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Bill Quigley
BAR Morning Shot November 5, 2010
05 Nov 2010
Bill Quigley
BAR Morning Shot November 9, 2010
09 Nov 2010
Bill Quigley
Freedom Restored: "We've Come to Take Our Country Back" - a Tea Party Satire
09 Nov 2010
by Paul Street The future is bright – for the rule of capital! With the Election Day triumph of Palin-Beck-Limbaugh-Paul Thought, “Private ownership of core economic institutions and their operation for investor profit will be restored at once.” No longer will Che, Marx and Mao rule from the…
Bill Quigley
The Coming of Christ (To the White House)
10 Nov 2010
Bill Quigley
Haiti's Unnatural Disasters
09 Nov 2010
by Annie Gell Foreigners effectively control Haiti as a kind of protectorate, but have utterly failed to protect the people from the forces of nature, while “the Haitian government is completely absent from the lives of Haitians except for ubiquitous campaign posters.” Billions in aid pledges…
Bill Quigley
High Five, Element of Unsurprise
10 Nov 2010
Bill Quigley
Media’s “Discovery” of the Scott Sisters
24 Nov 2010
by Richard Prince The case of the Scott Sisters cannot be said to have instantly captured the attention of the media, Black or white. The two Black Mississippi women have been in prison for 16 years, serving double-life sentences in an $11 armed robbery. The journey from incarcerated…
Bill Quigley
Black August and Crises of Hip-Hop as Euphemism
24 Nov 2010
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by BAR editor Jared A. Ball Hip-hop has become a meaningless word – or worse, a word shellacked with so many saleable commercial and political meanings that it becomes a weapon against the very people that originated the genre. A new film is circulating, with…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Obama Style Fascism
24 Nov 2010
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley The germs of fascism infest both parties, thriving among Republican and Democratic hosts, alike. Barack Obama’s 2008 victory was also a new lease on life for George Bush’s foreign wars and strangulation of domestic civil liberties, most…
Bill Quigley
Corporate Hip Hop, White Supremacy and Capitalism
16 Sep 2009
by Solomon Comissiong Huge media corporations literally bought up Hip Hop in the early to mid-1990s, imposing “cookie cutter themes of senseless violence, excessive materialism, and misogyny.” Progressive voices in rap were silenced. The clear message was, “the minute you dare try to step outside…