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Bill Quigley
The Imperial Obama is Frustrated on Zimbabwe
04 Feb 2009
The Obama administration was eager "to show its fangs against Mugabe in Africa" and seethed when its offensive against Zimbabwe's government was blunted by a power-sharing agreement. US Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice is still out for Mugabe's head. Click here to download a broadcast quality MP3…
Bill Quigley
U.S. Corporate Media Propaganda Machine
04 Feb 2009
A study by the media watchdog group FAIR shows how four of the most influential U.S. newspapers "use their editorial pages to put Venezuela in a negative human rights light, while glossing over Latin America's worst human rights abuser, Colombia." Click here to download a broadcast quality MP3 of…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Obama’s Crusade to Save the Banksters
04 Feb 2009
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Much of Black America has been politically neutered, incapable of even imagining a situation in which they would make demands of Barack Obama - "whom many believe is literally a God-send." In any case, the president's attentions are focused on his primary mission…
Bill Quigley
A Message to the African Political Scientist
04 Feb 2009
by Benjamin Woods Young Africans in America require exposure to genuine Black political scientists, the kind that will "articulate an African worldview that is distinct from their colonizers." What's needed is "an African anti-imperialist analysis for the 21st century" in order to rebuild the…
Bill Quigley
Torture at Angola Prison
04 Feb 2009
by Jordan Flaherty While the Obama administration promises to halt torture as a matter of U.S. policy and shut down Guantanamo prison, torture remains among the arsenal of barbarities inflicted on inmates at Louisiana's infamous Angola Prison. Twenty-five inmates charge they were "forced to…
Bill Quigley
Gaza Disaster and the ‘Free Press’
04 Feb 2009
by John Maxwell The BBC refused to broadcast appeals by established UK charities for humanitarian aid to civilian victims of Israel's attack on Gaza, on the grounds that it could not be sure "whether aid raised by the appeal could actually be delivered on the ground." By this "hypocritical" device…
Bill Quigley
The New Black Politics
04 Feb 2009
The New Black Politics by Jonathan D. Farley This article originally appeared in the Harvard Crimson. "Just because you are a first for blacks does not mean blacks are first for you."
Bill Quigley
Eshu’s blues: Obama scabs on the autonomy of Palestine-and the rest of us
28 Jan 2009
by BAR columnist michael hureaux perez President Obama, if he were truly "the humanitarian he pretends to be, would be upholding the Geneva Convention, and condemning the State of Israel before the world." But of course, he won't, and America's "so-called ‘war on terror, which President Obama…
Bill Quigley
Why An A**Hole is Always in Charge
28 Jan 2009
by Greg Palast Former Merrill Lynch CEO John Thain is a man who can parlay catastrophic business failure into mind-blowing personal enrichment. After reducing the company to worthlessness, he sold the "busted bag of financial feces to Bank of America for $50 BILLION." Then Merrill Lynch lost…
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
Barack Obama: Hypocrite on Health Care, Hater on Single Payer
25 Mar 2009
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon When it comes to health care, Barack Obama is a hater, and a dishonest one at that. An honest and ethical hater tells you where she or he stands, and throws down the appropriate facts. President Obama doesn't do this. He has claimed for years…