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Bill Quigley
Rep. John Conyers at the Coporate Black Caucus Affair Last Week
30 Sep 2009
If you managed to attend the annual DC gathering of the Congressional Black Caucus last week you know it was more the "Corporate Black Caucus" that was on display. Goodie bags from Coca-cola, a health care summit sponsored by Pfizer, and the logos from Wal-Mart, Lockheed and Boeing were…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Media Tell the Rich Man's Story, Starve the People of Real News
06 Oct 2009
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford A new study shows the corporate news media behave as if their primary audience is comprised of the rich and powerful. Issues dear to the hearts (sic) of bankers in New York and Washington insiders dominate…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Poll Shows Public Wants Medicare for All
30 Sep 2009
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford President Obama attempts to depict proponents of Medicare for all as lefty health care “extremists.” But that’s precisely the kind of “robust” public plan favored by two-thirds of Americans, according to a recent poll. Obama is to the Right of the people, and the…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Obama Disses Black Politicians
06 Oct 2009
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley The first Black president, having just smacked down New York state's first Black governor, refuses to endorse the Democrat who would be New York City's second Black mayor. Is there a pattern here? And where is that “newly energized, enlightened…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
U.S. Achieves Deep Penetration of African Armed Forces
06 Oct 2009
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford Supporters of African independence are generally pleased that the U.S. Africa Command, AFRICOM, has not yet established an official headquarters on the continent, for fear of igniting anti-imperialist…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Prized Possessions: Media Politics and Missing Women
06 Oct 2009
by Sikivu Hutchinson In a nation of 300 million that's half-female, only a select group is entitled to rank among the high-profile “missing,” should they disappear. “In the national 'victim-ocracy,' small town, suburban and/or university affiliated white women get the most play as valued human…
Bill Quigley
Roman Polanski and the Contradictions in Us All
06 Oct 2009
by Davey D For 30 years, it bothered the U.S. government not one bit that film director Roman Polanski lived free and well in Europe, a fugitive from a 1977 charge of drugging a minor to have sex with her. What a contrast with the elephant-like memory and unrelenting viciousness of U.S. lawmen when…
Bill Quigley
Rep. Barbara Lee 7 Years After AntiWar Vote Still Standing For Peace and Justice
06 Oct 2009
A Democracy Now interview by Juan Gonzalez Eight years ago this week California's Rep. Barbara Lee was the only member of the US House of Representatives with the courage and integrity to vote against the president's invasion of Afghanistan. Currently the sponsor of another resolution to…
Bill Quigley
Now that President Obama has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, what should he do?
10 Oct 2009
* Refuse it, like Vietnam's Le Duc Tho did in 1973, because nothing like peace is even on the horizon * Take it and laugh, like Henry Kissinger also in 1973, less than a year after his Christmas bombing of Hanoi * Donate the money to Palestinian children maimed by US ordnance in Gaza last year *…
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
Will Civil Disobedience For Health Care Make Obama and Dems Listen?
07 Oct 2009
Last week 17 people were arrested in the New York offices of Aetna Insurance, demanding Medicare For All. This week the wave of sit-ins will hit insurance companies in Chicago. Next week, say organizers, as many as 15 cities will see civilly disobedient actions demanding the kind of…