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Monthly Archives: September 2011
From the end of World War II through 1979, the gains in productivity in the U.S. were shared between workers and owners, “and both benefited as wages rose along with company profits.” That was before Reagan and “trickle-down” economics. Ted … Continue reading
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Carl Davidson : Who’s Waging ‘Class Warfare’?
Art from RepublicanDirtyTricks.com / Keep on Keepin’ On.Talk about your ‘class warfare’:Shameless opposition to jobs bill reveals GOP hatred of working class By Carl Davidson / The Rag Blog / September 20, 2011 If you want to have your class … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 Elections, Carl Davidson, Class Warfare, Congress, Jobs, Republican Party
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Lamar W. Hankins : Republican Health Care: ‘Let Him Die’
Thumbs down at Republican debate. Image from The Godless Liberal.‘Just let him die’:The Republicans and health care The indisputable fact is that the U.S. is alone among the advanced societies in failing to assure that health care is available to … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Health Care, Lamar W. Hankins, Republican Party, Ron Paul
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From the end of World War II through 1979, the gains in productivity in the U.S. were shared between workers and owners, “and both benefited as wages rose along with company profits.” That was before Reagan and “trickle-down” economics. Ted … Continue reading
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The Republicans’ callousness about health care By Lamar W. Hankins / The Rag Blog / September 19, 2011 Now that the Republican nomination for president is in full swing, we once again return to the topic of health care, especially … Continue reading
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The Republicans’ callousness about health care By Lamar W. Hankins / The Rag Blog / September 19, 2011 Now that the Republican nomination for president is in full swing, we once again return to the topic of health care, especially … Continue reading
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Retired history prof Don Swift paints an alarming picture of Dominionism and what he calls its “threat to American liberties.” “Both Rick Perry and Michele Bachmann have clear ties to the Christian Dominionists,” he warns, “who do not believe in … Continue reading
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CARTOON / Joshua Brown : Life During Wartime: Cutting the Deal
Political cartoon by Joshua Brown / The Rag Blog / September 18, 2011.[Joshua Brown is the executive director of the Center for Media and Learning/American Social History Project, The Graduate Center, The City University of New York and is a … Continue reading
Influential writer and political activist Carl Davidson joins Thorne Dreyer on Rag Radio for a lively discussion about the Mondragon Corporation and its role in the international workers’ cooperative movement. They also discuss the burgeoning cooperative movement in the U.S., … Continue reading
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Former SDS president Carl Oglesby died of cancer on Tuesday, Sept. 13. Author and scholar Mike Davis, who was also active in SDS and the 60s peace movement, discusses Oglesby’s rare oratorical skills, referring to his “unadorned eloquence and moral … Continue reading
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Mike Davis : The Eloquence of Carl Oglesby
Carl Oglesby. Image from Kngine.Eloquent orator of the New Left:Remembering Carl Oglesby Carl Oglesby sadly left this world Tuesday morning after a long bout with cancer. President of SDS from 1965-66, he was a passionate American radical and one of … Continue reading
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Tagged Carl Davidson, Carl Oglesby, Deaths, Mike Davis, New Left, Peace Activists, SDS, Sixties
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