by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
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We hear all the time that the Obama campaign and presidency mark the triumph of savvy black political power. The truth however, explained BAR Executive Editor Glen Ford, is that the rise of Barack Obama has checkmated historic black demands for justice at home and peace abroad, and neutralized the broader American left. Ford spoke at the New England Anti-War Conference in Boston, January 30.
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