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Monthly Archives: March 2012

RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Rock Journalist Margaret Moser and Film Actor Sonny Carl Davis

Margaret Moser and Sonny Carl Davis with Rag Radio host Thorne Dreyer, left, at the studios of KOOP-FM in Austin, Friday, March 2, 2012. Photo by Tracey Schulz / Rag Radio.Rag Radio:Margaret Moser and Sonny Carl Davis discussthe film, Roadie, … Continue reading

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Lamar W. Hankins : Gasoline Prices and Political Nonsense

Yesterday, today, and tomorrow: The oil speculators’ dream, from Harper’s Weekly, 1965. Image from cw-chronicles.com / heatingoil.com.Gasoline prices, the XL Pipeline,oil speculators, and political nonsense The giddy, knee-jerk response to higher gasoline prices is the thoughtless mantra ‘drill, baby, drill.’ … Continue reading

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Bernardine Dohrn and Bill Ayers : Come to Chicago!

Graphic by Dave Wittekind / Dave’s Ink / The Rag Blog. An open invitation:Come to Chicago Occupy this/Occupy that!NATO/G8: May 18-21, 2012 By Bernardine Dohrn and Bill Ayers | The Rag Blog | March 8, 2012 The tiny fraternity of … Continue reading

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Richard Raznikov : Battlefield America

Frontpagemag Battlefield America:‘We had to make some sacrifices…’ There are no more legal barriers to arrest without warrants, prison without lawyers, condemnation and even execution without trial. It is a situation so antithetical to what America has by law always … Continue reading

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Gasoline prices, the XL Pipeline, political nonsense, and oil speculators None of us like paying higher prices for gasoline. Some of us can’t afford the price increases we have seen the last few weeks and months to get to work … Continue reading

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Jim Rigby : The Flag by the Pulpit

Image from encountering love.The flag by the pulpit What does it mean when we tell preachers not to be political, but place a flag by the pulpit as though the flag were not itself a political statement? By Jim Rigby … Continue reading

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BOOKS / Rick Ayers : Gilbert’s Memoir Helps Us Understand Our History

Love and Struggle:David Gilbert’s memoir helps usunderstand our history and the world today By Rick Ayers / The Rag Blog / March 7, 2012 [Love and Struggle: My Life with SDS, the Weather Underground and Beyond, by David Gilbert. (Oakland, … Continue reading

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Harry Targ : Political News as Commodity

Screenshot of Rachel Maddow reporting on the phony ACORN media sting during her MSNBC show. Image from Democurmudgeon.What sells is legitimate:Political news is a commodityBy Harry Targ | The Rag Blog | March 6, 2012 “The public version of Andrew … Continue reading

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Danny Schechter : Exit Snow and Breitbart: End of an Era?

Is it the end of an era?Exit Olympia Snow and Andrew Breibart By Danny Schechter / The Rag Blog / March 6, 2012 There was an eerie synchronicity in the pending resignation of veteran Maine Senator Olympia Snowe, a Republican … Continue reading

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Alice Embree : ‘Fierce Women’ March in San Antonio

Photo by Carlos Lowry / The Rag Blog.International Women’s Day:‘Fierce women’ keeping the faith By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | March 5, 2012 See gallery of photos by Carlos Lowry and Susan Van Haitsma, Below. SAN ANTONIO — … Continue reading

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International Women’s Day By Alice Embree / The Rag Blog / March 5, 2012 SAN ANTONIO — For the third year I traveled south from Austin to San Antonio to take part in their International Women’s Day march with others … Continue reading

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Olympia Snow and Andrew Breibart:Is it the end of an era? By Danny Schechter | The Rag Blog | March 5, 2012 There was an eerie synchronicity in the pending resignation of veteran Maine Senator Olympia Snowe, a Republican who … Continue reading

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