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Bill Quigley
7 Arrested in Chicago Demanding Single Payer Health Care; Protests In Ten More Cities Next Week
09 Oct 2009
by the Editors On October 8, seven demonstrators were arrested at the Chicago offices of Cigna Insurance. The protests are part of a series begun in New York last week and slated to spread to at least ten cities next week including Washington DC. "Single payer is inevitable; it’s…
Bill Quigley
Riots, Real Estate, and Selective Memory
12 Oct 2009
by Beryl Satter Wall Street's subprime mortgage assault on Black America threatens to wipe out a generation of African American equity, but it's not the first time. The FHA-HUD scandals of the 1970s laid waste to Black neighborhoods in cities across the nation, causing far more damage and urban…
Bill Quigley
A Nobel Worthy Effort: Ending Youth Violence From Chicago to Afghanistan
12 Oct 2009
by Jesse Hagopian The White House kicked off its national initiative against youth violence in Chicago, but community activists charge Administration school policies have exacerbated the mayhem on the streets. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan set off a spiral of violence when he closed down Black…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Michelle’s Family Tree
13 Oct 2009
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley Strange things happen when members of the oppressed and despised group rise to power and fame. Their backgrounds are magnified, yet still remain one-dimensional in the larger society's eyes. In failing to respect Michelle Obama's ancestors,…
Bill Quigley
Beyond Science Fiction: Europe’s False Claims to Civilization and the Coming Attack on Iran
12 Oct 2009
by Henry D. Rose The U.S. and Israel, the “most aggressive” nations in the world, routinely commit crimes against international law and civilized norms. Yet they feel quite comfortable in claiming moral authority in the community of nations. Meanwhile, “freedom fighters are branded as terrorists,”…
Cynthia McKinney
Global Resistance, Local Action, and Vision
12 Oct 2009
by Cynthia McKinney A successful movement for change needs more than energy and commitment – it also requires “people feverishly working to redefine for all who want to be active...just what the prize is.” When a war-expanding president is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, peace itself is in need of…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Four U.S. Presidents and Four UK Prime Ministers Charged With Genocide
13 Oct 2009
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford Charges of genocide against four administrations in Washington and London document the continuity of U.S. and British crimes against Iraq. For nearly a generation, the U.S. and U.K. have collaborated in the…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
We Need a Black-Led Movement for Peace, Not a Phony “Prize”
13 Oct 2009
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford Click the flash player below to listen or the mic to download. “When Barack Obama declares he is presiding over 'necessary' wars, then those who seek peace must organize the necessary resistance to his wars.” That responsibility weighs even more…
Saswat Pattanayak
Militarist Obama and Corporate Nobel: Peaceful Partnership
12 Oct 2009
by Saswat Pattanayak “Nobel Prizes are offered by the royalists, the status quo upholders, the deniers of class society.” Such people don't want peace, but stability for the existing order. The Nobel Committee prizes continuity above all else. That's why they gave Barack Obama their vote of…
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
Top Ten Reasons President Obama Should Give Back the Nobel Peace Prize
14 Oct 2009
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon At the Nobel announcement of this year's peace prize a reporter asked the Nobel spokesman “why”, since the man had only been in office less than a year, and had done so little to merit the honor. The spokesman replied that the prize had been given not so much…