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Monthly Archives: April 2012
The Beats are back! Allen Ginsberg biographer and former Yippie activist Jonah Raskin profiles and interviews Jack Kerouac scholar Gerald Nicosia as three new Beat movement-inspired movies are in the works, including Walter Salles’ version of Jack Kerouac’s “On the … Continue reading
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INTERVIEW / Jonah Raskin : Gerald Nicosia on Kerouac and the Beats
Visions of Kerouac: Gerald Nicosia. Photo illustration by James Retherford / The Rag Blog.Beats are back bigger than before: A Rag Blog interview withKerouac scholar Gerald Nicosia By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | April 16, 2012 For decades, … Continue reading
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Tagged Beat Generation, Gerald Nicosia, Interview, Jack Kerouac, Jonah Raskin
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Bernardine Dohrn and Bill Ayers : Why We Oppose NATO
Graphic from Left Turn :: Virage a Gauche.Why we oppose NATO! The new NATO is a secretive and costly instrument of war and aggression. It makes its own rules and confirms its own authority. By Bernardine Dohrn and Bill Ayers … Continue reading
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Tagged Bernardine Dohrn, Bill Ayers, Imperialism, NATO, U.S. Foreign Policy
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RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : David P. Hamilton and Philip L. Russell on the French and Mexican Elections
Philip L. Russell, left, and David P. Hamilton at the KOOP studios in Austin Friday, March 30, 2012. Photo by Tracey Schulz / Rag Radio. Rag Radio:Writers David P. Hamilton and Philip L. Russelldiscuss the French and Mexican elections By … Continue reading
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Tagged David P. Hamilton, Electoral politics, France, Interview, Mexico, Philip L. Russell, Podcast, Rag Radio, Thorne Dreyer
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BOOKS / Ron Jacobs : Two on Working Class Rabble-Rousing
Two books on workers and rabble-rousing: Kick some ass with the working class By Ron Jacobs | The Rag Blog | April 25, 2012 [Autoworkers Under the Gun: A Shop-Floor View of the End of the American Dream, by Greg … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Conservative Politics, Labor Movement, Ron Jacobs, Social Action, Unions, Working Class
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Robert Jensen : There Are Marxists in India?
Prabhat Patnaik. Image from The Bruce Initiative on Rethinking Capitalism.‘There are Marxists in India?’ Economist Prabhat Patnaik on the global crisis By Robert Jensen | The Rag Blog | April 25, 2012 After an engaging half-hour interview with India’s pre-eminent … Continue reading
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Tagged Economists, India, Marxism, Prabhat Patnaik, Robert Jensen, Socialists
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Harry Targ : Take a Deep Breath!
Image from The Blog of Progress.Take a deep breath:How do we build our movements? The response of 2011 was spontaneous, passionate, daring, and electric in its transformational possibilities. By Harry Targ | The Rag Blog | April 25, 2012 Over … Continue reading
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Tagged Harry Targ, Occupy Movement, Political Organizing, Progressives, Social Change, Socialists
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David Bacon : How the Anti-Immigrant Tide Was Turned in Mississippi
Members of the Mississippi Immigrants Rights Alliance at a rally at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Jan. 12, 2011. Photo by Rogelio V. Solis / AP.How Mississippi’s black/brown strategybeat the South’s anti-immigrant wave By David Bacon / The Rag Blog … Continue reading
Marilyn Katz : Our Bodies, Their Politics
Image from The Raw Story.Our bodies, their politics The last few months have made abundantly clear what women must do: rid America’s capitols of misogynists. By Marilyn Katz / The Rag Blog / April 24, 2012 In the first half … Continue reading
Jordan Flaherty : Gulf Residents Fear for the Future
Image from GRIID.Two years after the BP drilling disaster, Gulf residents fear for the future By Jordan Flaherty | The Rag Blog | April 23, 2012 “The Gulf is a robust ecosystem and it’s been dying the death of a … Continue reading
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Tagged British Petroleum, Ecology, Environment, Gulf Coast, Jordan Flaherty, Offshore Drilling, Oil Spill
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