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Monthly Archives: June 2012
Betsy Leondar-Wright : Class and the Political Moment
Protester in Olympia, WA, February 16, 2010. Image from the Washington State Wire.Five well-known leftists, five strong opinions:What’s needed at this political moment? I was struck by how openly they disagreed [and] by how passionate all five of them are … Continue reading
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Tagged Betsy Leondar-Wright, Class Struggle, Classism, Leftists, Social Change
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RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Mark Blumenthal on Herbal and Alternative Medicine
American Botanical Council director Mark Blumenthal in the studios of KOOP-FM in Austin, Texas, Friday, June 15, 2012. Photo by Thorne Dreyer / The Rag Blog. Inset photo below by Tracey Schulz / Rag Radio.Rag Radio:Botanical Council’s Mark Blumenthal discusses … Continue reading
James McEnteer : Julian Assange, Come on Over
Stencil of Julian Assange from Bold Legume.Insane Asylum?From Center Stage to Middle Earth Is Julian Assange crazy to want to go to Ecuador, of all the obscure places on this globe? By James McEnteer / The Rag Blog / June … Continue reading
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Tagged Ecuador, James McEnteer, Julian Assange, Political Asylum, WikiLeaks
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Travis Waldron : Adidas and the ‘Shackle Shoe’
What was Adidas thinkingwith its Shackle Shoes? It’s hard to imagine a shoe company coming up with a worse idea than this. By Travis Waldron / ThinkProgress / June 20, 2012 Adidas is notorious for pushing the envelope in sports … Continue reading
BOOKS / Jonah Raskin : Medea Benjamin on ‘Killing by Remote Control’
Killing by Remote Control:Medea Benjamin’s ‘Drone Warfare‘ By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | June 20, 2012 “The drones were terrifying… the buzz of a distant propeller was a constant reminder of imminent death.” — Journalist David Rohde [Drone … Continue reading
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Tagged Aerial Drones, Books, Drone Technology, Jonah Raskin, Medea Benjamin, Military, U.S. Foreign Policy
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Lamar W. Hankins : Suppressing Democracy 101
Graphic from Other Means.Today’s Republicans findnew ways to suppress democracy By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | June 19, 2012 Registering the poor to vote ‘is like handing out burglary tools to criminals.’ — Conservative columnist Matthew Vadum … Continue reading
Marilyn Katz : West Bank Diaries
Shuttered Palestinian shops along Shashuda Street in Hebron, West Bank. Photo by Marilyn Katz.The separation is total:West Bank Diaries More than anything it appears that these fences are cages, locking people in, restricting their movement, and ultimately making them prisoners … Continue reading
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Tagged Israel, Jordan, Marilyn Katz, Middle East, Palestinian Occupation, West Bank
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RAG RADIO / Thorne Webb Dreyer : Texas Observer Founding Editor Ronnie Dugger
Pioneering Texas journalist Ronnie Dugger in the KOOP studios in Austin, Texas, Friday, June 8, 2012, during broadcast of Rag Radio. Photo by Alan Pogue / The Rag Blog.Rag Radio:Crusading journalist Ronnie Dugger,founding editor of The Texas Observer By Thorne … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Pogue, Journalists, LBJ, Progressive Democrats, Rag Radio, Ronnie Dugger, Texas History, Texas Observer, Thorne Dreyer
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Bruce Melton : The Climate Change Drought Is Over / 3
Wind turbines on the mainland as seen from the backside of Padre Island National Seashore, at mile 25 on the four wheel drive only beach. Photo © Bruce Melton, 2012.The Climate Change awareness drought is overPart Three: It’s only pollution … Continue reading
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Tagged Bruce Melton, Climate Change, Climate Science, Environment, Global Warming, Public Opinion
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James McEnteer : On the Lean Streets of Quito
Lean streets of Quito. Image from Lonely Planet.Sell on wheels:Pitching and rolling on the lean streets of Quito A man dressed as a circus clown boards a bus selling packs of magic candy, two for a dollar. By James McEnteer | … Continue reading
Shelley Seale : CultureMap Picks Austin’s Top Political Bloggers
CultureMap Austin‘s top political bloggers: Above, The Rag Blog‘s Thorne Dreyer, photo by James Retherford. Inset, below, from the top: Rachel Farris, photo by Wildhouse Photography; Harold Cook, courtesy of Harold Cook; and Katherine Haenschen, courtesy of BOR. All photos … Continue reading
