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by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Obama Pardons Bush
30 Jul 2008
Normal 0 by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley There will be no need for George Bush to pardon himself and his fellow criminals. Barack Obama promises to let the "W Gang" off, scott-free, when he takes over the White House. Impeachment? Heavens, no! "That is not something I…
Bill Quigley
His High Imperial Holiness Obama Does Berlin
30 Jul 2008
Normal 0 by Paul Street The Democratic presidential nominee-to-be wowed them in Berlin - feeding the crowd a steady stream of sugar-coated propaganda on the unfailingly good intentions of America. The U.S. is "generous" to a fault - but that's the only fault Obama acknowledges. America…
Bill Quigley
Progressive Shutout: Kucinich Banned, No Real Debate
23 Jan 2008
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford The corporate-controlled U.S. electoral system is a fine-tuned machine, designed to filter out all voices that challenge the rule of the rich. Dissent is systematically shunted to the margins of American political discourse - even when the dissenters are…
Bill Quigley
There’s No Such Thing as a Black KKK
05 Dec 2007
by BAR contributing editor Mel Reeves Blacks that bash the rest of The Race are richly rewarded, even - or maybe especially - when their slanders are blatant nonsense. So it is with Jason Whitlock, a sports writer for the Kansas City Star and Foxsports.com, who blathered that murdered…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Ayaan Hirsi Ali: Neocon in Black Face
12 Dec 2007
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley The young, attractive Somali woman has become a darling of the American corporate media. Ayaan Hirsi Ali started out as a heroine to a portion of the Dutch public, who rewarded her with a parliamentary seat for denouncing all things Muslim.…
Bill Quigley
Religion’s Role Inconsistent with Romney’s Fairy Tale Speech
12 Dec 2007
by BAR contributing editor Mel Reeves Mitt Romney encouraged folks to think of him as the second-coming of John Kennedy, when he announced plans to speak frankly on questions about how his Mormon faith might influence him as president. However, instead of easing the minds of concerned citizens…
Bill Quigley
Barack Obama and The Audacity of Deception: The Manufacture of Progressive Illusion
12 Dec 2007
by Paul Street Barack Obama and his corporate handlers are masters of smoke and mirrors. Obama claims to have bumped his Afro-centric pastor from his official presidential announcement to "protect" the minister, rather than to shield his own candidacy. Obama implies that Hillary Clinton is a…
Bill Quigley
When Spies and Generals Do More for Peace Than Democrats
19 Dec 2007
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford The most effective institutional domestic resistance to an expanded U.S. aggression in the Persian Gulf turns out to be U.S. government spies. A mutiny at the CIA and among Pentagon intelligence agents "yanked the rationale for war with Iran, like a…
Bill Quigley
Obama Speaks: "Oh Great White Masters, You Just Haven’t Been Asked to Help America"
19 Dec 2007
by Paul Street Barack Obama's slavish love for Men of Power and disdain for elemental truth knows no bounds. America's problems, Obama told the captains of industry with a straight face, stem from the people's failure to ask for Big Business's help in the national struggle for revitalization.…
Bill Quigley
The Ravaging of Africa, Part One: Militarizing Africa
22 Dec 2007
Written by Asad Ismi and produced by Kristin Schwatrz The Ravaging of Africa is a four part audio documentary series about the destructive impact of US imperialism on the continent. "The ravaging of Africa has been enriching Europe and North America for more…