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Yearly Archives: 2010
Haiti : Anger and Courage in the Ruins
Haiti: Surveying the damage. Photos from AFP (top) and Reuters.As aid efforts flounder,Haitians rely on each other By Ansel Herz / January 15, 2010 PORT-AU-PRINCE — The roof of Haiti’s national penitentiary is missing. The four walls of the prison … Continue reading
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Tagged Charity, Disaster Relief, Earthquake, Haiti, Natural Disasters
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A Real Crime : How the Law Treats Sex Workers in New Orleans
‘Crimes against nature’:Prosecuting sex workers in New Orleans More than half of the people on Louisiana’s Sex Offender Registry — which was designed for rapists and child molesters — are indigent women convicted of sex work. By Jordan Flaherty / … Continue reading
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Tagged Criminal Justice, Jordan Flaherty, Law Enforcement, New Orleans, Poverty, Prostitution, Sex Crimes, Women
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Her Crime? Sex Work in New OrleansMore than half of the people on Louisiana’s Sex Offender Registry – which was designed for rapists and child molesters – are indigent women convicted of sex work By Jordan Flaherty / The Rag … Continue reading
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Rabbi Arthur Waskow on ‘Avatar’ : Celebrating the Tree of Life
Avatar and Tu B’Shvat:Celebrating the Great Tree of Life Avatar is extraordinary. Not only for the superficial but powerful technology… but most of all for its spiritually-rooted progressive politics. By Rabbi Arthur Waskow / The Rag Blog / January 15, … Continue reading
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Tagged Avatar, Film, Imperialism, Rabbi Arthur Waskow, Religion, Science Fiction, Spirituality
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Textbooks in Texas : Rehabilitating Joe McCarthy?
Sen. Joseph McCarthy displays one of his many reports on Communists he found in the woodwork. Photo from Wisconsin History.What did you learn in school today?Efforts to vindicate commie-hunting senator By Justin Elliott / January 15, 2010 See ‘Who stays … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Censorship, Conservatives, Diversity, Education, Henry Cisneros, Joseph McCarthy, McCarthyism, Religious Freedom, Republican, Texas, Textbooks
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Bush to Haiti : You’ve Got to be Kidding!
George Bush and Bill Clinton: a marriage made in Haiti.Back to the scene of the crime:Bush ousted Haiti’s Aristide, blew it with Katrina This is just the last straw for me with the phony baloney bipartisanship fetish. By Larry Piltz … Continue reading
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Tagged Aristide, Bill Clinton, Bipartisanship, Bush Legacy, George W. Bush, Haiti, Larry Piltz, Natural Disasters
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Jonah Raskin : Tom Hayden, Abbie Hoffman’s Ghost, and ‘Dirty Water’
Bill Sharpsteen’s Dirty Water:How a community took on City Hall and won By Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / January 14, 2010 [Dirty Water: One Man’s Fight to Clean Up One of the World’s Most Polluted Bays, by Bill … Continue reading
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Tagged Abbie Hoffman, Books, Community Organizing, Environment, pollution, Social Activism, Tom Hayden
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Haiti and American Colonialism : The Story Behind the Story
A member of François “Papa Doc” Duvalier’s Tonton Macoutes death squad, center, with Haitian soldier to his right. Note the look of terror on the woman vendor’s face. Image from Latin American Studies. How did Haiti become so poor?Haitian earthquake: … Continue reading
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Tagged American Colonialism, American History, Haiti, Imperialism, Natural Disasters, Political Corruption, Poverty
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Sweet Jesus! : Pat Robertson says Haiti Made Deal With the Devil
Pat Robertson cites deal with the devilas reason for Haiti quake By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog / January 14, 2010 Former United States Presidential candidate and Conservative right wing televangelist Pat Robertson is clearly going further off his … Continue reading
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Tagged Haiti, Larry Ray, Natural Disasters, Pat Robertson, Religious Fanaticism, Right Wing Extremists
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Vicky Starr of ‘Union Maids’ : Working Class Hero
Stills from Union Maids. Images from escholarship.org. Vicky Starr (Stella Nowicki) is on right.Vicky Starr dies at 93:Socialist, labor organizer, feminist, film starBy Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / January 13, 2010 I read recently that Vicky Starr died … Continue reading
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Tagged AFL-CIO, American History, Chicago, Communism, Feminism, Film, Grass Roots Organizing, Harry Targ, Labor Unions, Meat Industry, Socialism, Vicky Starr, Working Class
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Licensed Murder in Colombia : The Macabre Ruse of ‘False Positives’
Carmenza Gómez Romero of Soacha, Colombia, shows a picture of her son Victor, one of two sons she has lost in “false positive” operations in the Ocaña area. Photo from El Espectador.Grotesque staged civilian murders:Colombia’s ‘false positive’ operations By Marion … Continue reading
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Tagged Colombia, Government Corruption, Hugo Chavez, Human Rights, Latin America, Marion Delgado, South America, Venezuela
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