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Felix Shafer : Mourning for Marilyn Buck, Part II
Mourning for activist, poet, and political prisoner Marilyn Buck, shown at three stages of her life.The blue afterwards:Mourning for Marilyn, Part II By Felix Shafer / The Rag Blog / January 13, 2011 Part two of three [On December 13, … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Liberation Movement, Black Panthers, COINTELPRO, Felix Shafer, Marilyn Buck, Poets, Political Activists, Political Prisoners, SDS, Sixties
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Colombia and the TLC : Just Who Benefits from ‘Free Trade’?
And we’re not talking “Tender Loving Care” here. Graffiti image from Parades Que Hablan (Talking Walls).Colombia and the TLC:Jobs, deficits, and keeping ‘free trade’ alive The organizations that stand to benefit the most from this trade agreement — U.S. multinational … Continue reading
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Tagged Colombia, Free Trade, Jobs, Latin America, Marion Delgado, South America
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BOOKS / Jonah Raskin : Eduardo Galeano’s ‘Mirrors’
From Hugo Chavez to Barack Obama and to you, too… Eduardo Galeano’s Mirrors:A reflection on Uruguay’s preeminent author By Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / June 21, 2009 He doesn’t have a full beard like Che, doesn’t smoke big … Continue reading
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Tagged Authors, Books, Historians, Latin America, Literature, South America, Uruguay
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Nima Shirazi: Analysing the Iranian Elections
On the Table & Off the Map: Threats, Lies, and Iranian ElectionsBy Nima Shirazi / The Rag Blog / June 11, 2009 Eight days after Barack Obama delivered his much-touted speech in Cairo, Iranians are going to the polls to … Continue reading
BOOKS / Jonah Raskin on Chesa Boudin’s ‘Gringo’
Chesa rarely if ever takes anything or anyone for granted, least of all his own privilege. He looks behind the scenes, asks difficult questions and gets underneath social pretense, hypocrisy and phoniness. By Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / … Continue reading
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Tagged Authors, Books, Che Guevara, Criticism, Interview, Latin America, Sixties, Travel
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Don’t Write Off That Attack on Iran Quite Yet
Waiting for the Curtain to RiseBy Alexander Cockburn / October 24, 2008 So what happened to the Bush/Cheney pre-election attack on Iran? It’s like everything else. You think you have months. You put it on one side, in the “things … Continue reading
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Thursday, July 26, 7:00 PMNEXT ISO PUBLIC FORUM:CHAVEZ AND VENEZUELA: SOCIALISM FOR THE 21ST CENTURY?Location: UT Austin campus, Parlin Hall, room 101 Venezuela, once known for its a pro-Washington politics, has given rise to President Hugo Chávez’s “socialism for the … Continue reading
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War and Hope, Part III
This is the next-to-last part of the conversation. I will wind it up tomorrow sometime. My heartfelt gratitude and admiration to the participants in this chat who allowed it to be posted here. Richard Jehn — As far as I … Continue reading
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