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Bill Quigley
Race and Economics: A Nation and Its Capital Divided
09 Nov 2010
by Dedrick Muhammad Washington, DC, the quintessential “Chocolate City,” has gone from 70 percent Black, 30 years ago, to only 53 percent. As elsewhere in the United States, “urban renewal in Washington DC focuses on creating space for upper income residents,” and “has become urban removal for…
Bill Quigley
BA Morning Shot: Thursday, November 11, 2010
11 Nov 2010
Bill Quigley
BAR Morning Shot November 12, 2010
12 Nov 2010
Bill Quigley
BAR Morning Shot November 16, 2010
16 Nov 2010
Bill Quigley
Who Got Game?
17 Nov 2010
Bill Quigley
Bill Clinton: Haiti’s Neo-Colonial Overlord
16 Nov 2010
by Ashley Smith Bill Clinton is no friend to Haiti. The former president, who inflicted great harm to the Haitian people while in office, now acts as a kind of regent, “promoting sweatshops, tourism, and export-oriented agriculture.” A primary actor in stripping Haiti of its sovereignty,…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Haiti Election: Theatrical Prelude to Colonization
24 Nov 2010
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford Sunday’s election is the last thing Haiti’s majority wants or needs. It is the United States that needs Sunday’s election in Haiti to provide “a veil of legality on the theft of Haiti’s sovereignty and independence by U.S. imperialism and its allies…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: President Bloomberg
18 Nov 2010
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley If the United States is going to be run for the profit of Wall Street and the super-rich, why not dispense with all the groveling intermediaries? Let the plutocrats rule, directly. Multi-billionaire New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg…
Bill Quigley
Aristide Speaks from South Africa
16 Nov 2010
Nicolas Rossier interviews deposed Haitian president In this frank and wide-ranging discussion, the deposed president of Haiti addresses French racism and those forces in the U.S. and Haiti that oppose his return from South African exile, the devastations his countrymen have endured since his…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
America’s Obligations to Haiti
16 Nov 2010
A Black Agenda Radio Commentary by Glen Ford The United States does as it pleases in Haiti, behaving as a conqueror while pretending to have no responsibilities for the welfare of the people whose government Washington has stolen. “The U.S. is obligated to spend as many billions as it takes on…