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Yearly Archives: 2008
Net Neutrality: Why You Should Give a Damn
Photo by Sean Nel.‘Too much creative control is in the hands of too few people who aren’t creative’By Michael Janover / August 16, 2008 OK, I’m old. I was around when Channel 2 went on the air in Denver in … Continue reading
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Tagged Censorship, Digital Media, Freedom of Press, Internet, Net Neutrality, Telecoms
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Tom Hayden on Obama : Transformational President or Another Disappointment?
Screen print from Ray Noland’s (CRO) traveling Obama art show entitled Go Tell Mama!.‘Whether he wins or loses, the vast movement inspired by Obama will become the next generation of American social activists’By Tom Hayden Barack Obama, it is true, … Continue reading
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Tagged Obama, Presidential Campaign, Social Movements, Student Activism, Tom Hayden
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Austin Police : Fear-Mongering About the Homeless
Mr. George, 6th & Congress, Austin, September 2007. Photo by Brian K. George.‘Police Chief Art Acevedo spoke about the homeless, panhandlers and drug users being the cause of the ills of our society’By Debbie Russell / The Rag Blog / … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Austin Police, Homeless, Homeless Vets, Texas, Veterans
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A Video Series on World Agriculture: Monsanto, Part 7
The World According to Monsanto (Part 7 of 8) Right now, there is probably no other company that is doing more to endanger the health of this planet, and it’s inhabitants, than Monsanto. With Nazi-like attitude, they are leading the … Continue reading
The Siege of Gaza Must Be Broken
Can a handful of international activists and two boats break the siege of Gaza?by Sharat G. Lin / August 18, 2008 The voyage to “break the siege of Gaza” was originally planned for the summer of 2007. But it did … Continue reading
Alan Pogue and Steve Russell : Somalia and Big Oil
Oil exploration in Somalia. Chevron photo. ‘The point is that the oil is there and the U.S. energy companies, among others, want it.’ A Ragblogger dialogue with Alan Pogue and Steve Russell. ‘What would Obama do? Hillary? It was her … Continue reading
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Tagged Bush Administration, Genocide, History, Imperialism, Oil Companies, Oil Exploration, Somalia
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Perspectives on the Conflict in South Ossetia
And then there’s the near total silence about the strategic importance of Georgia in relation to the transport of oil and natural gas from the central Asian region. This is played out in US news as a clash between eastern … Continue reading
Ashamed and Disgusted at What is Happening
A Canadian Jew’s visit to the territory left him ashamed by what he saw Gaza’s shocking devastationBy Harry Shannon / August 14, 2008 I had expected conditions in Gaza to be bad, but I was still shocked at the devastation … Continue reading
Much of Iraqi Oil Remains "Off-Line"
An oil refinery in Basra, Iraq. Oleg Nikishin / GettyWhy Iraq is Still Oil PoorBy Mark Kukis / August 15, 2008 BASRA — Roughly once a week a flotilla of half a dozen or so tankers heaves into the steamy … Continue reading
A Video Series on World Agriculture: Monsanto, Part 6
The World According to Monsanto (Part 6 of 8) Right now, there is probably no other company that is doing more to endanger the health of this planet, and it’s inhabitants, than Monsanto. With Nazi-like attitude, they are leading the … Continue reading
Tom Hayden : Same Social Expectations Amid a Very Different War
‘The similarities between the movements for RFK and Barack Obama (the fervor and the interracial character) have been often noted. If anything, the Obama constituency is larger because of the mobilization of so many more young people’By Tom Hayden / … Continue reading
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Tagged Cold War, Iraq War, Obama, Peace Movement, Robert Kennedy, SDS, Sixties, Social Change, Tom Hayden, Vietnam
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Jerry Wexler: Invented Rhythm & Blues, Boosted Austin Artists Like Willie Nelson, Doug Sahm
Jerry Wexler with Willie Nelon in the late 1970s.Aretha Franklin producer, Atlantic Records co-chief and music business pioneer dies at age 91By Ashley Kahn / August 15, 2008 See ‘Wexler worked with Austin musicians like Willie Nelson…’ below. Jerry Wexler, … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Deaths, Entertainers, Jerry Wexler, Music, Music Producers, Musicians, People, Rhythm and Blues, Rock 'n Roll, Texas
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