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Bill Quigley
Zimbabwe And The Battle of Ideas
25 Sep 2008
by Netfa Freeman To hear the American and European corporate media tell it, Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe is the worst villain since Hitler. These same corporate organs - and their governments and ruling classes - love the opposition Movement for Democratic Change more than they ever did…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Bailout Lesson: Capital Crisis Will Wreck Both Parties
01 Oct 2008
Normal 0 by BAR executive editor Glen Ford The crisis of finance capital has thrown both big business parties into extreme disarray and split the Congressional Black Caucus right down the middle. "In the aftermath of Monday's bloody siege, it was difficult to tell who Wall Street guns-for-…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
For Blacks, Economic ‘Reversal’ Began in 2000
01 Oct 2008
Normal 0 Black America has experienced a "Reversal of Fortune" since roughly the time George Bush entered the White House. What African Americans need is "a strategy for Black full employment," rather than a generalized policy that "masks racial disparities." To listen to this Black…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Black Radio Owner Produces Anti-Obama Ad
01 Oct 2008
Normal 0 "Never in the history of commercial Black media has a candidate for national office gotten as much free publicity of all kinds, as Barack Obama has reaped from Black-owned media." But he still shorted them on campaign advertising. To listen to this Black Agenda Radio…
Bill Quigley
White America Lives in Vicious Racial Denial – Obama Is Making It Worse
01 Oct 2008
Normal 0 by Paul Street Defending Barack Obama against blatantly racist attacks is made more complicated by - Obama, himself, who avers that, if he loses in November, it won't because of his race. This, despite abundant and compelling evidence to the contrary. But then, Obama denies that race…
Bill Quigley
Racism As Reflex at a Time of Crisis
01 Oct 2008
Normal 0 by Tim Wise No matter the nature of the crisis, white supremacists will construct a logic that blames the "Other" - usually Blacks. Professional racists Neil Cavuto and Rush Limbaugh claim that poor people caused "the nation's current financial mess," rather than "greedy investors,…
Bill Quigley
Alaska's Blacks and Palin: a Strained Relationship
01 Oct 2008
Normal 0 by Linn Washington, Jr. Alaska is one of 29 states that celebrates Juneteenth, marking the day Texas slaves learned they had been emancipated. But the holiday, and Black concerns in general, seems to mean nothing to Gov. Sarah Palin, the White Queen of the North. "Alaskan blacks…
Bill Quigley
Hiding America’s Crime: Mogadishu Empty and in Ruins
08 Oct 2008
Normal 0 Somalia's capital city has been emptied of its previous population of nearly three million people - "the most ignored tragedy in the world," according to Human Rights Watch. Click the flash player below to hear this Black Agenda Radio commentary {mp3}20081008gf_somalia{/mp3…
Bill Quigley
Obama and McCain on Iraq: Imperial Double-Talk
08 Oct 2008
Normal 0 Neither John McCain nor Barack Obama have any intention of leaving Iraq. McCain is a more honest imperialist, while Obama "plays word games to mask the same ambitions." Click the flash player below to hear this Black Agenda Radio commentary {mp3}20081008gf_doubletalk{/mp3…
Bill Quigley
Gwen Ifill and Corporate Conformity
08 Oct 2008
Normal 0 The Public Broadcasting newsperson's new book should have been no concern to Republicans, and is bound to get good reviews from white corporate media. Click the flash player below to hear this Black Agenda Radio commentary {mp3}20081008gf_gwenifill{/mp3}