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Bill Quigley
BAR Interviews A Real Community Organizer:: James Thindwa, Chicago Jobs With Justice
01 Apr 2009
Glen Ford interviews Chicago's James Thindwa on the impact of economic crises on ordinary families, and on the ramifications of the Employee Free Choice Act, soon to be introduced in Congress, with the increasingly lukewarm support of the Obama Administration and its allies. Click the flash…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Harold Ford Returns
13 Jan 2010
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley He was the George Bush crowd’s favorite Democrat, and he loved them back. Harold “The Prince” Ford, Jr. “never missed an opportunity to score political points by throwing black people under the bus.” Ford sucked up to neo-Confederates and…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Useless Aid, No Donation Without Agitation
27 Jan 2010
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley “The time has come for a new paradigm: No donation without agitation.” The United States has succeeded in plunging mainstream disaster “relief” into disrepute. “No donations to groups like the Red Cross, who sit on millions of dollars but do…
Bill Quigley
BAR Morning Shot November 23, 2010
23 Nov 2010
Bill Quigley
Obama Blows Chance to Remake U.S. Transportation
01 Dec 2010
by Cynthia McKinney With General Motors and Chrysler at death’s door, the incoming Obama administration had an opportunity to perform a transformative bailout, to invest billions in public dollars to leapfrog U.S. automakers into the green future. Instead, Obama’s men spent $50 billion to…
Bill Quigley
Why Wikileaks is Good for Democracy
01 Dec 2010
by Bill Quigley Wikileaks has clearly caused Washington great embarrassment, but even U.S. officials don’t claim any deaths have resulted from release of classified State Department documents. Conversely, policies hatched and executed in secret by the U.S. have killed untold thousands. The…
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
Remembering Fred Hampton, 40 Years Later
03 Dec 2009
Bill Quigley
A Cointelpro Continua
15 Dec 2010
Bill Quigley
Obama’s ‘Center-Right’ Presidency: The Die is Cast
10 Dec 2008
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford In case there are any lingering doubts, it's official: Barack Obama has earned a well-deserved rating of "center-right" politician, courtesy of the New York Times. The president-elect worked hard to pull himself rightward, after starting off with a reputation…
Bill Quigley
Black Agenda Morning Shot: Monday, December 13, 2010 Wadner Pierre on the occupation of Haiti & "demonstration" elections Pt. 1
13 Dec 2010