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Bill Quigley
Who is Black America’s Moral Emissary to the World?
07 Jan 2009
Normal 0 by BAR executive editor Glen Ford The global reputation of Black America has suffered greatly under George Bush, who deployed Black faces as fronts for his vicious brand of U.S. imperialism. Barack Obama's silence on the Israeli assault on Gaza suggests that his honeymoon with…
Bill Quigley
Desperately Seeking Obama
07 Jan 2009
Normal 0 by Dr. Sunera Thobani "That Obama chooses to remain silent" on Israeli savaging of Gaza "is nothing short of cowardice." Even before he is sworn into office, Obama's stature is diminished; he has been "pushed into a corner" by the Israelis. What has been lost may not be regained. "…
Bill Quigley
Rev. Pinkney is “Banned” – Like in the Old South Africa
14 Jan 2009
The trials (literally) and tribulations of Benton Harbor, Michigan's Rev. Edward Pinkney give the lie to American claims of "race-neutrality." The activist minister has been stripped of most of his political rights, plunged into a purgatory of the "banned" as in white-ruled South Africa. …
Bill Quigley
The Other America
14 Jan 2009
Normal 0 A speech by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The civil rights leader's speech at Stanford University, April 14, 1967. "[T]here are hundreds of thousands of Negroes who have given up. They've lost hope. They've come to feel that life is a long and desolate corridor for them with no Exit…
Bill Quigley
Let Gaza Live!
14 Jan 2009
Normal 0 by Cynthia McKinney The Green Party presidential candidate's Washington speech on Israel's savage assault on Gaza: "A new day is coming in U.S. politics. We will use the power of our vote to change U.S. policy. We will no longer check our values at the door and support politicians…
Bill Quigley
Obama’s Priorities: War and Profits Over People
14 Jan 2009
Normal 0 by Chris Floyd It is not as if Barack Obama didn't warn us where he was headed. It's now official: Obama's administration will target "entitlements" for budgetary "overhaul." To the right, march! "The war machine and the financial markets will continue to be gorged and comforted in…
Bill Quigley
Mobbing the Constitution to Get At Blagojevich
14 Jan 2009
Normal 0 by Kevin Alexander Gray Roland Burris will finally get to put senatorial paraphernalia in his mausoleum, but the uproar over his appointment by Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich continues to discomfort the high and mighty. Like a mob, state and federal lawmakers seemed to have…
Bill Quigley
Black Caucus Abandons King Legacy and Black Opinion, Votes For War on Gaza
14 Jan 2009
Normal 0 by BAR executive editor Glen Ford It's hard to believe that a generation ago, the Congressional Black Caucus was known as "the conscience of the congress, a political and moral high ground long deserted by the current CBC, which has utterly collapsed under Israel-lobby pressure…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: The Good Fight
21 Jan 2009
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley Day one of the Obama presidency has passed, and “it is time to reenergize ourselves and prepare for the fight of our lives.” Time to do battle with a corporatist White House whose “contradictions have already begun to show themselves.” The…
Bill Quigley
Punish Corporate Gangsters with Extreme Prejudice
21 Jan 2009
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by BAR executive editor Glen Ford China has executed at least fifteen state enterprise managers for stealing and then gambling away millions of dollars of the people’s money. An example for Wall Street?