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Monthly Archives: January 2011
Marc Estrin : The Ethics of Infiltration
Cartoon from Brainstuck.com.THE ETHICS OF INFILTRATION By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / January 17, 2011 We began two weeks ago with Hallelujah in the mall, and last week contrasted that with theatrical infiltrations less in service to consumer … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Cass Sunstein, Cognitive Infiltration, Ethics, Marc Estrin, Street Theater, WikiLeaks
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The Rag Blog and Rag Radio present acclaimed Latina rocker Patricia Vonne and folk-rock singer-songwriter Gina Chavez at Jovita’s, 1617 South First Street, Austin, Texas, on Sunday, Jan. 23, from 6:30-10 p.m. It’s a benefit for the New Journalism Project, … Continue reading
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Jordan Flaherty : Corporate Profiteering One Year After Haiti Earthquake
The Haitian national flag stands at half mast at the National Palace during the one-year anniversary of the 2010 quake in downtown Port-au-Prince, January 12, 2011. Photo by Allison Shelley / Reuters.One year after Haiti earthquake:Corporations profit while people suffer … Continue reading
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Tagged Corporate Profits, Disaster Relief, Earthquake, Haiti, Jordan Flaherty
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Austin native Marilyn Buck — activist, poet, and long-time political prisoner — was released from prison last December after serving 25 years for crimes related to her actions in support of the black liberation movement in the late ’70s and … Continue reading
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Felix Shafer : Mourning for Marilyn Buck, Part I
Mourning for activist, poet, and political prisoner Marilyn Buck, shown at three stages of her life.The blue afterwards:Mourning for Marilyn By Felix Shafer / The Rag Blog / January 13, 2011 First of three parts [On December 13, Marilyn Buck, … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Black Liberation Movement, Felix Shafer, Marilyn Buck, New Left, Political Activists, Political Prisoners, SDS, Sixties, The Rag
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Bruce Melton : It Is Colder Because It Is Warming
It is colder because it is warming On a warmer planet, winter weather becomes more volatile. The extremes get more extreme. By Bruce Melton / The Rag Blog / January 13, 2010 Global warming refers to climate, not weather. Snowpocalypses … Continue reading
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Tagged Bruce Melton, Climate Change, Climate Science, Environment, Global Warming
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Bruce Melton : It Is Colder Because It Is Warming
It is colder because it is warming Blizzards, no matter how cataclysmic, are still just weather. Climate is much, much bigger than weather. By Bruce Melton / The Rag Blog / January 12, 2010 Global warming refers to climate, not … Continue reading
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Tom Hayden : The Right and the Shooting in Tucson
Image from Jesse Kelly’s website (now removed). The article about Kelly’s appearance in Sierra Vista originally appeared in the Sierra Vista Herald.Getting on target:The Right and the shooting in Tucson By Tom Hayden / The Rag Blog / January 12, … Continue reading
Ralph Solonitz : Killer Brew!
Political cartoon by Ralph Solonitz / The Rag Blog.The Rag Blog / Posted January 12, 2011
Jonah Raskin : Chickens Come Home to Roost in Arizona
Malcolm X at Harlem rally, December 31, 1969. Photo from New York World-Telegram & Sun Collection.On chickens coming home to roost:Armageddon in Arizona By Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / January 11, 2011 Shortly after JFK was shot and … Continue reading
Robert Jensen : Machines Change, Our Work Remains the Same
Early computer. Image from Corbis-Bettmann.The limits of internet activism:Machines change, the work remains the same By Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / January 11, 2011 When I first got involved in left/radical political organizing in the 1990s, I don’t … Continue reading
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Tagged Computers, Ecology, Information Technology, Internet, Radical Change, Robert Jensen, Social Activism
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