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Bill Quigley
U.S. Press Misses Honduran Official's Racist Assault on U.S. Prez
14 Jul 2009
by Steve Rendall Enrique Ortez Colindres may be a coup plotter from the original “banana republic,” but as a white man he feels comfortable calling the president of the United States a “little black sugar plantation worker” and other Spanish variations on “nigger.” Ortez's comments were not deemed…
Bill Quigley
Eshu’s blues: Obama in Africa
14 Jul 2009
by BAR columnist michael hureaux perez “Six months after his ascent to power, Barack Obama has proven to be exactly the nightmare we at BAR have long predicted he would be.” His recent visit reveals Obama has as much contempt for Black Africans as for African Americans. “Just days ago in Ghana, the…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: American War Criminals
15 Jul 2009
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley The United States could fill scores of International Criminal Courts with homegrown war criminals, but prefers to honor them as “statesmen” and “the best and the brightest.” The recently deceased Robert McNamara even indicted himself for crimes…
Bill Quigley
Pimps, Peeping Toms & Frotteurs
14 Jul 2009
by John Maxwell Rupert Murdoch appears to have turned his flagship British newspaper, News of the World, into a huge criminal enterprise, specializing in gathering dirt on celebrities of all kinds. However, given the right-wing publishers political influence, it doesn't look like anybody's going to…
Bill Quigley
“African Blood” Saved Obama From Scrutiny in Ghana
14 Jul 2009
by Edwin Okong'o Just as in Black America, many Africans on the continent hesitate to criticize Barack Obama for reasons of blood solidarity. Obama bemoans African “wars over land and wars over resources,” but “his African blood prevented us from asking him whether most of those resources (diamonds…
Bill Quigley
President Obama's "Tough Love" Sermon to Africa
14 Jul 2009
by Ron Daniels President Obama has developed a reputation as an avid reader with a wide range of interests, yet he appears to have learned little about the history of Africa's encounters with Europe and America over the past half-millennium. “He might have done well to read How Europe…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Maxine Waters vs. Fatal Derivatives
15 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 Obama administration is clearly trying to keep Congress from taking legislative action against…
Bill Quigley
Cynthia McKinney on Running the Gaza Blockade, and Black Solidarity With Palestine
22 Jul 2009
The accomplished filmmakers at SleptOn.Com sat down with former Georgia congresswoman Cynthia McKinney after her release from an Israeli prison.
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Rev. Edward Pinkney: The Preacher Who Dared to Invoke God
22 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 first man in modern day America to be imprisoned for “predicting what God might do” was released,…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Another Obama Promise Broken -- The Right To Organize Betrayed
22 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 Employee Free Choice Act has been gutted and may expire entirely, a victim of Barack Obama's…