Black Agenda Report
Black Agenda Report
News, commentary and analysis from the black left.

  • Home
  • Africa
  • African America
  • Education
  • Environment
  • International
  • Media and Culture
  • Political Economy
  • Radio
  • US Politics
  • War and Empire

Glen Ford: “The Re-Awakening of Arab Nationalism is a Gargantuan Problem for U.S. Imperialism”
Glen Ford, BAR executive editor
09 Mar 2011
🖨️ Print Article

The editors

The United States is finding it impossible to devise a coherent policy in the Arab world “because the very existence of a resurgent Arab nationalism eliminates a whole range of options for the United States and the Europeans,” said BAR executive editor Glen Ford, at a conference of Socialist Action in Hartford, Connecticut, February 25-26. “They have no viable options. The occupation of Libya may happen, but it is not viable – not in an Arab world in a fever of nationalism. The repercussions would be severe for the United States.”

The conference was part of the run-up to anti-war rallies in New York City and San Francisco on April 9th.

 

Glen Ford: “The Re-Awakening of Arab Nationalism is a Gargantuan Problem for U.S. Imperialism”

The editors

The United States is finding it impossible to devise a coherent policy in the Arab world “because the very existence of a resurgent Arab nationalism eliminates a whole range of options for the United States and the Europeans,” said BAR executive editor Glen Ford, at a conference of Socialist Action in Hartford, Connecticut, February 25-26. “They have no viable options. The occupation of Libya may happen, but it is not viable – not in an Arab world in a fever of nationalism. The repercussions would be severe for the United States.”

The conference was part of the run-up to anti-war rallies in New York City and San Francisco on April 9th.

Do you need and appreciate Black Agenda Report articles? Please click on the DONATE icon, and help us out, if you can.


More Stories


  • Running Green in a Frontline Community: Rodolfo Cortes Barragan
    Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
    Running Green in a Frontline Community: Rodolfo Cortes Barragan
    18 Jul 2018
    “Our biggest problem is that local polluters have poisoned our communities year after year with impunity. “
  • BAR Book Forum: Jeremy Kuzmarov’s and John Marciano’s “The Russians are Coming, Again”
    Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
    BAR Book Forum: Jeremy Kuzmarov’s and John Marciano’s “The Russians are Coming, Again”
    18 Jul 2018
    “The American people have been constantly manipulated and made to fear the Russian threat when it is the United States that has been the aggressive power.”
  • BAR Book Forum: Dan Kovalik’s “The Plot to Scapegoat Russia" and "The Plot to Attack Iran”
    Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
    BAR Book Forum: Dan Kovalik’s “The Plot to Scapegoat Russia" and "The Plot to Attack Iran”
    18 Jul 2018
    “I believe that Americans are the most uninformed, misinformed and ideologized people on the planet.”
  • Black Americans’ Median Wealth Could Disappear in One Generation
    Adam Hudson
    Black Americans’ Median Wealth Could Disappear in One Generation
    18 Jul 2018
    “Neighborhoods that were redlined in the 1930s are still predominantly nonwhite, lower-income and economically disenfranchised.”
  • USAID Helps Colombia Mine Owners Prey on Blacks and Indigenous
    Victoria McKenzie and Steven Cohen
    USAID Helps Colombia Mine Owners Prey on Blacks and Indigenous
    18 Jul 2018
    “If I say I’m black, I’m black.”
  • Load More
Subscribe
connect with us
about us
contact us