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Monthly Archives: February 2013
Steve Russell : The Unlikely Story of Dr. Wahoo, Professor Illiniwek, and RGIII
Chief Illiniwok, the long-embattled mascot of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, was retired in 2007. Illiniwok was opposed by American Indian groups and others for perpetuating cultural stereotypes. Native American caricatures live on as mascots in Cleveland and Washington, … Continue reading
SPORT / Dave Zirin : The Rockets’ Royce White Is Rebel with a Cause
The Houston Rockets’ Royce White. Image from Hoopspeak.com. Mental health revolutionary:The Houston Rockets’ Royce White White has become a crusader for change, calling out the NBA for disregarding mental illness and treating him like ‘a commodity.’ By Dave Zirin | … Continue reading
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Tagged Anxiety Disorder, Basketball, Dave Zirin, Houston Rockets, Mental Health, NBA, Royce White, Sports
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RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Civil Liberties Lawyer and Author Marjorie Heins
‘First Amendment Hero’ Marjorie Heins. Rag Radio podcast:Civil liberties lawyer Marjorie Heins,author of ‘Priests of Our Democracy‘ By Rag Radio | The Rag Blog | February 14, 2013 Coming next week: Jonah Raskin reviews Priests of Our Democracy. Marjorie Heins, … Continue reading
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Alan Waldman : ‘MI-5’ is a Gripping, Timely Brit Counterspy TV Series
Waldman’s film and TVtreasures you may have missed: Enjoy 10 seasons of a great, well-made thriller ripped from the headlines. By Alan Waldman | The Rag Blog | February 13, 2013 [In his weekly column, Alan Waldman reviews some of … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Waldman, British Television, Criticism, MI-5, Vintage Television
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BOOKS / Ron Jacobs : The Panthers and ‘Black Against Empire’
Black Against Empire:The legacy of the Black Panther Party “We didn’t preach to the people, we worked with them.” — Former Black Panther Mumia Abu Jamal By Ron Jacobs | The Rag Blog | February 12, 2013 [Black against Empire: … Continue reading
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Tagged African-American History, American History, Black Panthers, Books, Mumia Abu-Jamal, Ron Jacobs
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Harry Targ : Celebrate the ‘Historical Revisionists’ / 1
Historian William Appleman Wiliams circa 1986. Image from Oregon State University Libraries Special Collections / Daily Barameter / The Nation.Celebrate the ‘Historical Revisionists’ / 1 William Appleman Williams’ classic text, The Tragedy of American Diplomacy, broke new ground in the … Continue reading
Lamar W. Hankins : Drone Assassinations and Our Misguided Foreign Policy
Political cartoon from AFP / Getty Images.Drone assassinations:The latest misguided U.S. foreign policy The American belief in technology as our savior, even in carrying out assassinations, knows no bounds. By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | February 11, … Continue reading
Bob Feldman : Union Growth in Texas Followed by Crackdown, 1940-1953
After a 1953 CIO-led strike in Port Arthur, Texas Gov. Allan Shivers, here shown addressing a campaign rally in Austin, led a move to make membership in the Communist Party illegal. Image from AlternativeHistory.com.The hidden history of Texas Part 12: … Continue reading
Anne Lewis : UT-Austin Ponders Privatizing Staff
Members of the Make UT Sweatshop-Free Coalition gather at the UT-Austin Tower Wednesday, February 6, to protest the University’s consideration of job privatization for staff members. Photo by David Maly / The Horn.‘Culture war’ at UT-Austin: President Powers considers privatization The … Continue reading
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Tagged Anne Lewis, Bill Powers, Campuses, Higher Education, Labor Unions, Outsourcing, Privatization, University of Texas, UT-Austin
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Nancy Miller Saunders : They Tried to Tell Us
Vietnam veterans testify at the Winter Soldier Investigation in 1972. Image is a screen grab from the film, Winter Soldier, produced by the Winterfilm Collective.Winter Soldiers:They tried to tell us We as a nation did not want to know the … Continue reading
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Tagged Nancy Miller Saunders, Peace Movement, Vietnam, VVAW, Winter Soldiers
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RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : ‘Austin Noir’ with Musician and Author Jesse Sublett
Musician and author Jesse Sublett, on right, with Rag Radio host Thorne Dreyer, in the studios of KOOP-FM in Austin, Texas, Friday, February 1, 2013. Photo by Charlie Martin / KOOP.Rag Radio podcast:‘Austin Noir‘ with musician and writer Jesse Sublett, author … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin Musicians, Authors, eBooks, Grave Digger Blues, Interview, Jesse Sublett, Podcast, Rag Radio, Thorne Dreyer
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