Black Agenda Report
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Black Agenda Report for Sept 11, 2013: Obama Defeated, Comes Undone / CBC Minions of War / Black Shadow Budget Revealed
11 September 2013 — Black Agenda Report This week in Black Agenda Report Obama’s Humiliating Defeat by BAR executive editor Glen Ford When presidents fail, it is a public spectacle. In his rush into unprovoked war against Syria, President Obama overplayed his hand. Shortly before he appeared on television on Wednesday, “Obama’s handlers advised him… Continue reading
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Obama’s Humiliating Defeat By Glen Ford
When presidents fail, it is a public spectacle. In his rush into unprovoked war against Syria, President Obama overplayed his hand. Shortly before he appeared on television on Wednesday, “Obama’s handlers advised him that his political position was, for the time being, untenable.” But he’ll soon be back on the warpath, meaner and more aggressive… Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report for 4 September 2013: Obama Warlike as Bush, US Chemical Warfare, Obama's Accomplices
4 September 2013 — Black Agenda Report This week in Black Agenda Report Obama: As Warlike as Bush, and Just as Lonely by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Most of the planet recoils from President Obama’s plans to smash the Syrian state – as do a majority of Americans. “The First Black U.S. President now… Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report for 28 August, 2013: The "Dreamer" With a Kill List, the "Dreamer" as Zombie, Syria Enters American Hell
28 August 2013 — Black Agenda Report This week in Black Agenda Report Dr. King Was A Man, “The Dreamer” Is A Zombie by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon Gary Younge points out that King’s “I Have A Dream” speech wasn’t offered as the penultimate moment of his career till after his death. Those… Continue reading
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Black Agenda TV, August 26, 2013
26 August 2013 — Black Agenda Report WATCH THE LATEST EDITION OF BLACK AGENDA TV Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report for 14 August 2013: Holder & Obama Playing Us on Drug War, Massive Resistance to Stop & Frisk Ruling, Fukushima
14 August 2013 — Black Agenda Report This week in Black Agenda Report Holder & Obama Are Playing Us On Mandatory Minimums, the Drug War and Mass Incarceration by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon Once or twice a year Eric Holder and/or the president discover police brutality, racial profiling, or the injustice of the… Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report for 7 August 2013: Stand Yr Ground & Beyond, Detroit: Tar Sands Hell, NSA-DEA Info Pipeline
7 August 2013 — Black Agenda Report This week in Black Agenda Report Stand Your Ground and Beyond: The Whole Criminal Justice System is Arrayed Against Blacks by BAR executive editor Glen Ford The battle against Stand Your Ground laws must be “one front in the war against the legitimacy of a criminal justice system… Continue reading
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Rwandan Warlord Kagame Threatens Neighbors and UN Force
Paul Kagame, the minority Tutsi warlord of Rwanda, is in a dangerous mood. For 17 years, the United States armed Kagame’s military to the teeth as Rwanda and another U.S. ally, Uganda, plundered and destabilized the Democratic Republic of Congo, killing millions in the process. However, in the face of mounting international outcry, the U.S.… Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report for July 31, 2013: Obscene 14 Blacks in Congress, Obama & Holder Argue to Extend Mass Incarceration
1 August 2013 — Black Agenda Report This week in Black Agenda Report Obama Administration Seeks to Keep Tens of Thousands Imprisoned Under Unfair Crack VS Powder Cocaine Penalities by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon Our black political class wants to feed us outrage over the case of Trayvon Martin. But for 3 years… Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report 24 July 2013: Racial Surveillance, Mass Hynosis & Trayvon Martin, TFA a Scab Temp Nonprofit
24 July 2013 — Black Agenda Report This week in Black Agenda Report Obama Supports the Racial Surveillance That Killed Trayvon by BAR executive editor Glen Ford In his effort to “put the angry Black genie back in the bottle” following George Zimmerman’s acquittal, President Obama once again claimed to oppose racial profiling. He’s lying.… Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report 19 July 2013: Trayvon, White Madness, Dog Whistles, More on MHP, Teach For America
19 July 2013 — Black Agenda Report This week in Black Agenda Report Trayvon and White Madness by BAR executive editor Glen Ford “George Zimmerman is no more provably racist in a U.S. court than most white Americans” – which is why a Justice Department action will get nowhere. Whites consider it “reasonable” to believe… Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report 10 July 2013: Obama As Drone Ranger, Tim Wise Stamps Anti-Racist Ghetto Passes for TFA, If Zimmerman Goes Free
10 July 2013 — Black Agenda Report This week in Black Agenda Report The U.S. War Against the World by BAR executive editor Glen Ford The DNA of finance capitalism has foreordained its death – and soon. To forestall that inevitability, the U.S. war machine is prepared to turn out the lights on much of… Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report for July 3, 2013: MHP, Joy-Ann Reid vs Wikileaks & the Constitution, Obama & Mandela: Dangerous Mythology
3 July 2013 — Black Agenda Report This week in Black Agenda Report Joy Ann Reid, Melissa Harris-Perry as Prosecutor & Cop Go After Snowden, Wikileaks, & the Second Amendment by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon Gandhi once said that western civilization would be “a good idea.” So would black journalism. One white TV… Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report for 19 June 2013: Lies of Empire, No Rollback on Mass Incarceration, Obama's Syrian Press Pass and more…
19 June 2013 — Black Agenda Report This week in Black Agenda Report The Lies of Empire: Don’t Believe a Word They Say by BAR executive editor Glen Ford The U.S. reprises Iraq, inventing a WMD threat from Syria. The FBI concocts home-grown terror through stings, while the NSA claims it has secretly saved many… Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report for June 12, 2013 Clyburn Detached From Reality or Justice, Snowden Litmus Test, Haiti, Detroit
12 June 2013 — Black Agenda Report This week in Black Agenda Report Rep. Clyburn: Putting Obama First – Civil Liberties, Peace, Justice, and Reality Last A Black Agenda Radio commentary by executive editor Glen Ford Black Congressman James Clyburn’s “gut” tells him that whistleblower Edward Snowden is conspiring with others to “embarrass” President Obama.… Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report 5 June 2013: Andy Young Still a Shameless Son, Et Tu Bill Thompson, Ben Jealous's Indecent Proposal
5 June 2013 — Black Agenda Report This week in Black Agenda Report Shameless Son Andy Young’s “Foreign Aid” Scam Evaporates Amid Charges of Malfeasance, Insider Dealing by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon Former civil rights figure and ex-Atlanta mayor Andrew Young took part in a perfectly legal “foreign aid” scheme that might have… Continue reading
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BA Report 29 May 2013: Obama's Perpetual Con, Chickens Home To Roost
29 May 2013 — Black Agenda Report This week in Black Agenda Report Perpetual War – and Obama’s Perpetual Con Game by BAR executive editor Glen Ford President Obama’s perpetual scam machine is in high gear – which signals another expansion of war and war-powers accumulation. The president played the reluctant warrior who doesn’t really… Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report 22 May 2013: Can Black Politics Be Revived? The Obama "Dog Whistle" & More
22 May 2013 — Black Agenda Report This week in Black Agenda Report Can Black Politics Be Revived? by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Obama’s presidency has been disastrous for African Americans, who have been economically crushed and disconnected from their historical roots in social struggle.Political fantasists now urge us to put our faith in… Continue reading
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BLACK AGENDA TV – "Black Diamonds”: South Africa’s Black Millionaires Act as Middlemen for Corporate Power
An elite class of Black millionaires has “accumulate wealth at the expense of the vast majority” of South Africa’s people, said community organizer and researcher Molefi Ndlovu, on the latest edition of Black Agenda Television. These “Black Diamonds,” as they are called, have become “a sort of middleman, people who push the envelop for the… Continue reading
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