Glen Ford

Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Make Jesse Jackson, Ben Jealous and Big Labor Own Up to Their Words
12 Aug 2010
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Established Black and labor leaders are compelled by the spiraling economy to at least pretend to make demands on the First Black President. However, “the Obama…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
"Mongrel”: Historically, and from Obama’s Mouth
04 Aug 2010
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Barack Obama behaves as if he has no historical or cultural knowledge of “the nation over which he presides.” The president’s labeling of African Americans as “…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Rep. Maxine Waters and the Upside Down Morality of Congress
04 Aug 2010
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford Wall Street reversed its fortunes by seizing total control of the U.S. state and its treasure. No greater conflict of interest can be imagined than…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Bishop, Clyburn, Scott, Butterfield, Green & Davis: The CBC's Six Eunuchs of War
04 Aug 2010
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford Three-quarters of the Congressional Black Caucus voted to deny the warmonger in the White House funds for his aggressions. Although Obama got his "…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
An Anti-War Movement That Won’t Cave to Obama or Israel
28 Jul 2010
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford For at least two years, there has been no anti-war “movement” worthy of the term – one that calls the aggressor by his name (starts with “O”) and gives no…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Do Not Exaggerate Victory in New York Stop and Frisk Law
28 Jul 2010
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford Newly enacted law forbids New York City police from keeping records on the hundreds of thousands of people they stop and frisk on the street -…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
NAACP Confronts Tea Party, But Will It Challenge Obama?
21 Jul 2010
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford The nation's oldest civil rights group claims it is ready to confront militarism and demand that Obama supporters get the “change they voted for.”…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
U.S.-backed War in Somalia Comes to Uganda, Threatens to Set Whole Region Aflame
21 Jul 2010
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford The U.S. war against Somalia expands outwards and “has now blown back to Uganda,” the U.S. ally that, “along with the minority Tutsi dictatorship…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
First Black Presidency Has Driven Many African Americans Insane
07 Jul 2010
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford A section of Black America has lost their minds – literally – unable to make contact with reality since November 2008. Despite the horrific and…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
A Blacks vs. Tea Party Free-for-All on the Mall?
02 Jul 2010
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Will established civil rights…