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Yearly Archives: 2010
Marc Estrin : The Devil Can Quote Scripture
Image from ChernobylBob / Flickr.THE DEVIL CAN QUOTE SCRIPTURE By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / June 14, 2010 I am involved in Vermonters for a Just Peace in Palestine/Israel, a group made up of Jews, Palestinians, members of … Continue reading
Bob Feldman : A People’s History of Afghanistan /10
Deputy Premier Hafizullah Amin (on right) is shown in this series of frames swearing his allegiance to Premier Noor Mohammad Taraki in 1979, shortly before arranging to have him assassinated. Image from BBC.Part 10: 1979-1981A People’s History of Afghanistan By … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Bob Feldman, Jimmy Carter, South Asia, Soviet Union, World History
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Steinbeck Comes to Arizona : Rereading ‘The Grapes of Wrath’
Reading “The Grapes of Wrath” in 2010:Immigration, capitalism, andArizona’s historic moment By Alex Knight / The Rag Blog / June 14, 2010 [The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, published 1939 during the last Great Depression.] Arizona SB1070, signed into … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Knight, Arizona, Books, Capitalism, Great Depression, Immigration, John Steinbeck, Literature, Mexican Border, Mexico, Poverty
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VERSE / Larry Piltz : The Wound of the Gulf
The Gulf of Mexico. Photo from Nature’s Portraits. Oil is the salt in The wound of the Gulf By Houma Cayenne We have saltwater in our veinsand when it pours it biblically rainsGod knows we’ve had our losses and gainshad … Continue reading
Oil and Politics: Reality Comes Home to Roost
Photo montage by Larry Ray / The Rag Blog.Deregulate this!Oil, politics, and the Tea Party I must ask the tea-bag draped folks who insist our government should take a hands-off approach to ‘their lives’ what their reaction is to the … Continue reading
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Tagged British Petroleum, Deepwater Horizon, Environment, Government Regulation, Gulf Coast, Larry Ray, Oil Spill, Tea Baggers
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SPORT / John Ross : World Cup as Bread and Circus
Bread and Circus: Circus Maximus in Rome, which seated 200,000, was the site for massive spectacle designed to keep the masses distracted. Image from Santa Barbara County Education.Copa del Mundo de 2010:The world’s cup runneth over Ever since the bad … Continue reading
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Tagged Entertainment, John Ross, Mexico, Soccer, Social Control, South Africa, Sports, World Cup
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SPORT / World Cup in South Africa : ‘Neoliberal Trojan Horse’?
Thousands of residents from the township of Oukasie, 60 miles north of Johannesburg are marching [on March 21, 2010]… to bring attention to the plight of impoverished areas of the country… They argue it is wrong for the government to … Continue reading
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Tagged African National Congress, Dave Zirin, Poverty, Social Protest, South Africa, Sports, World Cup
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Audience members listen to a translation through headphones as U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at Cairo University on June 4. Radio Free Europe. Saturday, June 5, 2010CONNECTING THE DOTS: THEORY AND HISTORYHarry Targ The Bewildering Array of Crises The magnitude … Continue reading
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Lefty John Ross, a former New York beatnik, has taken on a daunting task with his new history of Mexico City. Nobody has successfully told the story of this monster of a metropolis in one volume, but John effort is … Continue reading
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Roger Baker on Austin’s Economy : Big Picture Not So Pretty?
Austin: as pretty as a picture. But what about the economy? Image from Nerd Fighters.Filling in the big picture:Wither Austin’s economy? By Roger Baker / The Rag Blog / June 9, 2010 The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) just released … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Austin Economy, Economic Recovery, Economics, Jobs, Roger Baker, Texas
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