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Monthly Archives: April 2009
Larry Ray : Facing Extinction? Grand Old Party Blues
(Only slightly defaced) Mad Hatter Tea Party Engraving by Sir John Tenniel. Senior Republican Senator Arlen Specter’s recent defection from the GOP to the Democratic Party has caused an uproar in the toxic hard-core of the remaining Republican party. But … Continue reading
Dick J. Reavis on Mark Rudd’s ‘Underground,’ and the 1969 SDS Split
Bernardine Dohrn, of the Radical Youth Movement faction of SDS — and later of Weatherman — addresses the SDS convention in Chicago in 1969, at which the Progressive Labor Party was “expelled.” Mark Rudd, author of Underground, is to Dohrn’s … Continue reading
Don’t Panic : Seven Facts About ‘Swine Flu’
Swine Flu scare: a man wears a mask upon arrival at Gatwick airport in London on a flight from Mexico City. Photo by Dan Kitwood / Getty Images. Your best defense — your only real defense in any flu season … Continue reading
Universal Health Care : Defining Our National Character
Congress and meaningful health care reform. Playing us for a sucker? Some 25 years ago the insurance industry planned, in concert, to co-opt medical care in the United States, while the medical profession through fear, misinformation, or self interest permitted … Continue reading
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Tagged Congress, Health Care Reform, Single Payer, Universal Health Care
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Norman Finkelstein on Israel and the Occupation of Palestine
Norman Finkelstein speaking at the University of Texas at Austin. Photo by Alan Pogue / The Rag Blog. His theory on Israel’s attack on Gaza was that Hamas had become too moderate, too reasonable, too willing to make a deal. … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Gaza War, Israel, Palestinian Occupation, UT-Austin, War Crimes, Zionism
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Dana Cloud : Identifying the Real David Horowitz
David Horowitz, a prominent neo-conservative writer, activist and founder of the David Horowitz Freedom Center, claims that UC Irvine’s Muslim Student Union supports terrorism against Jews. Photo: Sandra Lee.The McCarthyism That Horowitz Built: The Cases of Margo Ramlal Nankoe, William … Continue reading
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Tagged Academic Freedom, Conservatives, Neocons, Red-Baiting, Texas, UT-Austin
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Honeybees Are Remarkable for Lots of Reasons
Honey bee nectaring on button willow.Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey, UC Davis Department of Entomology.Let’s Hear It for the BeesBy Leon Kreitzman / April 28, 2009 Gardeners know that plants open and close their flowers at set times during the … Continue reading
Weather Report : Houston, We Have a Problem
Law and water. Houston, we have a problem. The intense storms, the ravaging floods. . . these are but one aspect of climate change, and according to prominent scientists. . . this is precisely what is anticipated for the Houston … Continue reading
Judy Gumbo Albert : Peoples’ Park and Our Sixties Legacy
Art from Peoples’ Park 35th anniversary celebration in Berkeley, April 25, 2009. Photo by Z / Bay Area Indymedia.Berkeley’s Peoples’ Park Remembered and Zayd Dohrn’s play, Magic Forest Farm I repeat this phrase, loudly and with more emphasis: ‘Our politics … Continue reading
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Tagged California, Counterculture, Judy Gumbo Albert, Sixties, The Movement, Weathermen, Yippies
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There Is More Than One Way to Interpret Ahmadinejad
On Ahmadinejad and Progressive MyopiaBy Nima Shirazi / The Rag Blog / April 29, 2009 Please see links to previous Rag Blog posts on this subject, Below. Whenever Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad makes a public appearance, the airwaves, papers, and … Continue reading
Drug Company Gifts to Doctors: Staunching the Flow
Group Advises Stopping Flow of Gifts to DoctorsBy Gardiner Harris / April 28, 2009 WASHINGTON — In a scolding report, the nation’s most influential medical advisory group said that doctors should stop taking much of the money, gifts and free … Continue reading
Swine Flu and the Monstrous Power of the Livestock Conglomerates
The nature of the livestock industry has been transformed dramatically. Photo by Oleg Popov / Reuters.The swine flu crisis lays bare the meat industry’s monstrous power The Mexico swine flu outbreak should alert us to a highly globalized industry with … Continue reading
