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FILM | The 30 films I enjoyed most in 2016
Plus 73 TV series and 31 standup comics. By Alan Waldman | The Rag Blog | February 13, 2017 I guess 2016 was a pretty good year entertainment-wise although it was a wretched year otherwise, as Russian hackers, Breitbart liars, … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Waldman, Best Films of 2016, Criticism, Film, Rag Bloggers, Stand-up Comics, Television
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Vultures over Havana
Fidel Castro and the Castration of U.S. Latin American policy. By James McEnteer | The Rag Blog | November 28, 2016 When Fidel Castro died in his sleep at 90 on November 25 in Havana, American news consumers might have … Continue reading
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The turbulence in Mexico continues
Omama blames drug dealers for what happened to the students at Ayotzinapa, but Mexican protesters still say, ‘Fue el estado: it was the government.’ By Johnny Hazard | The Rag Blog | January 20, 2015 Parents confront the army before … Continue reading
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Britain’s ‘DCI Banks’ is a smart, engaging cop series set in the North of England
Stephen Tompkinson leads a solid cast in this well-written skein. By Alan Waldman | The Rag Blog | November 1, 2014 [In his weekly column, Alan Waldman reviews some of his favorite films and TV series that readers may have … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Waldman, Andrea Lowe, British Television, Criticism, DCI Banks, Rag Bloggers, Stephen Tompkinson
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Tonkin Gulf: The event that changed my
life forever
I was a fly on the wall. I was a member of the staff of the operational command under whose authority the destroyers USS Maddox and USS Turner Joy would enter the history books. By Thomas McKelvey Cleaver | The … Continue reading
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Brit TV critics call ‘Line of Duty’ the best cop show ever, and for good reason
The BBC’s riveting, best-performing drama in a decade, starring Lennie James, is an intelligent, surprising look at police corruption. By Alan Waldman | The Rag Blog | July 6, 2014 [In his weekly column, Alan Waldman reviews some of his … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Waldman, BBC Productions, British Television, Criticism, Jed Mercurio, Lennie James, Line of Duty, Rag Bloggers
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METRO | Sunshine Williams : Don’t keep Austin weird, puleeze!
Upscale 168-room boutique hotel planned for the Domain to have ‘rustic Texas chic’ decor and ‘Keep Austin Weird’ theme. Hey, we’ll show you weird… By Sunshine Williams | The Rag Blog | May 24, 2014 AUSTIN — I can’t keep … Continue reading
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Poor whites respond to Black rebellion, plus Buffalo Gap and the Klan, 1967-’68
The summers of 1967 and ’68 were hot — real hot — and we were in the ‘guts of the ogre.’ By Michael James | The Rag Blog | March 3, 2014 [In this series, Michael James is sharing images … Continue reading
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Tagged 1968 Democratic Convention, Black Power, Black Uprising, Civil Rights Movement, Community Organizing, Fannie Lou Hamer, JOIN Community Union, Memoir, Michael James, New Left, nostalgia, Peace Movement, Peggy Terry, Pictures from the Long Haul, Rag Bloggers, Rennie Davis, Rising Up Angry, SDS, Sixties, SNCC, Travel, Uptown Chicago, Vietnam War
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In and out of Uptown, the ‘Appaloosa Mother,’ and meeting Dr. King, 1967
Sonny gave me this advice: ‘Just make sure you’re not hanging out in these same bars 20 years from now.’ By Michael James | The Rag Blog | February 12, 2014 [In this series, Michael James is sharing images from … Continue reading
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Tagged Bernardine Dohrn, Chicago, Community Organizing, David Meggyesy, JOIN Community Union, Martin Luther King, Memoir, Michael James, New Left, nostalgia, Peace Movement, Peggy Terry, Pictures from the Long Haul, Rag Bloggers, SDS, Sixties, Travel, Uptown Chicago, Vietnam War
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Michael James : Kidnapped to the Highlands, 1964
Fishing boat on Monterey Bay. Photos by Michael James from his forthcoming book, Michael Gaylord James’ Pictures from the Long Haul. Pictures from the Long Haul: Kidnapped to the Highlands: Gibson Beach and Monterey Bay, 1964 This morning on Monterey … Continue reading
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Tagged California Highlands, Gibson Beach, Memoir, Michael James, Monterey Bay, nostalgia, Pictures from the Long Haul, Rag Bloggers, Sixties
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Jack A. Smith : 2012 Elections: ‘Another Fine Mess…’
Train car outside Cheyenne, Wyoming. Image from Big American Night.‘Another fine mess…’The 2012 elections won’t bring progressive change If Obama returns to the White House it will be to the same mess the U.S. finds itself in today. Should Romney … Continue reading
David McReynolds : Libya, NATO, and International Law
Political cartoon by Gianfranco Uber / Cartoon Movement.Bombs away:Libya, NATO, and international law By David McReynolds / The Rag Blog / July 13, 2011 The original UN resolution, pressed for by France, Great Britain, and the U.S. (all three led … Continue reading
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Tagged International Law, Libyan Intervention, Muammar Gaddafi, NATO, World History
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