Glen Ford

Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Hillary Wants a Crusade to Defeat Trump’s “Bigotry” – and Leave Her Bankers Alone
17 Mar 2016
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford If Hillary Clinton can make the general election into a crusade against “bigotry” and “intolerance” as embodied by Donald Trump, she can win with an otherwise issue-…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
A Republican Meltdown Won’t Make the Democrats Better
10 Mar 2016
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford The impending breakup of the Republican Party will not create more favorable conditions for Black and progressive electoral politics. Instead, it will compel the…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Trash the Party: One Wing of the Duoploy Almost Down, One to Go
03 Mar 2016
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford The “non-racist” Republicans (as if such a thing exists) are threatening to bail out of the Party rather than share it with Donald Trump. Can Bernie Sanders’…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
The Bogus Power of the Black Vote Within the Confines of the Democratic Party
24 Feb 2016
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford "Black Power" has been turned on its head on the electoral front, put at the service of corporatists like Hillary Clinton. "Paralyzed by fear of the White Man's…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
There’s Nothing "Transformative" About Bernie Sanders (He’s Just Not Hillary)
18 Feb 2016
Bernie Sanders’ domestic policies more clearly match Black America’s left-leaning politics – but they will still reject him in favor of Hillary Clinton, who Blacks think has a better chance against…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Throw Off the Dead Weight of the Democratic Party
11 Feb 2016
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford “Blacks haven’t transformed the Democratic Party by our overwhelming presence. Instead, the Party has transformed us – and overwhelmed our radical politics.” The…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Vector of Fear: Blacks and the Democratic Party
04 Feb 2016
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Blacks in the South will probably not vote for Bernie Sanders, although they most resemble the “Scandinavian social democrats” of Sanders dreams. However, Black…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Ethnic Cleansing: The Ultimate Environmental Racism
28 Jan 2016
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford What happened in Flint was not a simple case of environmental racism, but ethnic cleansing by lethal means. The ethnic cleansing of the cities – otherwise known as…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Poisoning Black Cities
21 Jan 2016
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford They emptied New Orleans. Now they have poisoned Flint, Michigan. The corporate campaign to ethnically cleanse U.S. cities knows no bounds. Michigan’s…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Swan Song for a War and Austerity President (Who is Also Black)
14 Jan 2016
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford This year’s State of the Union Address was a kind of swan song for Barack Obama, his last before “retiring” to three presidential libraries and tens of millions in…