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Bill Quigley
Letter to Black America on Palestinian Rights
23 May 2007
March and Rally Set for June 10 Twenty-two African American notables have issued on open letter demanding that Blacks break the silence "on the injustices faced by the Palestinian people resulting from the Israeli occupation." This "40 year travesty of justice" - the post-1967 seizure of control…
Bill Quigley
Sonia On My Mind
23 May 2007
by Askia Muhammad Veteran journalist and man-of-words-and-images Askia Muhammad muses on the impact of poetess Sonia Sanchez, "This Call and Respond Voice of reasonable Black Magic." The author invites us on his Sanchez-scored journey through the portals of Black Liberation straining to…
Bill Quigley
Benton Harbor on the Brink: Michigan Town Still Boiling
23 May 2007
by Kari Lydersen The mostly African American town of Benton Harbor, Michigan, a Black island in a hostile sea, is under siege by moneyed interests seeking to claim the small city's most valuable asset: lakefront property. Until recently, the region's white-powers-that-be cared nothing for…
Bill Quigley
Letter to Black America on Palestinian Rights
23 May 2007
March and Rally Set for June 10 Twenty-two African American notables have issued on open letter demanding that Blacks break the silence "on the injustices faced by the Palestinian people resulting from the Israeli occupation." This "40 year travesty of justice" - the post-1967 seizure of control…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Savage Christians
30 May 2007
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley It seems the corporate media can sanitize and white-wash even the most putrid bigot. Evangelist hit-man Jerry Falwell's career as a racist propagandist was excised from the record, following his death last week. The man who called the Civil…
Bill Quigley
Of Bigots and Broken Records: Reflections on the Psychopathology of Racist Thinking
30 May 2007
by Tim Wise The mind of the racist is an intricate web of delusions, in which white majorities are always under siege, preyed upon by dark hordes intent on destruction. Anti-racist activist Tim Wise explores the tortuous mental pathways that lead millions of whites to conclude they are victims…
Bill Quigley
Fidel Speaks: The Obscene English Submarine
30 May 2007
by Fidel Castro Fidel is alive, and looking forward to breathing a lot longer. The Cuban leader notes the pathological pride shown by Britain in allocating $7.5 billion dollars to launch three super-tech submarines to augment a U.S. war machine that spends more money than all of the rest of the…
Bill Quigley
The Black Caucus’ Fatal FOX News Embrace
06 Jun 2007
by Leutisha Stills, chief congressional correspondent, CBC Monitor Congressional Black Caucus leadership insists on continuing its indecent dance with FOX News despite public and internal opposition to a joint CBC-FOX Democratic presidential debate. With only three candidates now willing to…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: John Conyers and the Bush Dictatorship
06 Jun 2007
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley Hardly anyone in the corporate media seemed to notice when, last month, George Bush gave himself the power to run the government all by himself in situations of "catastrophic emergency." It would also be up to Bush to decide just what…
Bill Quigley
Barack Hussein Obama: The Meteoric Rise of a Race-Neutered Presidential Candidate
06 Jun 2007
by BAR contributing editor Nathaniel X Turner II Barack Obama is a double-whammy: a pretender to Black leadership who refuses to even acknowledge the existence of a "Black America." With an Audacity of Arrogance, this self-styled "Joshua" claims unearned moral authority to demand loyalty…