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Yearly Archives: 2013
Kristin Moe : Polluted Houston Neighborhood Draws the Line at Tar Sands
Children from the Manchester neighborhood in Houston with oil refinery smokestack in the background. Photo by Tar Sands Blockade. Photo by Tar Sands Blockade / YES! Magazine. Houston’s most polluted neighborhooddraws the line at Alberta Tar Sands East Texas is … Continue reading
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RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Pedro Gatos and Val Liveoak on Nicaragua, Cuba, and the Global South
From left, Pedro Gatos, Rag Radio’s Thorne Dreyer, and Val Liveoak, in the studios of KOOP-FM in Austin, Texas, Friday, April 26, 2013. Photo by Roger Baker / The Rag Blog. Rag Radio podcast:Pedro Gatos and Val Liveoak on changesin … Continue reading
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FILM / Jonah Raskin : Robert Redford ‘Keeps Company’ with the Sixties Underground
‘The Company You Keep’:Robert Redford’s overambitioustake on the Sixties underground He clearly wanted to make an epic about then and now, about Sixties radicals and their kids, and he couldn’t pull it off. By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog … Continue reading
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Tagged Film, Jonah Raskin, new lef, Radicals, Robert Redford, Sixties, The Company You Keep, Weather Underground
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Michael James : Hope Springs Eternal
Comiskey Park, Chicago, 1990. Photo by Michael James from his forthcoming book, Michael Gaylord James’ Pictures from the Long Haul. Pictures from the Long Haul:Hope springs eternal onopening day at Comiskey Park By Michael James | The Rag Blog | … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Baseball, Chicago, Comiskey Park, Memoir, Michael James, Pictures from the Long Haul, White Sox
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Harry Targ : Speaking Truth About Violence
Window into violence: A boy and his bird in Gaza. Image from chemicalcollisions / Tumblr. Towards a just society:Speaking truth about violence Violence engendered by the rich and powerful and responses from the poor and powerless are embedded in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Cultural Violence, Economic Inequality, Harry Targ, Structural Violence, Violence
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Alan Waldman : Brit Crime Series ‘Cracker’ is a Gripping, Off-Beat Winner
Waldman’s film and TVtreasures you may have missed: Former comedy star Robbie Coltrane is outstanding as an obese, alcoholic, degenerate gambler and psychologist who profiles sicko criminals for the Manchester Police. By Alan Waldman | The Rag Blog | April … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Waldman, British Television, Cracker, Criticism, Robbie Coltrane, Vintage Television
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Lamar W. Hankins : ‘Dirty Wars’ and Bush-Obama Foreign Policy
Yemini writer Farea al-Muslimi testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Screen grab from Democracy Now!. Dirty Wars: The terror of Bush-Obama era foreign policy While some Bush policies may have been changed, the Obama administration has found new ways to … Continue reading
Bob Feldman : More African-Americans Enter Texas Politics, Prisons, 1974-1995
Hoe squad from Texas’ Clemens Unit in early 1970s. Photo from Texas Prison Museum. The hidden history of Texas Part 14: 1974-1995/1 — More African-Americans in politics, prison By Bob Feldman | The Rag Blog | April 30, 2013 [This … Continue reading
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