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Monthly Archives: February 2013
Alan Wieder : Race to the Bottom
Image from Diary of a Public School Teacher. Race to the bottom: Educating Obama Inspiration and curiosity and breadth and depth in learning are often usurped by crowded and underfunded schools, high stakes testing, zero tolerance and incarceration, and the … Continue reading
RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Musician and Journalist Hector Saldaña of The Krayolas
Hector Saldaña, left, and David Saldaña of The Krayolas in the KOOP studios in Austin, Texas, Friday, February 15, 2013. Photos by William Michael Hanks / The Rag Blog. Rag Radio podcast:Hector Saldaña with David Saldañaof San Antonio’s rockin’ Krayolas … Continue reading
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Tagged Hector Saldana, Interview, Podcast, Rag Radio, Rock and Roll, San Antonio Musicians, Tejano Music, The Krayolas, Thorne Dreyer
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Jean Trounstine : After 18 Years on Death Row
Damien Echols. Photo by Larry D. Moore / Wikimedia Commons. Damien Echols: After 18 years on Death Row Being on death row and in solitary confinement has got to be one of the most inhumane experiences we put prisoners through … Continue reading
BOOKS / Ron Jacobs : Iran and the Coup of Coups
Abrahamian’s ‘The Coup’: Shah of Shahs on the Peacock Throne As Abrahamian tells the reader, in the eyes of London and DC, there was no room for genuine negotiations in their dealings with the Mossadegh government. The struggle was about … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, CIA, Ervand Abrahamian, Iran, Mohammad Mossadegh, Ron Jacobs, The Coup, U.S. Foreign Policy, World History
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Harry Targ : Celebrate the ‘Historical Revisionists’ / 2
Paul Sweezy and Paul Baran, shown photographed in Cuba, wrote about a new era of monopoly capitalism. Image from Fotopages. Celebrate the ‘Historical Revisionists’ / 2 Revisionists argued that while security, ideologies, personalities of elites, and even human nature had … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Capitalism, Economists, Harry Targ, Historical Revisionists, U.S. Foreign Policy
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Harvey Wasserman : Our Atomic Dominoes Are Falling
Falling dominoes. Image from ANS Nuclear Cafe. Two reactors down, others teetering:Our atomic dominoes are falling This latest stretch of shutdowns does not mean the death of the industry. Both Georgia and Florida are being assaulted with legislation that would … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternative Energy, Environment, Harvey Wasserman, Nuclear Power
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Lamar W. Hankins : Selling Cremation Door-to-Door
Neptune Society mailer. Image from Boing Boing. Consumer beware!Selling cremation door-to-door I was treated to a sales pitch full of misleading or outright false claims, all to get me to pay more than double the cost for a simple cremation … Continue reading
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Tagged Consumer Protection, Cremations, Funeral Business, Lamar W. Hankins, Neptune Society
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BOOKS / Jonah Raskin : Marjorie Heins’ ‘Priests of Our Democracy’
Priests of Our Democracy:Marjorie Heins on Academic Freedom and the Red Scare of the ’50s “There were only a few exceptions to university collaboration in the Cold War heresy hunt.” — Marjorie Heins By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog … Continue reading
Bob Feldman : Population Growth and Civil Rights Victories in Texas, 1940-1953
Herman Sweatt was the first African American to attend the University of Texas after a 1950 Supreme Court decision. Photo courtesy of UT Press / Daily Texan. The hidden history of Texas Part 12: 1940-1953/2 — Population growth and some … Continue reading
Mike Davis : Christopher Dorner and the Exterminating Angels
“Exterminating angel” overlooking a Gothic cemetery in Comillas, Cantabria. Image from Nitehawk Hatched. Exterminating angels If Dorner had been standing on a skyscraper ledge or holding Rupert Murdoch hostage, the world might have paid more attention to the injustices that … Continue reading
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Tagged African-American History, American History, Charles Dorner, Los Angeles Police, Mass Murder, Mike Davis, Mike Ellis, Racism
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