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Stormy Weather: A Rag Blog interview with Bryan Burrough, author of ‘Days of Rage’
“The underground is not a place but a way of life. You can be underground most anywhere, from the Upper West Side of Manhattan to Hermosa Beach, California.” — Bryan Burrough By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | June … Continue reading
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RAG RADIO: Driving in the Left Lane! with host Thorne Dreyer Cutting-edge alternative journalism, politics, and culture in the spirit of the Sixties underground press. KEEP TUNED IN WITH RAG RADIO! Listen to it here: KOOP 91.7-FM in Austin, Texas, … Continue reading
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Listen to earlier shows on Rag Radio: 08-10-2010: Satirist and Realist Editor Paul Krassner: Take Two 08-03-2010: Satirist and Realist Editor Paul Krassner 07-20-2010: Activist Carl Davidson on U.S. Social Forum 07-13-2010: Former Diplomat Col. Ann Wright on Gaza Flotilla … Continue reading
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California Supremes on Prop. 8 : The Return of Separate But Equal
Demonstrators placed signs on a statue of Lincoln in front of San Francisco City Hall on May 26, 2009, after the California Supreme Court ruling upholding Prop. 8. Photo by Paul Sakuma. In reality, the point of the Court’s muddled … Continue reading
True Fiction, Dept. : San Angelo Mayor Quits to be With Gay Alien Lover
(Former) San Angelo Mayor J.W. Lown, in a photo with (and autographed by) U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson. Photo from jwloan.comSan Angelo Mayor springs a Hell of a surprise on his townBy Richard Connelly / May 21, 2009 See ‘Texas … Continue reading
What’s in a Name? ‘César Chávez Blvd’ and Dallas’ Own Border Fence
Supporters of renaming a Dallas street for César Chávez crowd a City Planning Commission meeting at Dallas City Hall.Dallas: Latino Heroes Need Not Apply right-wing, anti-immigrant forces… dig in their heels and draw their own border fence to block Latino … Continue reading
Texas Republican to Asian-Americans : Please Simplify Your Names
Texas Rep. Betty Brown, R-Terrell, made the remark during House testimony on Tuesday. Photo from the Houston Chronicle. Here’s a classic Texas story! It was published by the Houston Chronicle and is being circulated by the Huffington Post. — Jeff … Continue reading
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Death at Three Mile Island : The Corporate Media’s Iron Curtain
Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station, 1979. Thirty years after the Pennsylvania melt-down, a Soviet-style Iron Curtain has formed between the corporate media and the alternatives, with nuclear power at its center. By Harvey Wasserman / April 1, 2009 Chernobyl … Continue reading
Stimulus Bill Continues Tradition : No Funding for LGBT Arts Groups
San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band during “christening” of the Pink Triangle on Twin Peaks in 2008. Photo by Bill Wilson © 2008 / San Francisco Sentinel> After more than 40 years of business as usual, will the NEA be able … Continue reading
Bryan Burrough : Still Dissin’ Texas: The Fall From Power
Texas will rise again, of that I have no doubt. I don’t know when, and I don’t know who, but it will. Remember Santa Anna. He thought he’d stomped the Texans at the Alamo, yet it took barely two media … Continue reading
