Glen Ford

Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Nelson Mandela’s Long Death
19 Dec 2013
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford As Nelson Mandela lay for nine months near death, the world got an education on his legacy – including the scope of the deal that he and his African National…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Detroit on the Auction Block
05 Dec 2013
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford With startling speed, a bankruptcy judge has moved Detroit to the auction block, with the banksters pre-positioned to pick the bones of the Black metropolis. Racism…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Lynching as a Misdemeanor
28 Nov 2013
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Four white San Jose State University students who assaulted a Black teenager for nearly two months have been charged only with misdemeanors, when their crimes…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
The End of American Thanksgivings: A Cause for Universal Rejoicing
26 Nov 2013
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford “The Thanksgiving story is an absolution of the Pilgrims, whose brutal quest for absolute power in the New World is made to seem both religiously motivated and…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Obama and Holder Let Gangsters Pay Fine, Continue Business As Usual
20 Nov 2013
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Going on five years into the Obama regime, it is clear that Wall Street is immune from prosecution, no matter the savagery of the economic crime. Attorney…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Democracy: Going Down for the Count in Detroit
13 Nov 2013
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford The “restructuring” of Detroit through bankruptcy is the model for drastically downsizing what’s left of democracy in all of urban America. Already, Black voting…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Detroit as Dred Scott
06 Nov 2013
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford The bum-rush to bankrupt Detroit is the leading legal edge in Wall Street’s drive to declare Black urban dwellers "beings of an inferior order” with no rights that…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Detroit Will be Democracy's Decisive Battle
30 Oct 2013
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Detroit is the battleground chosen by Wall Street to crush the last vestiges of American democracy by creating “the template for direct corporate rule.” Finance…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Remember the Grenada Invasion
23 Oct 2013
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford The U.S. pounced on the island nation of Grenada like an “elephant on a flea,” 30 years ago, to wipe out the remnants of a revolution. Adding insult to injury (and…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Who Sank Detroit – the “Hip Hop Mayor” or Wall Street?
16 Oct 2013
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Many, if not most, Americans are eager to believe that what’s wrong with Detroit and other troubled cities is the fault of the inhabitants. “The irresponsible,…