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Is Labor Ready to Challenge Obama?
The October 2 Washington march for jobs, announced by the NAACP and SEIU Local 1199 and now endorsed by the entirety of organized labor, âis an important shiftâ from laborâs âfailed policyâ of avoiding conflicts with the Obama White House, according to Alan Benjamin, of the Workers Emergency Recovery Campaign. The WERC urges unions to demand single-payer health care, creation of 15 million WPA-type jobs and an end to U.S. wars.
The Ongoing Crime Against Black New Orleans
Five years after Katrina, the quality of life is worse for working people in New Orleans. Lance Hill, executive director of the Southern Institute for Education and Research, Tulane University, reports that as many as 150,000 former residents have not been able to return. The âeliteâsâ plan to shut out and keep out much of the Black population, has been largely successful.
The Internet is Not a Movement
The Netroots Nation and others still drunk on ObamaâLaid mistake the traffic on the Internet for a real political movement, says BAR columnist Dr. Jared Ball. âIt seems not to matter whether or not Obama is good for us, or that the Internet didnât prevent Oscar Grantâs murder from occurring or prevent his killer from being handed an unjust non-sentence.â
Wyclef Jean Serves Foreignersâ Schemes for Haiti
Haitian community activist Ray LaForest says Wyclef Jeanâs presidential candidacy is part of the U.S.-France-Canada âgrand planâ to transform Haiti into the âcheapest source of labor in the Americas.â The entertainerâs move has heightened interest in an election from which the nationâs most popular political party, exiled President Jean Bertrand Aristideâs Fanmi Lavalas, has been excluded.
ntimidating the Rich
Angered over a land grab by the giant Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, Michigan, activists led by Rev. Edward Pinkney spoiled the opening of a Jack Nicklaus signature golf course developed by the company. The demonstrators shouted âJack Nicklaus, go home!â and caused Arnold Palmer, Tom Watson and rich patrons to seek a side exit. âWe intimidated them like they have never been intimidated,â said Rev. Pinkney.
Black Agenda Radio on the Progressive Radio Network is hosted by Glen Ford and Nellie Bailey. A new edition of the program airs every Monday at 4:00pm ET on PRN. Length: One hour. Click here to download the show.
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