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OPINION | Trump’s Fourth of July ‘remarks’
The demagogue sounds off. By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | July 9, 2020 SONOMA COUNTY, Calif. — Donald Trump’s Fourth of July oration has been heralded in some quarters as a genuine expression of the highest ideals of … Continue reading
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FILM | Spike Lee’s ‘Da 5 Bloods’: An anti-imperialist perspective
Come on, Spike. You can do better than this. By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | July 2, 2020 SONOMA COUNTY, California — Spike Lee has made a name for himself over the past 35 years as the preeminent … Continue reading
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FEATURE | American teens and the
insurrection of 2020
Caught between passion and cool. “People don’t ask us what we think about stuff.”— Gabriel (Gabe) Gutierrez, 18-year-old Californian and member of Generation Z By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | June 10, 2020 SONOMA COUNTY, Calif — I … Continue reading
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BOOKS | The doctor is sick
A review of Susan Reverby’s new book about former leftist fugitive Dr. Alan Bergman. Co-Conspirator for Justice: The Revolutionary Life of Dr. Alan Bergman by Susan M. Reverby (2020: University of North Carolina Press; $30) By Jonah Raskin | The … Continue reading
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ANALYSIS | Rioting reflections, again
‘A riot is the language of the unheard.’ — Martin Luther King By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | June 1, 2020 SONOMA COUNTY, Calif — I have not actually been in the streets protesting over the past week … Continue reading
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Tagged 2020 Riots, Analysis, George Floyd, Jonah Raskin, Police Brutality, Rag Bloggers
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BOOKS | ‘Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties’
A new book by two stellar ex-SDS members, Mike Davis and Jon Wiener. By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | May 20, 2020 SONOMA COUNTY, Cal. — To really get the most from this huge history about the City … Continue reading
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Tagged Jon Wiener, Jonah Raskin, Los Angeles, Mike Davis, Movement History, Rag Bloggers, Set the Night on Fire
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LITERATURE | Obit for the American Shelley: Michael McClure (1932-2020)
Beat poet, author of ‘The Beard,’ died in Oakland on May 4. By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | May 14, 2020 SONOMA COUNTY, Calif. — Along with a star-studded cast of Sixties personalities, among them Timothy Leary, Dick … Continue reading
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Tagged Beat Poets, Deaths, Jonah Raskin, Literature, Michael McClure, Obituaries, Rag Bloggers
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Hail! Hail! John Sinclair
And Rock ‘n’ Roll… By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | December 17, 2019 Forty-eight years ago, John Lennon, with Yoko at his side, sang the words, “They gave him ten for two, what else could Judge Colombo do?” … Continue reading
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Street fighting man
The night New York City cops beat me bloody. By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | December 2, 2019 I know your eyes are glued to the circus in D.C. and the slaughter that’s taking place in Afghanistan and … Continue reading
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Paul Krassner, 1932-2019: American satirist
Krassner, who edited ‘The Realist,’ took up where Lenny Bruce left off. By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | July 29, 2019 REMEMBERING PAUL KRASSNER Also read “A ‘Yippie original’ remembers ‘Realist’ editor Paul Krassner” by Judy Gumbo Albert … Continue reading
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BOOKS | ‘In the Company of Rebels’
Jonah reviews Chellis Glendinning’s memoir about her friends, lovers, and comrades. By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | June 26, 2019 At the very start of her new heartfelt book — In the Company of Rebels: A Generational Memoir … Continue reading
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TRAVEL | Three days in LA: Tales of a reluctant tourist
It’s clear that there’s little if anything natural about LA. By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | April 18, 2019 “Disneyland is presented as imaginary in order to make us believe that the rest is real, when in fact … Continue reading
