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Monthly Archives: June 2009
How to Rig an Election : See Florida, Ohio and Iran
Good question! Demonstrator at June 17, 2009, Austin rally protesting the Iranian elections. Photo by James Retherford / The Rag Blog.OOPS! We rigged the Iran/Florida-Ohio vote count AGAIN!! The chief difference between Iran 2009 and Ohio 2004 — and Florida … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Election Fraud, Iranian Elections, Mousavi
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Success Is Possible with Environmental Protection: The Cuyahoga River
A healthier Cuyahoga River in Cleveland, which was known as “The Mistake by the Lake” after the river caught fire in 1969. Photo: Mark Duncan/Associated Press.From the Ashes of ’69, a River RebornBy Christopher Maag / June 20, 2009 CLEVELAND … Continue reading
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Tagged Environment, Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Regulation
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Deep Packet Inspection : Global Censorship Technology Used in Iran — AND in U.S.
Deep Packet Inspection:Free Press warns of global censorship technology deployed in U.S. DPI technology is America’s sleeping giant. It has been widely deployed by Internet service providers across the country, and could be secretly put to use without our knowledge … Continue reading
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Tagged Censorship, Freedom of Press, Internet, Iran, Privacy, Technology
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Obama Must Fight for Public Option, Real Health Care Reform
President Obama addresses the American Medical Association, June 15, 2009. Photo by Charles Rex Arbogast / AP. In some way the message must get through to the Senate Democratic leadership that they were elected to represent THE PEOPLE and were … Continue reading
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Transportation politics and the Austin road lobby
Part 2: The Austin road lobby: Texas transportation politics, the developers/ and those pesky populist reformers. By Roger Baker | The Rag Blog | June 22, 2009 [This is the second part of a series on transportation in Austin. In … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Community Organizing, Environmental Groups, Lobbyists, Texas Legislature, Transportation, TXDot
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Steve Weissman : U.S. and Iran: Nonviolence 101
Was there meddling in the Orange Revolution in the Ukraine in 2004-2005?Iran: Nonviolence 101 Washington’s promotion of nonviolent resistance in other countries is already casting suspicion on a number of activists and thinkers who, wittingly or not, have allowed themselves … Continue reading
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Tagged CIA, Civil Disobedience, Imperialism, Iran, Iranian Elections, Nonviolence, U.S. Foreign Policy
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Tangled Web : Tech and the Struggle in Iran
The War in CyberspaceWeb tangled in Iranian struggle By Martin J Young / June 20, 2009 HUA HIN, Thailand — As Iranians attempt to come to terms with the outcome of their recent presidential elections, battle lines are being drawn … Continue reading
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Tagged Censorship, Internet, Iranian Elections, Journalism, New Media, Social Protest, Technology
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Single Payer: The Republican Perspective
Thanks to Diane Stirling-Stevens / The Rag Blog
Singin’ on Sunday – Craig Cardiff
Craig Cardiff / Thanks for Your Ears Thanks to Deva Wood / The Rag Blog
BOOKS / Jonah Raskin : Eduardo Galeano’s ‘Mirrors’
From Hugo Chavez to Barack Obama and to you, too… Eduardo Galeano’s Mirrors:A reflection on Uruguay’s preeminent author By Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / June 21, 2009 He doesn’t have a full beard like Che, doesn’t smoke big … Continue reading
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Tagged Authors, Books, Historians, Latin America, Literature, South America, Uruguay
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Permanent War Economy : Militarism and American Society
Congress has passed continuing funding for Afghanistan and Iraq. This view is from a U.S. Marine guard tower near Golestan in Afghanistan’s Farah Province. Photo by David Guttenfelder / AP.How militarism impacts our communities Along with the death and destruction … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Militarism, Military Spending, U.S. Foreign Policy
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