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Monthly Archives: January 2012

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Let the sunshine inOn being young and crazy By Paul Robbins / The Rag Blog / January 9,2012 AUSTIN — On Friday, January 6, Austin officially commissioned its new 30 Megawatt Solar plant. It is one of the largest solar … Continue reading →

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Posted on January 10, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

On Being Young and Crazy By Paul Robbins / The Rag Blog / January 9,2012 AUSTIN — On Friday, Jan. 6, Austin officially commissioned its new 30 Megawatt Solar plant. It is one of the largest solar installations in the … Continue reading →

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Posted on January 10, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Alex Haley. Image from Gather.A Better Day:Remembering Alex Haley and Mario Savio By Tony Platt | The Rag Blog | January 10, 2012 Let me drink from the waters where the mountain streams floodLet the smell of wildflowers flow free … Continue reading →

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Posted on January 10, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Alex Haley. Image from Gather.A Better Day:Remembering Alex Haley and Mario Savio By Tony Platt | The Rag Blog | January 10, 2012 Let me drink from the waterswhere the mountain streams floodLet the smell of wildflowersflow free through my … Continue reading →

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Carl Gibson : Grow Up, Ron Paul

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Running away from home. Image from goodbuddies inc.Grow up, Ron Paul Ron Paul’s right-libertarian ideology does espouse a new kind of freedom, just as rebellious children who fantasize about running away from home dream of a new kind of freedom. … Continue reading →

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Ted McLaughlin : Are We Marching to War With Iran?

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Dogs of war. Graphic from Press TV.Dogs are barking:Are we marching to war with Iran? By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / January 9, 2012 The animosity between the United States and Iran has a longer history than most … Continue reading →

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Harry Targ : Brute Facts and Political Choices, 2012

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Protesters at the State Capitol building in Madison, WI., demonstrating against Gov. Scott Walker’s anti-union legislation. Photo by Mark Hirsch / Getty Images.Brute facts and political choices:Thinking about 2012By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / January 9, 2012 The … Continue reading →

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Chellis Glendinning : In Bolivia, ‘The Repression Strengthened Us!’

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Native demonstrators march on La Paz to protest highway construction. Photo from AFP.Letter from Bolivia:‘The repression strengthened us!’ The ragtag band walked day and night in flip-flops, and the hearts of Bolivians went out to them… By Chellis Glendinning | … Continue reading →

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THEATER / Jonah Raskin : Zayd Dohrn’s ‘Outside People’

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Cast of Outside People at the Vineyard theater in New York. Inset photo: playwright Zayd Dohrn.We’re all outsiders now:Zayd Dohrn’s new play, Outside People The play — which is part situation comedy, part soap opera, and part prophecy — plays … Continue reading →

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Bruce Melton : Has Texas Crossed a Climate Threshold?

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Downtown Austin seen from near the intersection of Loop 360 and US 290/71 West. This photo was taken in early September 2011. The brownish yellow- and red-leaved trees in the left and bottom right foreground are elms. They naturally shed … Continue reading →

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Rag Radio : Bruce Melton on the Real-World Effects of Climate Change

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Climate change activist Bruce Melton, left, with Rag Radio host Thorne Dreyer, in the KOOP studios in Austin, Texas, Friday, Dec. 30, 2011. Photo by Tracey Schulz / Rag Radio. Environmental activist Bruce Melton discussesthe real-world effects of climate change … Continue reading →

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Bob Feldman : Populism, Labor Organizing, and White Chauvinism in Texas, 1876-1890

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Flag of the Texas Farmers Alliance. Image from HHS AP US History.The hidden history of Texas Part VIII: Populism, labor organizing, and white chauvinism in Texas, 1876-1890 By Bob Feldman / The Rag Blog / January 4, 2012 [This is … Continue reading →

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