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Monthly Archives: May 2012
BOOKS / Ron Jacobs : David Harvey’s ‘Rebel Cities’
Living for the city:David Harvey’s ‘Rebel Cities‘ This is a radical book. Its discussion ranges from the workings of the monopoly rent system and the nature of neoliberal capitalism to a call to take back the city. By Ron Jacobs … Continue reading
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Tagged Architecture, Books, Capitalism, Cities, David Harvey, Public Space, Radical Change, Rebel Cities, Ron Jacobs, Urban Culture, Urban Planning
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BOOKS / Leslie Griffith : Dan Rather’s ‘Rather Outspoken’
Dan Rather is Rather Outspoken Reporters had best be careful when they set about the business of digging up news. Dan Rather’s unsettling ‘push under the bus’ is an instructive case in point. By Leslie Griffith / Reader Supported News … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Broadcast Media, CBS, Corporate Media, Dan Rather, Investigative Journalism, Journalists, Leslie Griffith, Mainstream Media, Rather Outspoken
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IDEAS / Bill Meacham : How Evolution Works
Charles Darwin: Blame it all on him. Image from Wikimedia Commons. Evolution Regardless of your opinion on the ultimate purpose of it all, it is important to understand how evolution works because the theory reflects reality, and basing your actions … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Meacham, Charles Darwin, Evolution, Genetics, Philosophy, Science
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Jonah Raskin : Protest 101 at Sonoma State
Front page of the Sonoma State Star, May 14, 2012. Image from Shame on Sonoma State..Protest 101: A textbook case of campus unrest, 2012 Everyone in the crowd seemed relieved that no one had shouted, thrown a pie in Weill’s … Continue reading
Jay D. Jurie : Are We Colonized? A Response to Chris Hedges
Activist/journalist Chris Hedges speaks at Occupy Washington, DC, Freedom Plaza, Jan. 9, 2011. Photo by Scott Galindez / Occupy Washington, DC.‘Colonized by Corporations’:A Response to Chris Hedges Hedges says that corporations play the same role in the U.S. today that … Continue reading
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Tagged Chris Hedges, Colonialism, Imperialism, Jay D. Jurie, Journalists, Occupy Movement, Political Philosophy
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Patrick Youngblood : ‘Reform’ and Squeezing ‘Value’ Out of Students
Image from Chicago Now.The school ‘reform’ movement: Squeezing ‘value’ out of students By Patrick Youngblood | The Rag Blog | May 18, 2012 As a public high school teacher and a parent I think often about the role of schools … Continue reading
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Tagged Educational Reform, Patrick Youngblood, Public Schools, Teaching
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Jerry Brown’s karma runs over his dogma By Thomas McKelvey Cleaver / The Rag Blog / May 18, 2012 Back in January, California Governor Jerry Brown optimistically forecast that the state budget deficit would be $9.5 billion. To close the … Continue reading
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David P. Hamilton : U.S. Presidential Election Is Bought and Paid For
Cartoon from Political Resources, Inc.Bought and paid for: The Left and the 2012 presidential election By David P. Hamilton | The Rag Blog | May 17, 2012 “[No] serious candidate will rely on the public funding system during the primary … Continue reading
Harry Targ : NATO: From Fighting Socialism to Global Empire
The Big Three at Yalta, February 1545: Winston Churchill, prime minister of the United Kingdom; Franklin D. Roosevelt, president of the United States; and Joseph Stalin, Premier of the Soviet Union. Image from U.S. Department of Defense / Wikimedia Commons.NATO:From … Continue reading
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Tagged Harry Targ, Imperialism, NATO, U.S. Foreign Policy, World History, World War II, Yalta Conference
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Lamar W. Hankins : A Texas Funeral and the Failure of Regulation
A “Heritage of Service”: Sunset Memorial Funeral Home in Odessa, Texas. Image from website.A Texas funeral:A case study in the failure of regulation By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | May 16, 2012 [Regular Rag Blog contributor Lamar … Continue reading
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Tagged Funeral Business, Government Regulation, Lamar W. Hankins
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Rick Ayers and Bill Ayers : Really Show Teachers the Love
Reframe the education debate:How we can show teachers the love Don’t allow education to be defined as an endless Social Darwinist competition. By Rick Ayers and Bill Ayers / The Rag Blog / May 14, 2012 Last week (May 7-11, … Continue reading
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Tagged Arne Duncan, Bill Ayers, Educational Reform, Rick Ayers, Teaching
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Austin native Marilyn Buck, who spent 25 years as a federal political prisoner, wrote this collection of “spare… but flagrant” poetry — much of it about “how the human mind can escape the sterility of prison” — while “racing against … Continue reading
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