Bill Quigley

Bill Quigley
U.S. Mercenary Chickens Will Come Home to Roost
20 Aug 2008
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford The wholesale privatization of U.S. war-making capabilities continues apace, despite the expected indictment of six Blackwater mercenaries…
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John Edwards and Fake Morality
20 Aug 2008
by Mel Reeves Big Business media are coming to resemble the National Enquirer more each day. Former senator and presidential aspirant John Edwards' marital indiscretions loomed larger in the…
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If Obama Loses
20 Aug 2008
by Paul Street The author, no fan of Barack Obama's "neoliberal centrist" ambitions, believes that "hubris and overreach" as well as race "could play a role in a hypothetical Obama defeat." Like…
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Some Prisoners Declared Innocent, But Not Freed
20 Aug 2008
by Maya Schenwar Sometimes being innocent doesn't mean a damn thing. Former Black Panther Albert Woodfox's 35-year-old conviction in a prison guard killing was overturned last month, but the…
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Obama and the Legacy of the 1963 March on Washington
20 Aug 2008
by Touré F. Reed The coincidence of the 45th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington and the Democratic national convention is a political PR person's dream. "The Obama campaign is doing its…
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For America's Scholars Of Race, An Obama Dilemma
20 Aug 2008
by Jonathan Tilove Will Barack Obama's presidential candidacy amount to a net positive for race relations in general and African American fortunes in particular? There is no consensus among…
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The Seven-Foot Poet is on Vacation
13 Aug 2008
Kemet Mawakana, a.k.a. the Seven Foot Poet, will return on Wednesday, August 20.
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Is Obama the End of Black Politics? Lord, No
13 Aug 2008
by Mel Reeves The New York Times magazine predicts that Black politics will fade into "mainstream" American politics as happened with the Italians and Irish, conveniently forgetting that "the…
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Church of the Ascending Obama
13 Aug 2008
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford Obamamania has much in common with religion, which requires no proof to defend its tenets or claims, only faith. "The Obamites rely on faith alone to…
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Let them eat Croissants!
13 Aug 2008
by John Maxwell The author, a renowned environmentalist as well as veteran journalist, bemoans Jamaica's failure to make the right development decisions at the right time. Kingston Harbor is…