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by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: America’s Terror
07 Jan 2010
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley The U.S. assigns to itself the right to slaughter civilians and children wherever it chooses on the planet, yet howls in outrage when its protégés on the other side assert the same murderous privileges. “In the same week that Americans wrung…
Bill Quigley
Is This What They Meant by "Post Racial America?" Harry Reid and the "Negro Dialect"
13 Jan 2010
by Cynthia McKinney To paraphrase Kanye West, "Does Harry Reid Like Black People?" All the top Democrats say he does, but are they really good character witnesses, given the Party's confront affronts to African Americans? Former Illinois Governor Blagojevich claims he's “blacker than Barack…
Bill Quigley
Killer Obama, Dr. King, and the Triple Evils
13 Jan 2010
by Paul Street Dr. Martin Luther King's ideas on the nature of peace and social justice bear no resemblance to those of the current occupant of the White House, yet another in a long line of presidential killers on an industrial scale. MLK, the social democrat, would have recoiled in horror at the…
Bill Quigley
Dr. King -- Struggling Not To Lose Him
20 Jan 2010
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Bill Quigley
Haiti 2010: An Unwelcome Katrina Redux
20 Jan 2010
by Cynthia McKinney The United States, having stolen so much from Haiti, now dictates what and when foreign aid will reach the Haitian people. Haitians know that their independence is their greatest treasure. “Haitians know, too, that the United States has installed its political proxies and even…
Bill Quigley
Ten Things the US Can and Should Do for Haiti
15 Jan 2010
by Bill Quigley The humanitarian catastrophe in Haiti must not be allowed to further harm the dignity and sovereignty of that nation’s people. The American superpower, which has repeatedly violated Haiti’s national rights for two centuries, can act like a civilized country for a change, at this…
Bill Quigley
Why the U.S. owes Haiti billions: The briefest history
20 Jan 2010
by Bill Quigley At every stage in Hait's national existence, she has been drained, squeezed and violated by the United States. “The U.S. has worked to break Haiti for over 200 years. We owe Haiti. This is not charity. This is justice. This is reparations.”
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Court Finds Deliberate Discrimination by NYC Fire Dept and Mayor
20 Jan 2010
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford The civil rights movement may be moribund, but civil rights law still yields results. New York City, behaving like many of its citizens in claiming that it should not be found guilty of discrimination unless it can be proved that it intended to…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
A Year Into the Obama Presidency, High Black Expectations Have Not Been Met
21 Jan 2010
A full year after the swearing in of the nation's first black president, notes Glen Ford, African American expectations are far from being met. Still, it will take a good while before many African Americans can begin to distance themselves from their First Black President. BAR Executive…
michael hureaux perez
Eshu's blues: Pat Robertson, the U.S. Ruling Class and Haiti
20 Jan 2010
by michael hureaux perez African Americans who want to help Haiti – and improve Black people's condition worldwide – “need to reclaim our own independent black agency and move accordingly.” Our own unique perspective on the world should enable us “to see that what delays the rescue effort in Haiti…