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Yearly Archives: 2011
Rag Radio : Texas Music Hall of Fame Singer/Songwriter Eliza Gilkyson
Eliza Gilkyson. Photo by Alan Pogue / The Rag Blog. Texas Music Hall of Fame Singer/Songwriter andPolitical Activist Eliza Gilkyson on Rag Radiowith Thorne Dreyer. Listen to it here: Eliza Gilkyson was Thorne Dreyer’s guest on Rag Radio, Friday, December … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin Musicians, Eliza Gilkyson, Inteview, Rag Radio, Singer-Songwriters, Thorne Dreyer
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Anthony Cristofani : Cops ‘Peacefully Evacuate’ Occupy LA
The ‘peaceful evacuation’ of Occupy Los Angeles ‘Evacuation’ is what kindly firefighters do when buildings are in danger of collapsing. This was an attack on people exercising their first amendment rights to assembly and speech in a public space. By … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthony Cristofani, Direct Action, Occupy Los Angeles, Occupy Wall Street, Police Brutality
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Eliza Gilkyson. Photo by Alan Pogue / The Rag Blog. Texas Music Hall of Fame Singer/Songwriter and Political Activist Eliza Gilkyson on Rag Radio with Thorne Dreyer. Listen to it here: Eliza Gilkyson was Thorne Dreyer’s guest on Rag Radio, … Continue reading
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Peter L. Myers : Pepper Spray Gazette (Numbers Don’t Lie)
Lt. John Pike, who was photographed pepper spraying passive protesters at U.C. Davis, is shown here doing the deed in Andrew Wyeth’s “Christina’s World.” Graphic by Brady Hall / Pepper Spraying Cop / Tumblr.Pepper Spray Gazette:Numbers don’t lie!By Peter L. … Continue reading
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Tagged Concentration of Wealth, Occupy Wall Street, Peter L. Myers, Police Brutality
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Danny Schechter : Occupy Wall Street Marks Anniversary With New York Street Actions
Bishop George Packard climbs a fence along with other protesters. Photo from Getty Images.Seeking ‘sanctuary’ at Trinity Church:Protests mark third anniversaryof Occupy Wall Street Trinity Church may be there to serve God, but the defense of their real estate portfolio … Continue reading
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Tagged Danny Schechter, Direct Action, New York, Occupy Wall Street
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BOOKS / Jerry Harris : Carl Davidson’s ‘Lost Writings of SDS’
Collection of ‘lost’ SDS writings revealsdepth of Sixties radical thinking By Jerry Harris / The Rag Blog / December 19, 2011 [Revolutionary Youth and the New Working Class: Lost Writings of SDS, edited by Carl Davidson; (Pittsburgh PA: Changemaker Publications, … Continue reading
Willie Nelson : Occupy the Food System
Willie Nelson at Farm Aid 2011.Occupy the food system From seed to plate, our food system is now even more concentrated than our banking system. By Willie Nelson / Reader Supported News / December 18, 2011 Thanks to the Occupy … Continue reading
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Tagged Agriculture, Family Farms, Farm Aid, Food Industry, Occupy Wall Street, Willie Nelson
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Lamar W. Hankins : The Gospel According to Tebow
Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow shown “Tebowing.” Whose side is God on?The Gospel according to Tebow By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | December 18, 2011 I don’t normally write about an individual’s religious beliefs unless that person … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, Football, Lamar W. Hankins, Religion, Sports, Tim Tebow
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Harvey Wasserman : The Timeless Joy of George Whitman’s Shakespeare & Company
George Whitman at Shakespeare & Company. Image from Oh, by the way…The timeless joy of GeorgeWhitman’s Shakespeare & Company Eyeing me suspiciously, George asked if I was a writer. I said I’d been a college editor, and had aspirations. He … Continue reading
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Tagged Bookstores, George Whitman, Harvey Wasserman, Paris, Shakespeare and Company
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Harry Targ : The State of Indiana Vs. Universal Human Rights
Eleanor Roosevelt viewed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as her greatest achievement. Image from Creative Commons.The State of Indiana vs. theUniversal Declaration of Human RightsBy Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / December 16, 2011 WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana — … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Eleanor Roosevelt, Harry Targ, Human Rights, Indiana, Labor Unions, Right to Work
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Mike Klonsky cautions us to remember that Teddy Roosevelt, eulogized in President Obama’s Osawatomie speech on “New Nationalism” last week, “was at his best a tame economic reformer and at his worst, a racist, imperialist war monger” who believed in … Continue reading
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