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Yearly Archives: 2018

Alice Embree :
Remembering Dennis Fitzgerald: Underground journalist and veteran activist

Fitzgerald was a founder of The Rag in Austin and Houston’s Space City! By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | December 17, 2018 Dennis Fitgerald passed away on December 9, 2018, in British Columbia, Canada, where he had lived … Continue reading

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Sharon Shelton :
BOOKS | Mariann Wizard’s ‘Tempted
to Tell All’

This time-tested poet/activist writes with irony, outrage, ardor, and not a little humor. By Sharon Shelton | The Rag Blog | December 6, 2018 Mariann Garner-Wizard introduces her latest book of poetry, Tempted to Tell All, with a quote from … Continue reading

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Alice Embree :
Celebrating the life of Terry J. Dubose

Leader of Vietnam Vets Against the War will be honored on December 1 at Scholz Garten. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | November 20, 2018 AUSTIN — Terry J. Dubose passed away on October 29, 2018, at the … Continue reading

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The Rag Blog :
METRO EVENT | DSA Presents: ‘It’s a Bailroom Blitz’ on Sunday, November 18

Javier Jara, Sacred Cowgirls, Bird Casino, and Maracatú Texas will perform. Event: DSA Presents: ‘It’s a Bailroom Blitz’ What: Concert and benefit When: Sunday, November 18, 2018, 6-11 p.m. Where: Spider House Ballroom Address: 2908 Fruth Street, Austin, TX 78705 … Continue reading

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Murray Polner :
‘The wish to find out’

Are there honest and independent observers still available to sort out the truth? By Murray Polner | The Rag Blog | September 19, 2018 I think blaming the Russians for hacking our 2016 elections may well be legitimate though I … Continue reading

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Alice Embree :
Give us bread, but give us roses

Remembering Glenn Scott, Loreto Espinoza, and Susan Duncan, sisters in solidarity. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | September 17, 2018 AUSTIN — In a short span of time three women I greatly admired passed from this life to … Continue reading

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Alan Waldman :
TELEVISION | ‘Republic of Doyle’ is a fun, Newfie, father-son, gumshoe series

Mystery, comedy, action and romance combine in this lively series set in far eastern Canada. By Alan Waldman | The Rag Blog | September 2, 2018 [In his Rag Blog column, Alan Waldman reviews some of his favorite films and … Continue reading

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Paul Buhle :
Two global peace leaders pass

Uri Avnery and David McReynolds carried on the tradition of the great Eugene V. Debs. By Paul Buhle | The Rag Blog | August 25, 2018 Within just a few days, 94-year-old Uri Avnery and 88-year-old David McReynolds died. I … Continue reading

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Anne Lewis and James Retherford :
PHOTO ESSAY | Rag-tag far-right group met by wall of noise in Austin

By Thorne Dreyer | The Rag Blog | August 24, 2018 AUSTIN — A flimsy contingent of far-right activists and representatives from white nationalist groups, numbering at most three dozen, was totally drowned out by at least 500 noisy counter-demonstrators … Continue reading

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Ivan Koop Kuper :
Bidding a fond farewell to Bayou City troubadour Don Sanders

Influential singer-songwriter was also the ‘Mayor of Montrose.‘ By Ivan Koop Kuper | The Rag Blog | August 15, 2018 HOUSTON — On the wall of the back room of Sand Mountain Coffee House, Houston’s one-time folk mecca located on … Continue reading

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Alice Embree :
Fight Like a Girl

How women’s activism shapes history. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | August 4, 2018 “Fight Like a Girl: How Women’s Activism Shapes History” appears as a feature article in the Summer 2018 edition of Life & Letters, a … Continue reading

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Mariann G. Wizard :
VERSE | Didn’t You Hear us?

Entering a testy twilight, is my vision grown so dim? Or has everyone gone deaf? Didn’t you hear us the first time? Nuclear power is an abomination. War is harmful to children and other living things. Mother Nature doesn’t make … Continue reading

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