Bill Quigley

Bill Quigley
Eshu’s blues: Obama won. Now whatcha gonna do?
12 Nov 2008
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Barack Obama: The Empire’s New Clothes
12 Nov 2008
by Paul Street Barack Obama and his followers continue to revise the history of his ascendance, pretending his campaign was rooted among the "outsiders." The public line is a fiction, as even…
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Dear ‘Brother President’: Embrace Liberation Theology
12 Nov 2008
by Rev. Reynard N. Blake, Jr. The author congratulates the president-elect on his having run a “great…eloquent, dignified, and clean race,” but then admonishes: “You blew a tremendous teaching…
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Cashing the Obama Check: Will It Come Back Marked “Insufficient Funds”?
05 Nov 2008
by BAR managing editor Bruce Dixon The vote for the First Black President wasn't just about race and racism. For tens of millions, it was a vote for peace abroad, for economic and…
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Morning in Obamerica: Change, Change, Change?
05 Nov 2008
by Ishmael Reed What has Obama wrought? In the euphoria, can reality reclaim its rightful place? The parameters of rhetorical change are boundless, propelled into the nether-reaches of…
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How We Fuel Africa's Bloodiest War
05 Nov 2008
by Johann Hari The 14-year-long conflict that has already killed 5.4 million Congolese - "the deadliest war since Adolf Hitler marched across Europe" - has been rekindled by Rwanda's surrogate…
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The Obama '08 Phenomenon: What Have We Learned?
05 Nov 2008
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford There is no doubt that history has been made, "for reasons that go beyond the obvious ‘first Black' aspect of race." 2008 was the first year in modern history…
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Racketeering Laws Still Threaten Worker Speech Rights
05 Nov 2008
A recent settlement between Smithfield ham producers and the union leaves a question unanswered: can RICO racketeering laws be used to prevent publicity campaigns against anti-union companies?…
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The Campaign, Written in 4 Parts -- Part 4
30 Oct 2008
by Kemet Mawakana, a.k.a. the Seven Foot Poet What do campaigns and elections mean? What and who changes? What else and who else stays the same? Why does it matter? Lots…
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Counter Corporate Schemes with Community Planning
29 Oct 2008
The demise or ill health of U.S. investment banks has deprived finance capital of its headquarters sector, the evil geniuses who hatch long range schemes for ethnic cleansing of the nation'…