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Yearly Archives: 2010
Colombia and FARC : Six Long Decades of Fighting for Peace
Andres Pastrana, President of Colombia from 1998-2002, in peace negotiations with FARC leader Manuel Marulanda Velez. Photo from Latin American Studies.A Promise of Peace:Colombia, the guerrillas, and the paracos By Marion Delgado / The Rag Blog / February 20, 2010 … Continue reading
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Tagged Colombia, FARC, History, Latin America, Marion Delgado, South America
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Poor Grow Poorer : Richest 1% Has Captured America’s Wealth
The ultra rich have captured America;How can we take it back? By David DeGraw / February 19, 2010 “The war against working people should be understood to be a real war… Specifically in the U.S., which happens to have a … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Capitalism, Economy, Middle Class, Poverty, Taxation, Wealth
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A Dangerous Profession : Worldwide Abuse of Journalists
Honduran police surround AP photographer Dario Lopez-Mills as he covers protests that followed the June presidential coup. Photo by Oswaldo Rivas / Reuters / CPJ.CPJ report:Journalists around the worldFace harassment, prison, death 801 journalists have been killed since 1992, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Censorship, Freedom of Press, Journalism, Journalists, Ted McLaughlin, World
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Sky is Falling : The Press and Evan Bayh’s Retirement
Panic attack. Image from Moonbattery.Press frames the corporate spin:Evan Bayh calls it quits By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / February 18, 2010 On February 15, 2010, the sky began to fall, at least according to media pundits. Incumbent … Continue reading
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Tagged Democratic Party, Electoral politics, Evan Bayh, Harry Targ, Indiana, Mainstream Media, Political Spin
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ExxonMobil and the Oil Supply : The Bigger Picture
ExxonMobil CEO Rex W. Tillerson: What, me worry? Photo from Getty Images.The good news and the, well…Exxon says: No need to worry By Roger Baker / The Rag Blog / February 17, 2010 Here is the good news as seen … Continue reading
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Tagged Energy, Exxon Mobil, Oil Production, OPEC, Peak Oil, Roger Baker, Texas
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“Men’s Work: How to Stop the Violence That Tears Our Lives Apart.” Paul Kivel, cofounder of the Oakland Men’s project, drew on decades of experience in the movement to end male violence in producing this book that talks about patriarchial … Continue reading
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Stayin’ Alive : Learning About our Bodies
Apples and oranges: Rats have substantially different physiological systems.Stayin’Alive:What do we know about our bodies,And how do we know it? By Mariann G. Wizard / The Rag Blog / February 16, 2009 [Stayin’ Alive is a periodic column on Complementary … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternative Medicine, CAM Medicine, Health Care, Mariann G. Wizard, Medicine, Women
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BOOKS / Men’s Work : Stopping the Violence
Men’s Work:The movement to end male violence By Alex Knight / The Rag Blog / February 16, 2010 [Men’s Work: How to Stop the Violence That Tears Our Lives Apart, by Paul Kivel. (Ballantine Books, 2nd Edition, 1998), 382 pp, … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Knight, Books, Feminism, Male Violence, Patriarchy, Sexism
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Nation’s Biggest Polluter : Texas Sues the EPA!
Houston: Texas likes its greenhouse gases. Photo by David J. Phillip / AP.Protecting the corporate interests:Texas sues EPA over greenhouse gas regulationsBy Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / February 16, 2010 There is no doubt at all that the … Continue reading
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Tagged Climate Change, Environment, EPA, Global Warming, Greenhouse Gasses, pollution, Ted McLaughlin, Texas
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Ray Reece : A Luddite’s Prayer to Gaia
“Space Junk” by Todd M. Bacastow / academics.uww.edu.Stop the (lunar) madness:A Luddite’s prayer to GaiaBy Ray Reece / The Rag Blog / February 16, 2010 In the New York Times Online of 11 February, columnist Ross Douthat writes disapprovingly in … Continue reading
The Health Care Wars : Viewing the Battlefield
From the teabag front: A resident of south Florida holds a sign protesting health care reform. Photo by Carlos Barria / Reuters.The health care fight goes on:Teabaggers, downsizing, and the ‘Party of No’ By Dr. Stephen R. Keister / The … Continue reading
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Tagged Congress, Dr. Stephen R. Keister, Health Care Reform, Tea Baggers
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