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Bill Quigley
Slavery, Iraq, and Justice Delayed
05 Sep 2007
by David Swanson Our great friend David Swanson, who edits “After Downing Street” and is a leader in the impeachment movement, makes the connection between Black resistance to slavery and Iraqi’s resistance to suppression of their sovereignty. White Americans, in the majority, seem to be…
Bill Quigley
Murder In New Orleans: No Big Thing on the Big Easy
05 Sep 2007
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford {mp3}047x_gf_NOLA{/mp3} It's easy to kill a Black person in New Orleans. Or a thousand. If you are a doctor, you can kill nine of your patients, and get away free. Doctors at a New Orleans hospital were absolved of all charges, when they willfully…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Democracy is Dead, It’s Movement Time (Part 1)
12 Sep 2007
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley The rightwing seizure of power since 9/11 has effectively strangled the remaining institutions of American democracy. No alternative is left but mass movement, to confront the usurpers. The Democrats pretend to offer something else, but…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
White Man’s Wars, Past and Present
19 Sep 2007
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford, for Black Agenda Radio {mp3}049x_gf_whitemans_wars{/mp3} Racism is the engine that makes the rich man's world go ‘round. Majorities of white people of all classes identify with their moneyed-brethren, and can be counted on to rally to the racist banner. Such…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Ridicule and Shame the Bad Actors of the Black Caucus
19 Sep 2007
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Gather to heap shame and righteous ridicule on the heads of the malefactors of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), many of whom have jumped ship to join the enemy. Let's rain on their parade, September 26, in Washington, DC, the first day of the CBC's self-…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Jena and the New Movement
26 Sep 2007
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley The mass defense of Jena Six phenomenon is the product, first and foremost, of the courage and determination of the "concerned parents and other supporters who fought for them," without whom "the Jena Six would have disappeared namelessly…
Bill Quigley
Don’t Let Jena’s Momentum be Sidetracked by the Black Misleadership Class
26 Sep 2007
A Black Agenda Radio Commentary by executive editor Glen Ford As Black folks and progressives marvel at the success of the Jena demonstration, and plan for a future of mass activism, they must examine the role of those traditional Black institutions that contributed so little to the successful…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Desmond Tutu Silenced
10 Oct 2007
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley Freedom of speech - except when it comes to Israel. That's the reality on many of America's campuses and throughout the corporate media. The lockdown of discussion of all things that might reflect negatively on the Jewish State is far more…
Bill Quigley
Complicity Has Its Cost: An Open Letter to the Mayor of Jena
17 Oct 2007
by Tim Wise Poor Murphy McMillin, mayor of Jena, Louisiana. He and his town got a black eye for their treatment of six African American teenagers, causing tens of thousands of folks to descend on the little backwater in protest. Mayor Murphy recently vented his grievances, complaining that his…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Christian/Jewish Fascism Awareness Week
24 Oct 2007
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley Rightwing U.S. Christians and Jews continue to escalate their anti-Muslim jihad, bent on waging endless war against a billion of the world's people. The most frenzied promulgator of fatwas against all things Islamic is professional…