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Bill Quigley
McKinney Rejoins Voyage to Defy US-Israeli Blockade of Gaza – "Sink Us or Arrest Usl"
24 Jun 2009
by The Editors When the Free Gaza Movement attempted to send a boatload of supplies to Gaza last December, the Israeli Navy rammed the vessel, the Dignity, almost sinking it. This week, activists will send two boats on the voyage from Cyprus to Gaza, carrying cement, toys and 38 passengers, among…
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
Darfur “Genocide” Lies Unraveling – Only 1,500 Darfuris Died in 2008, Says African Union
24 Jun 2009
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon For more than five years, the Save Darfur Coalition has used a slick and star-studded multimillion dollar ad campaign to paint a horrific vision of 400,000 dead in a black vs Arab war of extermination. No historic or political causes are offered for this…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
French Cops are Racist, Too
01 Jul 2009
A Black Agenda Radio Commentary by Glen Ford Click the flash player below to listen to or the mic to download an mp3 copy of this BA Radio commentary. If you're Black and tired of getting stopped by the police on the streets of New York City and…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
High Court Tries to Freeze White Privilege in Place
01 Jul 2009
A Black Agenda Radio Commentary by Glen Ford Click the flash player below to listen to or the mic to download an mp3 copy of this BA Radio commentary. The real “activist” judiciary if represented by the U.S. Supreme Court majority than is determined…
Bill Quigley
Haiti's Non-Election
30 Jun 2009
by Kim Ives When the most popular political party is barred from the election, what's the point of voting? Such was the simple logic of Haiti's recent farcical senatorial run-off election, boycotted by supporters of Lavalas Family, exiled President Jean-Bertrand Aristide's party. “Streets around…
Bill Quigley
Black Music Month at 30: A Cultural Retrospective
30 Jun 2009
by Pamela D. Reed President Obama changed Black Music Month to "African American Music Appreciation Month," and neglected to hold a commemorative event at the White House. “This is like the tree that falls in the forest with no one there to hear it.” (George Bush held three Black Music Month…
Bill Quigley
Mob Attack in Darfur: Personal Account
30 Jun 2009
by Isma’il Kushkush The author, a Sudanese journalist, found himself surrounded and nearly beaten to death by “Shabab” - young men – in a Darfur displaced persons camp. The mob shouted, “Criminal! Janjaweed!” Some may simply have hated journalists. “I've been told that many IDPs in Darfur believe…
Bill Quigley
When Will Obama Stand and Fight?
30 Jun 2009
by Dr. Ron Daniels Barack Obama entered the presidency with a huge mandate, but “is emerging as a cautious pragmatist who is more obsessed with 'bi-partisanship' than seizing the moment to create substantial change in this country.” His economic policy is run by “Wall Street insiders,” he has bowed…
Bill Quigley
Eshu’s blues: Michael Jackson dies of Amurrika at 50
30 Jun 2009
by BAR columnist michael hureaux perez The King of Pop is dead, and “you can hear the scavengers gnawing on bones all the way to the bank from any vantage point where you stand.” Michael Jackson succumbed to a peculiar Amurridan syndrome: TMTS, Too Much Too Soon. “In United States capitalist…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Giving Honduras the Haiti Treatment
01 Jul 2009
A Black Agenda Radio Commentary by Glen Ford Click the flash player below to listen to or the mic to download an mp3 copy of this BA Radio commentary. President Obama has joined all of Latin American in denouncing the coup in Honduras. But Washington's…