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Jay D. Jurie : The Return of ROTC
Navy ROTC cadets from Florida’s Jacksonville University. U.S.Navy photo by Spc. 2nd Class Gary Granger Jr. / 4GWar. ROTC resurgent Part II: ROTC’s history and return to campus When the military’s ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy was dropped in 2010, … Continue reading
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Jay D. Jurie : Vietnam and the Historic Struggle Against ROTC
Marchers in 1970 want ROTC removed from the campus of Ohio University. Image from Cape Girardeau History and Photos. ROTC resurgent Part I: ROTC and the anti-war movement They held regular drills on an open field approximately two blocks from … Continue reading
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ROTC Resurgent By Jay D. Jurie Carrying an upside-down U.S. flag tacked onto a short wooden pole, a student at the head of a column of anti-Vietnam war students marching onto a University practice field was tackled by several pro-war … Continue reading
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Jay D. Jurie : Orlando Cops in ‘Feeding Frenzy’
Image from Orlando Food Not Bombs.Orlando’s feeding frenzy:Cops bust volunteers feeding the homeless By Jay D. Jurie / The Rag Blog / June 8, 2011 ORLANDO, Florida — On June 1, 2011, life in downtown Orlando’s Lake Eola Park was … Continue reading
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Jay D. Jurie : Behind the Chilean Mine Disaster
Drills are seen outside the San Jose Mine in Copiapo, Chile, where 33 miners were trapped 2,000 feet under the ground for more than two months. Photo by Roberto Candia / AP.What’s caused it and what’s next?After the Chilean mine … Continue reading
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Tagged Chile, Jay D. Jurie, Mining, South America, Unions, Workplace Safety
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“Trevor Loudon and the Right-wing Propaganda Machine” By Jay D. Jurie / The Rag Blog / July 29, 2010 Until I came across the Source KeyWiki site I didn’t know I had my very own “Wiki” page. When I went … Continue reading
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“Trevor Loudon and the Right-wing Propaganda Machine” By Jay D. Jurie / The Rag Blog / Until I came across the KeyWiki blog (KeyWiki.org) I didn’t know I had my very own “Wiki” page. When I went to “my” page … Continue reading
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Coal Mining : Union-Busting and the Massey Disaster
Deaths in West VirginiaDid not have to happen By Jay D. Jurie / The Rag Blog / April 14, 2010 With the death of 29 coal miners at the Massey Coal-operated Upper Big Branch Mine in West Virginia, the United … Continue reading
By Jay D. Jurie / The Rag Blog / April 14, 2010 With the death of 29 coal miners at the Massey Coal-operated Upper Big Branch Mine in West Virginia, the United States has experienced its worst mine disaster in … Continue reading
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St. Pete : Free Speech or a Senior Moment?
Above, man protests the privatizing of a sidewalk which has served as a free speech area in St. Petersburg. Below, BayWalk managers now have the power to ban protests on this sidewalk. Photos from Tampa Bay Online.A senior moment?Privatization and … Continue reading
