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Bill Quigley
An Open Letter to the Justice for Oscar Grant Movement: Suggestions on Next Steps, Strategy and Unity Building
21 Jul 2010
by Kali Akuno A veteran activist wants the “movement” to debrief itself – engage in criticism and self-criticism – in the wake of the Oscar Grant killing verdict. “This small contribution is an attempt to help ignite conversation, share reflections from critical movements of the past, and offer…
Bill Quigley
A Roller Coaster Week in the Anti-Amusement Park of Radical Politics
21 Jul 2010
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by BAR editor and columnist Jared A. Ball, Ph.D. The bad news has come hot and heavy, lately: leniency for a killer cop, a draconian sentence for a people’s lawyer, no parole for political prisoners, and death. “But this is the life to which we have been…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
NAACP Confronts Tea Party, But Will It Challenge Obama?
21 Jul 2010
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford The nation's oldest civil rights group claims it is ready to confront militarism and demand that Obama supporters get the “change they voted for.” So do Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, who is virtually an administration operative. So does Big Labor…
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
Tea Partyers, Fox News, "Negativity" Against the President? Are These Really Black America's Most Pressing Problems?
21 Jul 2010
From the established civil rights organizations like the NAACP to legions of elected Democrats and preachers and even people like our good friends at Color of Change, the main activity these days is an endless circling of wagons around the president, defending him against the flood of racist bile…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Do Not Exaggerate Victory in New York Stop and Frisk Law
28 Jul 2010
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford Newly enacted law forbids New York City police from keeping records on the hundreds of thousands of people they stop and frisk on the street - unless the stops result in summons or arrest. Not only is there "no enforcement mechanism to make…
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
You Can't Stop the Violence in Ghetto Streets Without Stopping the Violence in Iraq, Afghanistan and Elsewhere
28 Jul 2010
By managing editor Bruce A. Dixon When did black political leaders forget the connection between the three legs of Dr. King's political philosophy --- racial justice, economic justice and opposition to militarism, empire and war? What function are black preacher-politicians fulfilling when…
Bill Quigley
James Edward “Billy” McKinney Laid to Rest
21 Jul 2010
by Cynthia McKinney Former Georgia Congresswoman and Green Party presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney spoke at the funeral of her father and co-struggler, July 19. Thousands attended the ceremonies at Atlanta’s Jackson Memorial Baptist Church. “Billy” McKinney, born February 23, 1927, was…
Bill Quigley
What Does a Poll Have To Do With It?
14 Jul 2010
by Ron Kipling Williams Polls are over-rated, as are the people who are polled. Polls measure people’s lies to and about other people, and are irrelevant to what they will actually do. In the end, Americans make the wrong choices, anyway. To do the right thing, would be too much like work…
Bill Quigley
What To Do With The Negroes?
14 Jul 2010
by Kalamu ya Salaam A people more wedded, more rooted than any other to New Orleans, is ejected like an alien intrusion. “Although poor blacks controlled none of the city’s major resources, we were blamed for everything that was wrong.” When all the code words and obfuscations are said and…
Bill Quigley
The Ugly Underside of World Cup Mania
14 Jul 2010
by Linn Washington, Jr. In South Africa, pride over national soccer recognition combines with outrage that the poor are having to defer their needs for the sake of the global show. Apartheid at times seems to be only a legalism away. “Some people fought with rocks and guns. Some fought with…