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by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: “War is Peace” Prize
16 Dec 2009
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley Barack Obama is nothing if not a man of “firsts.” America’s first Black president has earned the dubious honor of possibly having delivered the first resoundingly pro-war speech to the Nobel Peace Prize Committee. “The new peace prize winner…
Bill Quigley
McKinney: President Obama is Complicit in War Crimes
16 Dec 2009
Obama Complicit in War Crimes, Says McKinney (If you cannot see the video above, click here.) “Our President is now complicit in torture, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and crimes against the peace,” said Cynthia McKinney, addressing the Emergency End-the-Wars Rally in front of the White…
Bill Quigley
David Swanson: Presidents Love Wars. From Now On All Presidents Will Want to be War Presidents...
16 Dec 2009
David Swanson: Presidents Love Wars, and From Now On All Presidents Will Want to be War Presidents... If you can't see the video above, click here. And why shouldn't they? Wars expand presidential powers, and are not to be questioned. This president just made a war speech…
Bill Quigley
Kucinich To Submit Bills That Deny Funding To Af-Pak War
16 Dec 2009
Kucinich To Submit Bills That Deny Funding To Af-Pak War If you do not see the video above, click here. The Af-Pak war funding bill before Congress is also happens to contain the money for unemployment compensation, Ohio Democratic Congressman Dennis Kucinich points out. “I will soon…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Guantanamo, Illinois
23 Dec 2009
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley In many respects, a year of President Barack Obama feels much the same as...a year of George Bush. Wars metastasize, prisons migrate from Cuba to Illinois, bankers get richer – 2009 has many elements of deja vu. “Barack Obama has firmly…
Bill Quigley
“You Can’t Be President”: Race, Class, and Memories of Obama
23 Dec 2009
by Paul Street No one should claim they were fooled by candidate Barack Obama – least of all, Black people. “Obama’s political team has always taken an official position of cowardice on race.” His avoidance of racial realities is long-standing. The president's supporters simply ignored the evidence…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Wealthy Nations To Poor Ones: There Will Be No Reparations For Killing the Planet
16 Dec 2009
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford Even as the world approaches “the end-game of human existence,” brought on by centuries of exploitation of nature and man, the chief polluters and oppressors demand impunity from past and current crimes. The U.S. categorically rejects the “notion…
Kemet Mawakana
A Kwanzaa Poem
29 Dec 2009
by the Seven Foot Poet In the coming year, we expect to hear a lot more from the Seven Foot Poet, who here conveys to our readership his holiday greetings.
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
The Most Important Presidential Election Ever. Again. No, Really!
29 Oct 2008
by BAR Managing Editor Bruce Dixon, with video by Billy at www.slepton.com. First check out this exclusive 60 Minutes interview with brother Billy of SleptOn.com. And to read more about the importance of this year's presidential election, click the link below.
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
Is the Detroit Nigerian "Terrorist" A Patsy?
30 Dec 2009
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon The bumbling Nigerian “terrorist” who set his lap on fire on board an airliner in Detroit Christmas day will provide days or weeks of conveniently hysterical headlines, along with excuses to target West Africa and Yemen for extra special attention from the…