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Yearly Archives: 2010
Terry Townsend : John Coltrane and the Jazz Revolution
Trane photo used on jacket of The John Coltrane Quartet: Visit to Scandanavia. Image from Seattle Blogs.‘A force which is truly for good’:John Coltrane and the jazz revolution By Terry Townsend / October 7, 2010 “You can play a shoestring … Continue reading
Bernardine Dohrn : The Obsolute and Dangerous Federal Grand Jury
The curious, mysterious, obsolete anddangerous federal Grand Jury By Bernardine Dohrn / The Rag Blog / October 7, 2010 I was subpoenaed to a federal grand jury in May of 1982 in New York City. It has left me as … Continue reading
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Carl Davidson : Mondragon Diaries V: Innovation and Transformation
Image from Mondragon website.Mondragon Diaries, Day FiveInnovation and transformationtowards a third wave futureBy Carl Davidson / The Rag Blog / October 6, 2010 “The world has not been given to us simply to contemplate it, but to transform it. And … Continue reading
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Tagged Basque Country, Carl Davidson, Cooperative Movement, Europe, Socialism, Spain, Workers Cooperatives
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Robert Jensen : The Cooperative Alternative
Art by Joseph Bau / Fearless Fathers.The cooperative movement:Doing business as if people mattered By Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / October 6, 2010 There’s no shortage of political blather in this year’s mid-term election campaigns, but most of … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Community, Cooperative Movement, Labor, Robert Jensen, Workers Cooperatives
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Sherman DeBrosse : The Puzzle of 2010
Image from StudentHacks.The puzzle of 2010:What’s going on with the electorate? By Sherman DeBrosse / The Rag Blog / October 5, 2010 This year’s election is marked by a great deal of puzzling behavior. Media people report on the peculiar … Continue reading
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Tagged 2010 Elections, American Society, Democratic Party, Sherman DeBrosse, Tea Baggers
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Ed Felien : Jon Stewart, Meet George W. Bush
In defense of the Left,with love to Jon Stewart In trying to appear a moderate, Stewart criticized the right for its attacks on Obama and the left for accusing Bush of being a war criminal and comparing him to Hitler. … Continue reading
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Tagged Bush Legacy, Comedians, Ed Felien, Fascism, George W. Bush, Jon Stewart, Nazi Germany, Social Action, Television
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Marc Estrin : Holocaust Thinking in America II: How the Nazis Did It
Holocaust thinking in America II:How the Nazis did itBy Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / October 5, 2010 [Part two of three. Read part one here.] I know one is not allowed to use the word “nazism” in any … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Anti-Semitism, Fascism, Holocaust, Jewish History, Marc Estrin, Nazi Germany, World History
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Suzy Khimm : Gerrymander This, Tom DeLay
Cartoon from The Hill, 2007.Tom DeLay’s legacy:Don’t mess with Texas Democrats DeLay may have done more to fuel the Texas Democratic comeback than anyone else. ‘It took somebody that really played the villain role,’ says [Matt] Angle. By Suzy Khimm … Continue reading
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Tagged 2010 Elections, Matt Angle, Suzy Khimm, Texas Democrats, Texas Politics, Tom Delay
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Rebellious Pixels : Right Wing Radio Duck (Video)
This is a re-imagined Donald Duck cartoon remix constructed from dozens of classic Walt Disney cartoons from the 1930s to 1960s. Donald’s life is turned upside-down by the current economic crisis and he finds himself unemployed and falling behind on … Continue reading
Jonah Raskin : The California Cannabis Countdown
Supporters of Proposition 19 rally in Bay Area. Photo by Bill St. Clair / SF Weekly.California counting down to November 2:Marijuana initiative leading in polls By Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / October 3, 2010 Thousands and thousands of … Continue reading
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Tagged California, Cannabis, Drug Law Reform, Jonah Raskin, Marijuana, Tom Hayden
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Harvey Wasserman : Founding Fathers Would Make Glenn Beck See Red
John Wayne and Thomas Jefferson make surprise appearance at 2009 Waco Tea Party rally. Photo by Jay Janner / Austin American-Statesman / Collective Vision.Hey Tea/GOP:Our Founding Fathers were a bunch offree-loving deistic hemp-growersBy Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Founding Fathers, Harvey Wasserman, Hemp, Republican Party, Tea Party
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