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Yearly Archives: 2010
BOOKS / ‘El Monstruo : Dread and Redemption in Mexico City’
El Monstruo:John Ross’ history of MexicoA must read for Texans The problem with any informed accounting of Mexico is that its historical figures, like assassins, are often deadly, swift, and seemingly mad. By Dick J. Reavis / The Rag Blog … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Dick J. Reavis, History, John Ross, Mexican History, Mexico City
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David P. Hamilton : Where’s Our Sense of History?
Rocamadour, a historic village in the Dordogne region of France. Photo from Les Bau-Tremblay en voyage website.A sense of history:We don’t have it. France does. By David P. Hamilton / The Rag Blog / June 9, 2010 “Living in France … Continue reading
Harvey Wasserman: Apocalypse Now : Nukes Next?
Steam plumes rise from cooling tower at Fermi2 Nuclear Power Plant on the shore Lake Erie. Photo by Alexander Cohn / Bay City Times.Will nukes be next?Apocalypse (in the Gulf) Now By Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / June … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternative Energy, Energy Policy, Environment, Gulf Coast, Harvey Wasserman, Nuclear Power, Oil Spill
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Bob Feldman : A People’s History of Afghanistan / 9
This photo allegedly shows President Jimmy Carter’s National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski with Tim Osman (later known as Osama bin Laden), during training with the Pakistan Army, 1981. Brzenzinski and President Carter worked covertly for regime change within Afghanistan. Photo … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Bob Feldman, CIA, Jimmy Carter, South Asia, World History, Zbigniew Brzezinski
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SS Exodus 1947 after British takever. Banner says “HAGANAH Ship EXODUS 1947.” Image from Wikimedia Commons. Pool photo by Uriel Sinai Is the Gaza flotilla the “Exodus ’47” story again, roles reversed? By Rabbi Arthur Waskow / The Rag Blog … Continue reading
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Rabbi Arthur Waskow : Gaza Flotilla as Exodus ’47 Revisited
SS Exodus 1947 after British takever. Banner says “HAGANAH Ship EXODUS 1947.” Image from Wikimedia Commons.Is the Gaza flotilla story‘Exodus ’47’ with roles reversed? By Rabbi Arthur Waskow / The Rag Blog / June 8, 2010 See ‘Kill a Turk … Continue reading
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Tagged Exodus, Gaza, Israel, Middle East, Palestine, Peace Movement, Rabbi Arthur Waskow, Social Protest, Tel Aviv, Turkey, Uri Avnery
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Jonah Raskin : Time to Burn Down the Banks?
Mad mini-poster from Mad Magazine Special #4, Fall, 1971. Image from Mad Cover Site.At least burn a few bucks:Burn down the banks??? By Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / June 7, 2010 Yes, I know the title of this … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Banking, Direct Action, Guerrilla Theater, Jonah Raskin, Sixties, Social Protest, Yippies
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Bill Ayers : I’M SORRY!!! (I Think…)
Bill Ayers’ Sixties history — and his alleged relationship with Barack Obama — hit the top of the news during the 2008 presidential campaign. Image from webcastr.On notoriety, complexity, and contrition:I’M SORRY!!!! (I think…) By Bill Ayers / The Rag … Continue reading
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Tagged Bernardine Dohrn, Bill Ayers, New Left, SDS, Sixties, Weather Underground, X 2008 Elections
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Race and Marriage : New Day Dawning?
The picture above is of Mildred Loving and her husband Richard. They were arrested in Virginia for marrying outside their race and took their case to the United States Supreme Court. In 1967, the Supreme Court used their case to … Continue reading
Fort Hood’s Eric Jasinski was court martialed and is being denied benefits after he went AWOL to seek treatment for serious PTSD. after he was “stop-lossed” by the army. His case is representative of a growing number of soldiers returning … Continue reading
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Dahr Jamail : Eric Jasinski, the Army, and PTSD
Eric Jasinski at benefit for Under the Hood Cafe, May 24, 2010. Photo by Alice Embree / The Rag Blog.Ft. Hood’s Eric Jasinski:PTSD soldier punished by army Jasinski’s case is representative of a growing number of soldiers returning from the … Continue reading
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Tagged Anti-War GIs, Dahr Jamail, Eric Jasinski, Fort Hood, Mental Health, PTSD, U.S. Military
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Marc Estrin : Slaughter of the Innocents
Image from picsdigger.SLAUGHTER OF THE INNOCENTS By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / June 6, 32010 Toward the end of Bread & Puppet’s marvelous Christmas Story, after the news spreads of Jesus’s birth, King Herod picks up the phone: … Continue reading
