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by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
The Unraveling of the Empire of Finance Capital
13 Oct 2010
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford The more the Wall Street financial class dominates political affairs in the United States, the sooner they will meet destruction. By giving the banksters everything they wanted, including free money, the Obama administration actually accelerated the processes…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
This 9/11 in Manhattan: A Time to Confront the Racists
08 Sep 2010
This 9/11 in Manhattan: A Time to Confront the Racists by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Not since the massive Klu Klux Klan marches of the 1920s have white nationalists strutted their stuff so proudly. The “media-validated” Tea Partyers are on a roll, and are even getting physical with Black folks…
Bill Quigley
Greens Put Mass Incarceration at Top of Agenda, While Democrats Mumble
01 Aug 2007
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by executive editor Glen Ford The Green Party, once perceived by many Blacks as a club for white counterculturalists, now champions an end to racially selective administration of justice in the U.S. By making Black and Brown mass incarceration a top priority,…
James Thindwa
What Ails the Black Body Politic: Challenges to Movement Building
02 Feb 2011
by James Thindwa Given Barack Obama’s pro-corporate policies, overwhelming Black support for the president seems counterintuitive, since “throughout history, African Americans have been a critical part of dissent, advocacy and protest, and translating it into public policy.” Yet Black…
Bill Quigley
Obama's African Policy the Same As George Bush's
11 Mar 2009
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford President Obama has officially made George Bush's sanctions against Zimbabwe, his own. "The White House justifies this economic aggression by claiming that Mugabe and his associates pose ‘an unusual and extraordinary threat' to American ‘foreign policy…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Extremist Threat to Democracy
12 Jan 2011
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley The incendiary language deployed by Sarah Palin and her allies against even mild opponents of the rightwing agenda is sometimes described as a thinly veiled call for violence – but the fact is, there is no veil at all. The appeals are…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Walmart in New York City
19 Jan 2011
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley Walmart is making its big push on New York City, five years after overcoming furious resistance from labor and progressives in Chicago. Although Walmarts destroy more jobs than they create, working people are so desperate, the odds are in…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Celebrating Secession
08 Dec 2010
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley Frederick Douglass and other abolitionists welcomed the Civil War, and John Brown gave his life attempting to kindle the armed conflict as the only route to freedom for the slave. Rather than denounce the very idea of celebrating the 150th…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: A Whiter New York City
22 Dec 2010
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley Vast changes in urban demographics don’t just “happen” – people in power seeking profits cause them to occur. Just as government, developers and banks created the white suburbs and Black inner cities, these same forces are engineering the…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: White Supremacy in 2011
05 Jan 2011
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley The entire notion of the U.S. as a post-racial society is nonsensical, as even the most cursory review of the past year attests. Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, sometimes mentioned as presidential caliber, “recently made headlines when he…