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Monthly Archives: June 2009
Neda and the Kent State 4 : Heartbreaking Then and Now
(Above) Neda Agha-Soltan, 27, who bled to death on the streets of Tehran, Saturday, June 20, 2009. Still shot from video taken with cell phone and posted to YouTube. (Below) Mary Ann Vecchio, a fourteen-year-old runaway, kneeling over the dead … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Iranian Elections, Kent State, Neda, Social Protest
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NASA Scientist, Actress Hannah, Arrested in Coal Mining Protest
Actress Darryl Hannah is arrested by West Virginia State Police Tuesday, June 23, 2009 following a mountaintop removal mining protest in Naoma, W.Va. She was among several hundred protesters who held a rally outside Marsh Fork Elementary school that sits … Continue reading
Short Attention-Span News (A Little Birdie Told Me)
Trippin’ down the cobblestones:Short Attention-Span News By Mariann G. Wizard / The Rag Blog / June 25, 2009 [“slow down, you move too fast; you got to make the morning last; just trippin down the cobblestones, lookin for fun and … Continue reading
Health Insurance : The High Cost of ‘Competition’
Can private insurers compete? The truth is that the Republicans aren’t opposed to a government-run system because the private companies can do it better and cheaper — they can’t. They oppose the public insurance choice because they want to protect … Continue reading
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Tagged Conservatives, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Republican Party
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Bad Boy Mark Sanford, and the Freedom Fighters from Martin Jr. High
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, no longer MIA, fesses up. Photo by Mary Ann Chastain / AP.Modern-day Freedom Fighters On June 4, the state Supreme Court ruled 5-0 against Gov. Sanford, finding that he must apply for the $700 million … Continue reading
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Tagged Mark Sanford, Public Schools, Republican Party, Social Action, South Carolina, Stimulus Bill
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Fight for the Amazon : The Planet’s at Stake
A police helicopter takes away indigenous protesters who have been arrested in the Peruvian rainforest. It returns later and is used to fire tear gas at protesters. Photo by Thomas Quirynen and Marijke Deleu / Independent, U.K.A fight for the … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, Carbon Emissions, Direct Action, Environment, Global Warming, Indigenous People, Peru, pollution, Social Protest, South America
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U.S. National Debt : Cliffs Notes for Conservatives
Graphic by Larry Ray / The Rag Blog. With apologies to Cliffs Notes.Cliffs Notes for Conservatives I find it both bewildering and angering when Republican conservatives lambaste President Obama for the present state of indebtedness on America’s balance sheet as … Continue reading
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Tagged Bush Legacy, Economy, Obama Administration, Republican Party
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Ansel Herz: A Report of a March on T. Don Hutto
Click the arrow button in the bottom right-hand corner for a better view. (Sorry about the wind noise, folks!)Podcast with pictures: Texans march against Hutto detention center on World Refugee DayBy Ansel Herz / June 22, 2009 This was my … Continue reading
Election Fraud in Iran Is Not a Foregone Conclusion
Despite the (mostly shrill) rhetoric surrounding the recent Iranian election, Nima Shirazi maintains that there is remarkably little solid evidence that anything really is awry. Very troubling is the continuing suppression of the media in Iran, but that is not … Continue reading
New York : Radical Queers Remember Stonewall With Spirited March
Photo by Andrew Hinderaker. Queers, allies and residents of the park took to the streets and marched to the Stonewall Inn to the applause of people on the sidewalks as we chanted “We will not be quiet! Stonewall was a … Continue reading
Roky Erickson to Houston : Return of ‘Two-Headed Dog’
Roky Erickson. Photo by Stephanie Chernikowski / The Rag Blog / Shout! Factory RecordsRoky Erickson — nee of the 13th Floor Elevators — returns to Houston after 25 years Erickson… is enjoying a fruitful second act that is creatively satisfying … Continue reading
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Tagged 13th Floor Elevators, Houston, Music, Psychedelic Rock, Rock 'n Roll, Sixties
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