen Oligarchy
22 Oct 2008
Normal 0 The Bush regime is throwing billions in public money at big banks so they can devour little banks. The result will be more institutions that are "too big to fail" - and dangers to all of society. Click the flash player below to hear this Black Agenda Radio commentary. {mp3}…
Bill Quigley
Word to the Wise (Tim Wise, that is)
22 Oct 2008
Normal 0 by Shannon Joyce Prince The author has the greatest respect for Tim Wise, whom she has quoted with feeling in these pages. But she's got a serious beef with the acclaimed anti-racism activist's "This is how fascism comes" essay. "There's no need for me to enumerate all the…
Bill Quigley
No Dog in this Fight
22 Oct 2008
Normal 0 by P Jerome Americans at-large agree with a great deal of the progressive agenda, so there's no need for politicians to constantly run to the right, including Barack Obama. "More than 80 percent of us oppose the war in Iraq, with the majority wanting immediate withdrawal (not ‘…

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