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Robert Jensen : The Anguish in the American Dream

The Anguish in the American Dream By Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / June 27, 2011 Robert Jensen will discuss the American Dream and more as Thorne Dreyer‘s guest on Rag Radio, Friday, July 8, 2011, 2-3 p.m. (CDT) … Continue reading

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Robert Jensen : Toni Tipton-Martin and the Politics of the Kitchen

The many faces of Aunt Jemima. Image from The Jemima Code.The Jemima Code:Toni Tipton-Martin explores thepolitics of the kitchen, past and present By Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / June 5, 2011 AUSTIN — In the cafeteria-turned-classroom at UT … Continue reading

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Robert Jensen : The Job Formerly Known as Teaching

Delivering educational products:The job formerly known as teaching By Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / May 9, 2011 Hi, I’m Robert Jensen, a provider of educational products to consumers at the University of Texas at Austin. I used to … Continue reading

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Robert Jensen : Consciousness Rising, World Fading

Image from photobucket.Accepting the reality of decline:Consciousness rising, world fading By Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / March 1, 2011 Our stories of awakenings — whether moral, intellectual, religious, artistic, or sexual — are tricky. Honest self-reflection doesn’t come … Continue reading

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Robert Jensen : When Humans Play God

“Human ignorance.” Photo by Lindstol / Crestock.Technological fundamentalism: Why bad things happen when humans play God By Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / February 8, 2011 If humans were smart, we would bet on our ignorance. That advice comes … Continue reading

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http://www.tpcmagazine.org/article/technological-fundamentalism Technological fundamentalism: Why bad things happen when humans play God by Robert Jensen If humans were smart, we would bet on our ignorance. That advice comes early in the Hebrew Bible. Adam and Eve’s banishment in chapters two and … Continue reading

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Robert Jensen : Machines Change, Our Work Remains the Same

Early computer. Image from Corbis-Bettmann.The limits of internet activism:Machines change, the work remains the same By Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / January 11, 2011 When I first got involved in left/radical political organizing in the 1990s, I don’t … Continue reading

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Robert Jensen : ‘Greatest Nation’ Rhetoric Comes Roaring Back

The burden of being exceptional. Captain America graphic from Statue Marvels.American exceptionalism:‘Greatest nation’ rhetoric roars back By Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / January 4, 2011 My greatness as a writer is simply a fact. You don’t agree? Well, … Continue reading

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BOOKS / Robert Jensen: The Commons as Kinder-and-Gentler Capitalism

All That We Share isn’t enough:The Commons as kinder-and-gentler capitalism? By Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / December 20, 2010 [All That We Share: A Field Guide to the Commons/How to Save the Economy, the Environment, the Internet, Democracy, … Continue reading

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Robert Jensen : Radical Change Isn’t on the Ballot

Graffiti art by Banksy.Making real choices:Radical change isn’t on the ballot By Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / November 1, 2010 November 2 is going to be a big day in our political lives. But November 3 will be … Continue reading

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Robert Jensen : Saving Soils and Souls

Top, 2009 Prairie Festival. Image from landlogics. Below, Prairie Festival 2010. Image from The Land Institute.Soils and souls:The promise of The Land By Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / October 18, 2010 Stop me if you’ve heard this one: … Continue reading

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Robert Jensen : The Cooperative Alternative

Art by Joseph Bau / Fearless Fathers.The cooperative movement:Doing business as if people mattered By Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / October 6, 2010 There’s no shortage of political blather in this year’s mid-term election campaigns, but most of … Continue reading

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