Bill Quigley

Bill Quigley
The “Wait ‘Til He Gets In” Delusion: The President Elect is Not a Latent Lefty
17 Dec 2008
by Paul Street Despite all the evidence to the contrary, there are still those who think that Barack Obama "is a ‘true progressive' whose left and democratic orientation has been ‘squandered' or…
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"That Which Is Good Is Never Finished"
16 Dec 2008
by Kemet Mawakana, a.k.a. the Seven Foot Poet There are times that mark our goings and our comings and our lives, times to acknowledge each other, our ancestors and our place in the cosmos. …
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The Malik Rahim Campaign in New Orleans -- An Analysis
16 Dec 2008
by Robert Caldwell Competent and responsible organizers do not just take credit for their victories, they critically analyze their defeats and shortcomings in order to extract useful…
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Will Obama Privatize Public Assets To Pay For “Economic Recovery”?
10 Dec 2008
By BAR Managing Editor Bruce Dixon Obama's old school economic team are on record as favoring privatizations of public resources in principle. Unless Obama is willing to significantly cut the…
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Black Colleges Face Whiteout
10 Dec 2008
White Georgia politicians want to force two historically Black universities to merge with white schools, to reduce "duplicative" costs and end a "legacy of segregation. "When a Georgia Republican…
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U.S. Business Says No Mas to Cuba Embargo
10 Dec 2008
U.S. business groups have joined the vast majority of the world's nations in requesting that President-Elect Obama quickly end the 47-year-long American trade embargo against Cuba. The economic…
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Cholera Outbreak Outcome of West’s War on Zimbabwe
10 Dec 2008
by Stephen Gowans Zimbabwe is facing multiple crises because of savage western assaults on its economy and the viability of its state machinery. The goal is regime change. U.S.-British sanctions…
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Human Rights Day Celebration in Gaza
10 Dec 2008
by Abukar Arman December 10 marks the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, yet the document holds no sway in Palestine, where "an entire population is being brutally…
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Eshu’s blues: President Barancklin Husseinalo Roosobamavelt
10 Dec 2008
by BAR columnist michael hureaux perez "President-Elect Obama has promised us a massive public works program that will put two and a half million people to work in various forms of ‘green' industry…
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Poverty: Policies and Possibilities
10 Dec 2008
Normal 0 by Shannon Prince Regulation of industry can be a very good thing, but requiring licenses to braid hair is oppressive…