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by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Could International Criminal Court Deploy U.S. as World Law Enforcer?
09 Jun 2010
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford The chief prosecutor of the court that purports to bring the rule of law to the planet is actively campaigning to appoint the United States – ‘the world’s most prolific perpetrator and sponsor of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide’ – as chief law…
Bill Quigley
BA Morning Shot 8-19-10
19 Aug 2010
Bill Quigley
Hip Hop's Cash Kings: Who Are Their Loyal Subjects?
25 Aug 2010
Bill Quigley
Liberty City 7 Trial: A Foretaste of Things to Come
02 Jan 2008
by Mel Reeves The U.S. government reached deep into an impoverished neighborhood of Miami to find seven Black faces to attach to the bogus "war on terror." The Liberty City 7 - unemployed, semi-employed and sometimes homeless - were the most unlikely subjects imaginable to entrap as…
Bill Quigley
Economic Crisis, Food Sovereignty and the Struggle for Democracy
29 Oct 2008
by C. Uzondu "While hunger kills, some make a killing." The global food crisis, sometimes called "the silent Tsunami," is as much a function of the sickness of capitalism as the banking crisis. "A new international economic order is indeed necessary. But not the type imagined by the global…
Bill Quigley
Let them Starve, Let them Drown!
16 Dec 2009
by C. Uzondu Leaders of the West – the political lineage of colonizers, conquistadors, slavers and genocidal settler regimes – gather in world capitals, pretending to search for solutions to disasters they have inflicted on the planet. President Obama stars in the pageantry of power. “Since this is…
Bill Quigley
Monbiot: Copenhagen Climate Change Meeting Was Doomed, Fraudulent From the Start
29 Dec 2009
by George Monbiot Fossil fuels made two centuries of industrial civilization possible. But their continued use is now causing irreversible climate destabilization, threatening the death of tens or hundreds of millions. Since consuming only sixty percent of the already mapped and easily available…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Africa Rejects Criminal Court Order on Sudan, Moves Toward Unity
07 Jul 2009
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford Click the flash player below to listen to or the mic to download an mp3 copy of this BA Radio commentary. The International Criminal Courts narrow preoccupation with crimes by Africans, as opposed to every…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: In Praise of Republicans
10 Nov 2010
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley If the Republicans are so dumb, why are they winning? Clearly, the “know-thing” party understands some things a lot better than the Democrats – including the actual workings of race and racism in America. Meanwhile, the Democrats seem…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
U.S. Endangers Global Financial Stability
10 Nov 2010
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford American investors, who refuse to put money into productive enterprise in their own country, are flooding developing nations with destabilizing dollars, creating asset “bubbles” and other dangerous distortions. In defense, nations are collectively…