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Monthly Archives: April 2010
Harvey Wasserman : Will Climate Bill Nuke Earth Day?
Art from 1946 atmospheric nuclear weapons tests at Bikini Atoll. “Plus 3 Seconds,” watercolor by Grant Powers, 1946 / Naval Historical Center.Earth Day 2010:Will climate bill be a nuclear bomb? By Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / April 18, … Continue reading
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Tagged Climate Change, Earth Day, Energy, Harvey Wasserman, Nuclear Power
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Paul Krassner : Kent State Anniversary Blues
Reaction from students at New York University after the Kent State massacre. Photo from NYU Archives Photograph Collection.Four dead in Ohio:Kent State Anniversary Blues By Paul Krassner / The Rag Blog / April 17, 2010 See gallery of photos, Below. … Continue reading
Tax Day Tea Party : Markets Overboard!
Cartoon by Mike Konapacki / solidarity.com.Tax Day Tea PartyTosses markets overboard By Greg Moses / The Rag Blog / April 17, 2010 Like so many chests of tea tossed overboard into Boston Harbor, world markets fell straight down Friday in … Continue reading
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Tagged Capitalism, Finance, Greg Moses, Tea Baggers, World Economy
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Big Brother : Still Coming to Animal Farm?
Pig Brother? Cartoon by neophron / toonpool.National animal identification system:Is Big Brother still coming to Animal Farm? By Steve Rossignol / The Rag Blog / April 17, 2010 In February of this year, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the … Continue reading
Anne Lewis : Don Blankenship and the A.T. Massey Crime Spree
Don Blankenship, a “plump, soft-spoken accountant with a smirk.” Image from treehugger.com.The porcine man:Don Blankenship and theSordid history of A.T. Massey By Anne Lewis / The Rag Blog / April 16, 2010 [See Mine War on Blackberry Creek, the 30-minute … Continue reading
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Tagged A.T. Massey, Anne Lewis, Coal Mining, Documentary Film, Don Blankenship, Labor Unions
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Arizona to ID ‘Immigrants’? : Cranking up the Fear
Image from creativenonfiction.com.Demonizing Immigrants:Arizona cranking up the fear By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / April 16, 2010 When people get scared, they become much more willing to give up their rights for a perceived safer world, and it … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona, Immigration, Racial Profiling, Racism, Ted McLaughlin
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Danny at McDonalds : ‘I Got Tired of Killing Farmers’
An Iraqi farmer speaks to Sgt. Bryon Clark in the village of Ka bashe in Kirkuk, Iraq, May 31, 2009. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Bobby Allen / Flickr.Why Danny quit the army:‘I got tired of killing farmers’ By Leslie … Continue reading
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Tagged Anti-War Vets, Austin, Iraq Occupation, IVAW, Leslie Cunningham
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Steve Russell : Hate Speech Without Hate
Cartoon from NJ.com.The hypocritical heckle:Hate speech without hate What strikes me is that much of the hate speech directed towards Indians, African-Americans, Mexican-Americans and homosexuals is uttered by people who know better. By Steve Russell / The Rag Blog / … Continue reading
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Tagged Extremism, Hate Speech, Immigration, Native Americans, Republican Party, Steve Russell
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Coal Mining : Union-Busting and the Massey Disaster
Deaths in West VirginiaDid not have to happen By Jay D. Jurie / The Rag Blog / April 14, 2010 With the death of 29 coal miners at the Massey Coal-operated Upper Big Branch Mine in West Virginia, the United … Continue reading
By Jay D. Jurie / The Rag Blog / April 14, 2010 With the death of 29 coal miners at the Massey Coal-operated Upper Big Branch Mine in West Virginia, the United States has experienced its worst mine disaster in … Continue reading
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Nebraska : Protecting Women From Themselves
Sen. Cap Dierks introduced Nebraska’s new law restricting abortions.Legislators in NebraskaTighten restrictions on abortion By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / April 12, 2010 It looks like the male legislators in Nebraska are determined to keep women in a … Continue reading
Sen. Cap Dierks introduced Nebraska’s new law restricting abortions. By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / April 12, 2010 It looks like the male legislators in Nebraska are determined to keep women in a second-class status. They evidently think … Continue reading
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