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by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Obama Shows His True Katrina Colors
13 May 2009
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Click the flash player to listen to or the mic to download this commentary in mp3 format. The line between Bush and Obama has not simply blurred in New Orleans: it has disappeared."…
Bill Quigley
What's Really Happening In Darfur?: An Interview with Mahmood Mamdani
04 Mar 2009
The picture of the conflict in Darfur as "Arab-on-black" or even "black on black" genocide tells more about the U.S. than it does about Darfur, Sudan, or Africa. It is a false picture, brought to us by the corporate U.S. media to justify one of Uncle Sam's (maybe even Uncle Barack's) oil and…
Mark P. Fancher
Africa, AFRICOM and Proxy Imperialism
17 Dec 2008
by Mark P. Fancher Imperialism ain't easy. Times change, and the neocolonial exploiters have to stay on their toes. They must encourage "the illusion of independence" in the formerly colonized world, the better to maintain effective economic control. "Enter Africa Command - better known as AFRICOM…
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
Is There A Save Darfur Industrial Complex?
06 May 2009
By BAR Managing Editor Bruce A. Dixon What does it mean for Africa when right wing end-of-the-world-is-near evangelical Christians join forces with the Robert F. Kennedy Center For Human Rights? What does it mean for African Americans when Bush, Obama, and nearly all last year's presidential…
Bill Quigley
The Language of Looting
01 Mar 2009
by Michael Hudson In order to steal literally everything, the Lords of Finance must render language incapable of describing the crime. "Society's basic grammar of thought, the vocabulary to discuss political and economic topics, is being turned inside-out." The banksters still think they can rule…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
A Congo Journey
01 Mar 2009
Her father taught his students to "value, study and honor their collective history," and his daughter to follow her heart. That legacy took the author on a journey to the Congo, where six million have died without shocking western sensibilities. "I vowed that when I returned home I would talk and…
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
Obama Administration and Wall Street Predators Target “Entitlement Reform”
18 Feb 2009
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon When the corporate media, Wall Street predators and their favorite politicians talk of "entitlement reform," they are not referring to their bonuses, or tax breaks, golden parachutes or consulting fees. They mean to "reform" your Social Security,…
Bill Quigley
White Recession, Black Depression
18 Feb 2009
"As the United States delves further into a serious long-term recession, African Americans are facing the challenge of coming from a 7 year silent recession into a depression." During the seven years between 2000 and the official declaration that the U.S. was in recession, "Black employment…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
White House Health Care Ploy Backfires
20 May 2009
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford President Obama's mission to keep the U.S. health care system safe for the profiteering classes got waylaid last week by - the profiteers, themselves. The health care industry "refused to corroborate Obama's claim that they had agreed to reduce health care spending…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Hypocritical Obama "Two-Step" on Human Rights and Racism
20 May 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. One step backward: last month, the Obama administration sabotaged the Durban II anti-racism…