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Bill Quigley
The Kerner Commission Report at 40: A Real Program for “Change” that is Still Being Ignored
05 Mar 2008
by Dedrick Muhammad The 1968 Kerner Commission, created by President Lyndon Johnson in the wake of the previous year's riots in Newark and Detroit, proposed economic solutions to the vast disparities that had led to a nation that "is moving toward two societies, one black, one white, separate…
Bill Quigley
Can't Knock the Hassle: Chavez Challenges Baseball
05 Mar 2008
by Dave Zirin Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is pitching a (literal) shutout to Major League Baseball owners that scour his country in search of "talent on the cheap." Baseball employers "sign children for pennies, treat them like trash when they're finished, and face contact lens-thin…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Hugo Chavez and the Obama/Clinton Twins
13 Mar 2008
by BAR Editor and Senior Columnist Margaret Kimberley With Republican candidate John McCain singing "bomb, bomb Iran", muttering about keeping troops in Iraq another hundred years, and offering US military solutions to the world's every problem, voters might reasonably expect Democratic…
Bill Quigley
Brazilian Military’s Experience Comes Full Circle in Haiti
13 Mar 2008
by Kevin Pina Since the withdrawal of most US occupation forces from Haiti, Brazilian troops have taken on the task of hunting down grassroots activists, and terrorizing the neighborhoods that shelter them. But what comes around definitely goes around. Just as American torture tactics from…
Bill Quigley
Who Pays the Bills at Black Agenda Report?
04 Jun 2008
The Editors People do ask that question from time to time. The answer is that you do, or a few of you, anyway. Black Agenda Report is supported entirely by the contributions of a relatively small number of its readers. We have repeatedly turned down advertising from and on behalf of both the…
Bill Quigley
Obama Won’t Address Specific Black Concerns
06 Aug 2008
Normal 0 by BAR executive editor Glen Ford "Barack Obama has hard-wired himself to avoid" answering questions on redress of specifically Black grievances in the United States. To pull this off, he must deny the legitimacy of such grievances - which in turn requires him to constantly lie…
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Is Obama the End of Black Politics? Lord, No
13 Aug 2008
Normal 0 by Mel Reeves The New York Times magazine predicts that Black politics will fade into "mainstream" American politics as happened with the Italians and Irish, conveniently forgetting that "the Irish and Italian machines were white!" Moreover, the article seems to maintain that "…
Bill Quigley
Church of the Ascending Obama
13 Aug 2008
Normal 0 A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford Obamamania has much in common with religion, which requires no proof to defend its tenets or claims, only faith. "The Obamites rely on faith alone to predict that their spiritual leader will usher in a glorious era of ‘change'... even though…
Bill Quigley
What About the Black Community, Obama?
13 Aug 2008
Normal 0 by Diop Olugbala, International People's Democratic Uhuru Movement The Uhuru Movement, which forced Barack Obama to defend his record in Black America at a campaign stop in Florida, are preparing for their national convention, next month. Party spokesman Diop Olugbala says the…
Bill Quigley
Joining the Corporate Bail-Out Receiving Line
13 Aug 2008
Normal 0 by Carolyn Patmon What's in a name? If it's Fannie Mae, billions in bailouts. The author plans to change her name to Fannie Mae, to secure a place in the lengthening line of corporations demanding the people's money to save their private butts. Financial firms saw nothing wrong with…