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Bill Quigley
Reflections from a Target of the CIA: The Killing Machine
11 Jul 2007
by Fidel Castro Cuban President Fidel Castro, a hero of the world, having stood up to the war machine of a superpower, is nevertheless an old man reflecting on his life. What does it feel like to be stalked by the greatest power on Earth? Mr. Castro has escaped multiple assassination schemes…
Bill Quigley
Reflections from a Target of the CIA: The Killing Machine
11 Jul 2007
by Fidel Castro Fidel Castro is a superhero. He has stood up to the most powerful force in the world, and prevailed. Now, in his old age, Castro looks into the details of the conspiracies to murder him. What does it feel like to be stalked by the truly Evil Empire? Fidel has reviewed the…
Bill Quigley
What Muslim Member of Congress?
16 Jul 2007
by Askia Muhammad Rep. Keith Ellison went along with the rest of the U.S. Congress to condemn the leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, for advocating genocide of Israelis, as did all Congressional Black Caucus members who voted. The Minnesota congressman has shown that he is not the Great…
Bill Quigley
Miami Killing Fields
26 Jun 2007
by BAR contributing editor Paul A. Moore The body count in Miami and other inner-cities mounts much faster than that in Iraq, but without the fanfare. Young lives are lost daily. Valuable lives. Miami educator Paul Moore goes to every funeral, because he has taught the students who have become…
Bill Quigley
Miami Killing Fields
04 Jul 2007
by BAR contributing editor Paul A. Moore It is impossible to understand today's Black America, writes the author, "without understanding our past." Slavery, peonage, Jim Crow, lynchings, and constant racist oppression have hardened the hearts of many African Americans to the worth of…
Bill Quigley
Whiteness as a Right of Passage
27 Jun 2007
by executive editor Glen Ford Poor people from poor countries populated America, and then became "white." That was their right of passage. It is the saga of the American immigrants, who now turn on the new immigrants, as they did on the Black laborers who worked alongside them. They chose…
Bill Quigley
Barack Obama’s White Appeal and the Perverse Racial Politics of the Post-Civil Rights Era
20 Jun 2007
by Paul Street Barack Obama's vaunted cross-racial appeal means whites have finally found a Black politician they feel comfortable with - in contrast to their feelings about the great bulk of African Americans. Is that a good thing? Emphatically not, since it is predicated on the belief that…
Bill Quigley
The Scramble for Africa's Oil
20 Jun 2007
by Christopher Thompson The Pentagon is embarked on a massive effort to militarily secure African oil assets for the United States. Under cover of the so-called "war on terror," the U.S. is deepening its military ties to "friendly" African regimes, enhancing their capacity to deal with internal…
Bill Quigley
World Still Failing Sub-Saharan Africa
20 Jun 2007
by Rajesh Makwana Despite all the rich-country rhetoric about alleviating poverty and disease in Africa, AIDS deaths are accelerating and the number of Africans subsisting on less than a dollar a day has barely changed in seven years. Soon, 250 million people will have no access to clean water…
Bill Quigley
The Slow Slide to Barbarity on the Border
20 Jun 2007
by Laura Carlsen The basic elements of a horror story are being assembled on the U.S. southern border, which in the next decade or so may become the scene of perpetual low-level warfare. An "American Militarized Security Zone" is slowly taking shape, fueled by racist rhetoric and a fortress…