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  • by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
    Conyers: “There is no one more disappointed than I am in Barack Obama.”
    05 Aug 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 nation's senior Black congressman fears Barack Obama is in danger of becoming a one-term president…
  • by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
    The Battle For Health Care:  Between Now and Labor Day, It's Still On
    05 Aug 2009
    by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon President Obama told us to judge his first term on whether he managed to provide quality, affordable health care to the American people, especially the uninsured and underinsured..  With various versions of his bill not beginning to cover the uninsured…
  • Bill Quigley
    Progressives Should be Shutting Down These So-Called 'Health Care Town Meetings' Too
    12 Aug 2009
    By Dave Lindorff For the most part, the health care "town meetings" staged by members of Congress are shams designed to deceive and disinform the public on the possibilities and progress of health care reform.  Despite being shaky on the facts, right wingers may be quite correct in treating…
  • by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
    ObamaCare: A Non-Existent Health Plan That Begins with Cuts
    16 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. There is no Obama healthcare plan, “just mouthfuls of generalized rhetoric that changes with the…
  • by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
    Obama’s Emerging Legacy: Wars, Bankers and For-Profit Healthcare
    24 Jun 2009
    by BAR executive editor Glen Ford The first Black president has racked up some impressive victories. Barack Obama has quarantined single-payer healthcare advocates, crushed dissent against the war in Congress, and transferred more money to the finance capital class than at any time in planetary…
  • by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
    Obama’s Single Payer Beat Down
    08 Jul 2009
    State Sen. Obama (above) in 2003, back when he supported single-payer healthcare. Obama changed his tune shortly thereafter. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- by BAR executive editor Glen Ford President Obama is mad, again, at…
  • Bill Quigley
    Single Payer Summer
    05 Aug 2009
    by David Swanson Although a single payer health care bill isn't ”even remotely likely to pass” this year, there are lots of reasons to continue the legislative battle. Says the author: “I think one can best campaign for justice if one knows exactly what one is up against but doesn't give a damn how…
  • by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
    U.S. Allies on the Ropes in Somalia
    07 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. When the Bush regime encouraged Ethiopia to invade Somalia in 2006, it may not have realized the…
  • by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
    The Shrinking American Empire
    08 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 drive to replace the U.S. dollar as the de facto global currency brings the American empire that…
  • by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
    Will Obama's Abandonment of the Public Option Take Congressional Democrats Down In 2010?
    19 Aug 2009
    by BAR managing editor Bruce Dixon Presidents run every four years, but Congress is elected every two. This president said we should judge him by whether he delivers comprehensive, affordable, accessible health care to every American in his first term. Team Obama's relentless opposition to single…

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