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MUSIC / Harvey Wasserman : A Transcendent CSN

From left, Stephen Stills, Graham Nash, and David Crosby. Photo by Darrel Ellis / Toledo Blade. Shamans of sound: A transcendent Crosby, Stills and Nash Hearing CSN’s standards reminds us boomers of a time and place, an era of history … Continue reading

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Harvey Wasserman : DOE and the Southern Company’s Nuclear Sweetheart Deal

Two new nuclear reactors are being constructed at Plant Vogtle near Augusta. Image from EcoWatch.The Southern Company’snuclear sweetheart deal Why should nuke guarantees cost less than home or student loans? By Harvey Wasserman | The Rag Blog | July 3, … Continue reading

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Harvey Wasserman : Nuclear Industry Meltdown in Japan, France

Participants hold a traditional “Koinobori” carp-shaped banner for Children’s Day during anti-nuke march in Tokyo Saturday, May 5, 2012. Photo by Itsuo Inouye / AP.Nuclear industry melts in Japan, France;opposition heats up in United States This weekend’s message from Japan … Continue reading

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Harvey Wasserman : Two New U.S. Nukes in Big Trouble

Georgia’s Vogtle nuclear plant faces big challenges. Image from io9.America’s two new nukesare on the brink of death The financial pitfalls of what may be America’s last two proposed reactor projects may write the final epitaph for an industry whose … Continue reading

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Harvey Wasserman : We May Yet Lose Tokyo

Cleanup at Fukushima. U.S. experts said they were not getting accurate details of the scope of the Fukushima disaster after reactors melted down last year. Photo from AP / Daily Mail.(Not to mention Alaska and Georgia)We may yet lose Tokyo … Continue reading

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Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman : Hell of a Way to Begin a Year

Image from DNY59 / iStockphoto / MNN.Apocalypse now!Death knell for civil liberties It’s a hell of a way to begin a year many believe will mark the end of the world. By Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman | The Rag … Continue reading

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Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman : Defending Democracy Against Stolen Elections

In a landmark report, the NAACP directly takes on the new Jim Crow tactics passed in 14 states. Image from NAACP.org.Has America’s stolen election process finally hit prime time? By Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman | The Rag Blog | … Continue reading

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Harvey Wasserman : The Timeless Joy of George Whitman’s Shakespeare & Company

George Whitman at Shakespeare & Company. Image from Oh, by the way…The timeless joy of GeorgeWhitman’s Shakespeare & Company Eyeing me suspiciously, George asked if I was a writer. I said I’d been a college editor, and had aspirations. He … Continue reading

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Harvey Wasserman : Stop the Attack on Iran

Bumper sticker on a car in Texas. Photo by Zereshk / Wikimedia Commons.Our future depends on stopping an attack on IranBy Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / November 21, 2011 The global Occupy Movement has come to life just … Continue reading

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Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman : Post-Buckeye Election Protection?

Political cartoon by Steve Bell / About.com.Can we transform labor’s Buckeye victoryinto a new era of election protection? By Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / November 14, 2011 The crushing defeat Ohio’s working people dealt 1% … Continue reading

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Harvey Wasserman : Occupy Nukes!

Occupy Wall Street image from eleven degrees north.Merge and win:Occupy Wall Street andthe ‘No Nukes’ movement By Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / October 25, 2011 The global upheaval that is the Occupy Movement is hopefully in the process … Continue reading

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Harvey Wasserman : Countdown to Nuclear Disaster

Political cartoon by Olle Johansson, Sweden / Cagle Cartoons.Countdown to disaster:Fukushima spews, Los Alamos burns,Vermont rages, and we’ve almost lost Nebraska By Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / June 29, 2011 Humankind is now threatened by the simultaneous implosion, … Continue reading

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