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Monthly Archives: April 2010
John Ross : The U.S., Mexico, and the Drug War Scam
Uncle Sam: “They’re crazy if they think I won’t stick my nose into the issue of Mexican drug trafficking.” Cartoon from WeedTV.The Big Scam:How and why Washington hookedMexico on the Drug War By John Ross / The Rag Blog / … Continue reading
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Tagged Drug War, History, John Ross, Mexican History, Mexico, Narcoguerra
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Citizen-Journalist Bill Moyers : Salute to a Colleague
Bill Moyers. Image from Cincinnati.comFinal entry:Closing the book on Bill Moyers’ Journal By Danny Schechter / April 30, 2010 I salute our colleague, our friend, our mentor and role model, Bill Moyers, who airs his last Journal program tonight on … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Moyers, Broadcast Media, Danny Schechter, Journalists, Media Criticism, People, Public Television
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Casey Hayden in Arizona : Boycott ‘Fortress America’
Alfonso Vasquez of Phoenix lights candles during a prayer vigil at the Arizona State Capitol on April 24, protesting Arizona’s controversial new immigration law. Photo by Matt Pavelek / The Arizona Republic / AP.Boycott Arizona:Church leaders call SB 1070 ‘racist … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona, Casey Hayden, Immigration, Racial Profiling, Racism, SB 1070
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Austin Construction Workers : ‘No los Vamos a Olvidar’
Tom VandeStadt, pastor at the Congregational Church of Austin, addresses crowd during Austin protest. Flanking him are Cristina Tzintzún, director of the Workers Defense Project, and construction worker Gumercindo Rodriquez. Photo by Alice Embree / The Rag Blog.Remembering fallen comrades:Workers … Continue reading
Carl Davidson on SNCC : Blazing the Trail
Harry Belafonte addresses SNCC’s 50th Anniversary celebration at Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina.Civil rights pioneers: SNCC celebrates it’s 50th anniversary By Carl Davidson / The Rag Blog / April 28, 2010 [This article was written by Carl Davidson, incorporating … Continue reading
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Tagged African-American, Black Power, Carl Davidson, Civil Rights, New Left, Sixties, SNCC
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Racial Profiling : What’s Up With the Mormons?
Image from Early Onset of Night.Mormons for racial profiling?Unsustainable contradictions in immigration law By Greg Moses / The Rag Blog / April 27, 2010 What’s up with the Mormons? Orem, Utah legislator Stephen Eric Sandstrom last week pledged to follow … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona, Greg Moses, Immigration, Latinos, Mormon Church, Politics, Racial Profiling, Religion
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Legalize Pot? : Going for the Ballot in Washington
Crowd at last year’s Seattle Hempfest, the world’s largest marijuana event. Photo by NORML.Sensible Washington heads petition drive:Washington state initative to legalize pot By Vernell Pratt / The Rag Blog / April 27, 2010 [California may not be the only … Continue reading
The Hidden Toll : 18 Veteran Suicides Every Day
Image from The Public Record.Real cost of war:Shocking suicide rate among vetsBy Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / April 27, 2010 We tend to hear about the United States soldiers that are killed in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan, … Continue reading
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Tagged Depression, Suicide, Ted McLaughlin, U.S. Military, Veterans, Veterans Administration
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Wanted in Rio : ‘Prophets of Ecology’
Landslide in Mangueira shantytown in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, after a 17 hour downpour that ended on April 6, 2010, resulting in death and devastation. Photo by Marcelo Sayao / EPA.High water in Rio:‘Prophets of ecology’ would save lives By … Continue reading
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Tagged Brazil, Ecology, Flooding, Leonardo Boff, Natural Disasters, Rio de Janeiro, Theology
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Bob Feldman : A People’s History of Afghanistan / 2
Formal photograph taken in Gandamak, Afghanistan, in May 1879. Seated from left to right: British officers Mr. Jenkyns and Major Cavagnari, Amir Yaqub Khan (in the center), General Daoud Shah, and Habibullah Mustafi. Photo by John Burke (1843 – 1900) … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Bob Feldman, Great Britain, Imperialism, South Asia, World History
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Social Forum Movement : ‘Another World is Possible’
Mural from 2009 Kentucky Social Forum, promoting U.S. Social Forum, June 22-26, 2010, in Detroit.Resistance to ‘globalization’:The Social Forum movement At the dawn of the new century, a new tradition, inspired by the hundreds of years of resistance, was launched… … Continue reading
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Tagged Globalization, Harry Targ, Resistance Movements, Social Change, Social Forum Movement, World Peace
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