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Bill Quigley
Shell. Guilty.
27 May 2009
Almost a fifth of the oil imported by the U.S. comes from Africa, and in the decade to come this percentage will rise. The eastern part of Nigeria, from which Big Oil has pumped more than a trillion dollars worth of black gold since the 1960s, remains the poorest part of the country, and…
Bill Quigley
Confronting Neo-Liberalism In the Age of Obama: Join Us In Harlem NY on Sunday, May 31
27 May 2009
at St. Mary's Church, 521 W. 126th St. -- between Amsterdam Ave. and old Broadway, 4 PM till 7 PM for a stimulating afternoon of political analyses on the need to confront the neoliberal policies of our First Black President, Barack Obama, and pay tribute to the lasting legacy of Harlem's own…
Bill Quigley
Who Killed Black Radio? -- Journalist's Roundtable at Jared Ball's Jazz & Justice, WPFW-FM in DC
27 May 2009
Every Monday afternoon at 1PM on WPFW, Baltimore-DC listeners can hear a fine example of The Other Black Radio -- Jared Ball's Jazz and Justice. This week the first hour featured HipHop historian, producer and entrepreneur Davey D, Black Agenda Report's Bruce Dixon and longtime radio analyst…
Bill Quigley
Is Bill Clinton Haiti's Great White Hope?
27 May 2009
___FCKsi___1 Ban Ki Moon is playing another macabre joke on Haiti. In naming Bill Clinton as his "special envoy" to Haiti, the United Nations Secretary General has chosen a man that has already betrayed Haiti's people several times over. "President Clinton made several pledges to…
Bill Quigley
Grand Theft Auto: How Stevie the Rat Bankrupted GM
03 Jun 2009
by Greg Palast The General Motors bankruptcy is bad news for pretty much everybody - except, the bankers that live charmed lives no matter the economic weather. President Obama's so-called "Car Czar," the financial speculator Steve Rattner, insists on sparing the favored banksters like Morgan…
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
A Federal Bailout For Black Radio? Under What Conditions?
27 May 2009
By BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon News has surfaced that powerful members of the Congressional Black Caucus are asking for a bailout of minority broadcasters, specifically black radio. But black radio, like the rest of commercial media, has long dodged any hint of the public service…
Bill Quigley
Revolutionary Haitian Priest Gerard Jean-Juste, Presente!
03 Jun 2009
by Bill Quigley He was sometimes called the most "dangerous man in Haiti." Father Gerard Jean-Juste was a tower of moral strength and political principle, who "constantly challenged both the powers of Haiti and the U.S. to stop killing and starving and imprisoning the poor." A practitioner of…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
R.I.P. Industrial USA. The Banksters Win, Even When They Fail
03 Jun 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. General Motors is just the latest in a long line of casualties in the lopsided war between…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Obama Insults Muslims
10 Jun 2009
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley “Barack Obama seems to think that Muslims are stupid, stupid enough to accept invasions and occupations without complaint if an American president shows up and quotes from the Koran.” It is amazing how Americans and their presidents keep…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Shell Oil Settles with 1995 Niger Delta Victims’ Families, But War Escalates
10 Jun 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. Nearly a fifth of US oil imports come from West Africa and that proportion is only expected to grow.…