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Monthly Archives: August 2012
Lamar W. Hankins : German Freethinkers and the Massacre at the Nueces
A number of German Freethinking Unionists were hung after the massacre at the Nueces River in the Texas Hill Country. Graphic from Thoughts, Essays, and Musings on the Civil War. Inset image below: Treu der Union monument at Comfort, Texas. … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Battle of the Nueces, Civil War, German Freethinkers, Lamar W. Hankins, Texas History
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Tom Hayden : Javier Sicilia’s Caravan for Peace Takes on the Drug War
Mexican poet Javier Sicilia and members of his Caravan for Peace protest the drug war earlier this summer in Cuernavaca, Mexico. Photo by Henry Romero / Reuters.Can the Caravan for Peaceend the War on Drugs? “The powers that be were … Continue reading
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Tagged Caravan for Peace, Drug War, Javier Sicilia, Mexico, Peace Movement, Poets, Tom Hayden
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Bruce Melton : The Biggest Misunderstanding About Climate Change
Padre Island National Seashore, four wheel drive only beach. Anyone who has been to the beach knows that warming over land is much greater than warming over water. Photo by Bruce Melton / The Rag Blog.The biggest misunderstanding about climate … Continue reading
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Tagged Bruce Melton, Climate Change, Climate Science, Environment, Global Warming, Rag Radio
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IDEAS / Bill Meacham : Fellow Primates / 1
Tanzanian chimp. Image from Wikimedia Commons.Fellow primates / 1 Chimps and humans are a lot alike, except that humans, being more intelligent, do what chimps do even better. By Bill Meacham | The Rag Blog | August 9, 2012 Last … Continue reading
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Tagged Behavior, Bill Meacham, Bonobos, Chimpanzees, Hominins, Ideas, Intelligence, Natural Science, Philosophy, Primates
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BOOKS / Jonah Raskin : ‘Smoke Signals’ from Martin Lee
A psychoactive political journey:Smoke Signals from marijuana maven Martin Lee By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | August 8, 2012 [Smoke Signals: A Social History of Marijuana – Medical, Recreational and Scientific, by Martin A. Lee (2012: Scribner); Hardcover; … Continue reading
RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Actor, Radical Lawyer Brady Coleman & The Melancholy Ramblers
In a forest of mics: Brady Coleman on Rag Radio at the KOOP studios in Austin, Texas, Friday, July 17, 2012. Photo by Thorne Dreyer / The Rag Blog. Inset photos below: Brady Coleman and Jim Simons. Photos by Alan … Continue reading
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Tagged Brady Coleman, Interview, Jim Simons, Melancholy Ramblers, Podcast, Rag Radio, Thorne Dreyer
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Harry Targ : Syrian Policy Looks Familiar to Cubans
Members of UN General Assembly vote on Saudi Arabian-sponsored draft resolution against Syria. Photo by Kathy Willens / AP.Syrian policy looks familiar to Cubans Those who sponsored the resolution condemning violence were the same nations that had ‘played a major … Continue reading
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Tagged Cuba, Harry Targ, Syria, U.S. Foreign Policy, United Nations
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David Morris : Texas Judge Rules Sky Belongs to the People
The sky! Image from Wikimedia Commons.Texas judge rules:‘The sky belongs to everyone’ Is this a ‘shot heard round the world’ for fight against climate change? By David Morris / On the Commons / August 4, 2012 “Texas judge rules atmosphere, … Continue reading
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Tagged Climate Change, Commons, Environment, Environmental Law, Global Warming, Public Trust
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Jack A. Smith : My Life and Times with the Guardian
Progressive journalist Jack A. Smith, 2012.My life and times with the Guardian By Jack A. Smith | The Rag Blog | August 2, 2012 Longtime radical activist and progressive journalist (and Rag Blog contributor) Jack A. Smith, former editor of … Continue reading
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Tagged Jack A. Smith, Leftists, National Guardian, Progressive Journalists, Radical History, Rag Radio
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MUSIC / Harvey Wasserman : A Transcendent CSN
From left, Stephen Stills, Graham Nash, and David Crosby. Photo by Darrel Ellis / Toledo Blade. Shamans of sound: A transcendent Crosby, Stills and Nash Hearing CSN’s standards reminds us boomers of a time and place, an era of history … Continue reading
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Tagged Classic Rock, Crosby, Harvey Wasserman, Music, Rock 'n Roll, Stills and Nash
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