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Bill Quigley
How to Stop the Foreclosures
06 Aug 2008
Normal 0 A Review of the Policy Proposals by Fred Moseley In this "worst housing crisis since the Great Depression," the presidential candidates have had disappointingly little to say" that should be of encouragement to homeowners facing foreclosure. Under current conditions, "up to five…
Bill Quigley
How to Stop the Foreclosures
06 Aug 2008
Normal 0 A Review of the Policy Proposals by Fred Moseley In this "worst housing crisis since the Great Depression," the presidential candidates have had disappointingly little to say" that should be of encouragement to homeowners facing foreclosure. Under current conditions, "up to five…
Bill Quigley
How to Stop the Foreclosures
06 Aug 2008
Normal 0 A Review of the Policy Proposals by Fred Moseley In this "worst housing crisis since the Great Depression," the presidential candidates have had disappointingly little to say" that should be of encouragement to homeowners facing foreclosure. Under current conditions, "up to five…
Bill Quigley
Is Africa a Cold War Battleground?
06 Aug 2008
Normal 0 by Sam Akaki A new cold war looms over Africa, fueled by "dwindling primary natural resources, oil and gas" elsewhere on the planet. The continent has never recovered from centuries of European and American exploitation of her land and people, while "the human, social and economic…
Bill Quigley
Margaret Kimberley is on vacation
06 Aug 2008
BAR's editor and senior columnist will return on Wednesday, September 3.
Bill Quigley
Imperialism With a Black Face
30 Jul 2008
Normal 0 A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford Based on his own statements, delivered repeatedly and consistently over the years, Barack Obama promises to be another in a long line of imperial American presidents,…
Mark P. Fancher
The Inescapable Tasks Africa’s Leaders Try to Ignore
30 Jul 2008
Normal 0 by Mark P. Fancher From the Mediterranean to The Cape of Good Hope, Africans face "refugee crises" that would not exist if the continent were politically unified, without borders. "For example, if state boundaries were erased in Africa, Algeria would be no more likely to have an ‘…
Bill Quigley
‘Progressives for Obama’ Fool Themselves
09 Jul 2008
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Barack Obama's rush to disavow the "tag" of the "Left" should surprise no one. The only people who pretend that Obama is a "progressive" are a few Leftists, and Right-wingers that hate Leftists. "But the most important reason that ‘Progressives for Obama'…
Bill Quigley
Millions Face Disaster Due to U.S. Ethiopian Occupation of Somalia
09 Jul 2008
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford George Bush doesn't feel the need to be consistent on human rights and international law. He's got the largest arsenal in the history of the world at his disposal - and no scruples about waging war against people who cannot fight back. "The Ethiopian…
Bill Quigley
African Dictatorships and Double-Standards
09 Jul 2008
by Stephen Zunes President George Bush singles out Zimbabwean Robert Mugabe as if he is the most dictatorial national leader on the planet. But in fact, the U.S. has good relations with "Swaziland, Congo, Cameroun, Togo, Chad, Cote d'Ivoire, Rwanda, Gabon, Egypt, and Tunisia," none of which hold…