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Haiti Needs More Than Words from the U.S.

Posted on May 3, 2009 by RagBlog

Haitian suburb. See video below. Haiti needs U.S. support for democracyBy Ansel Herz / The Rag Blog / May 1, 2009 Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stood on the floor of a textile factory in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, earlier this month … Continue reading →

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Ron Ridenour Reports on May Day in Cuba

Posted on May 3, 2009 by RagBlog

On May Day Havana is a melting pot of labor solidarity. Photo: Bill Hackwell.May Day 2009 in CubaBy Ron Ridenour / The Rag Blog / May 2, 2009 Seventeen days after the first May Day of the revolution, May 17, … Continue reading →

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Saturday Snapshot: The Worker

Posted on May 2, 2009 by RagBlog

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Foodie Friday: Garlic Time

Posted on May 1, 2009 by RagBlog

Garlic: This bud’s for you.By Janet Gilles / The Rag Blog / May 1, 2009 The new young garlic is coming in now, and now is the time to discover its delicate yet tremendous support for your favorite recipes. Here … Continue reading →

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Dana Cloud : Identifying the Real David Horowitz

Posted on April 30, 2009 by RagBlog

David Horowitz, a prominent neo-conservative writer, activist and founder of the David Horowitz Freedom Center, claims that UC Irvine’s Muslim Student Union supports terrorism against Jews. Photo: Sandra Lee.The McCarthyism That Horowitz Built: The Cases of Margo Ramlal Nankoe, William … Continue reading →

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Honeybees Are Remarkable for Lots of Reasons

Posted on April 30, 2009 by RagBlog

Honey bee nectaring on button willow.Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey, UC Davis Department of Entomology.Let’s Hear It for the BeesBy Leon Kreitzman / April 28, 2009 Gardeners know that plants open and close their flowers at set times during the … Continue reading →

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There Is More Than One Way to Interpret Ahmadinejad

Posted on April 29, 2009 by RagBlog

On Ahmadinejad and Progressive MyopiaBy Nima Shirazi / The Rag Blog / April 29, 2009 Please see links to previous Rag Blog posts on this subject, Below. Whenever Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad makes a public appearance, the airwaves, papers, and … Continue reading →

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Drug Company Gifts to Doctors: Staunching the Flow

Posted on April 29, 2009 by RagBlog

Group Advises Stopping Flow of Gifts to DoctorsBy Gardiner Harris / April 28, 2009 WASHINGTON — In a scolding report, the nation’s most influential medical advisory group said that doctors should stop taking much of the money, gifts and free … Continue reading →

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US Torture: Best al Qaeda Recruiting Tool

Posted on April 28, 2009 by RagBlog

Major Matthew AlexanderTorture? It probably killed more Americans than 9/11By Patrick Cockburn / April 26, 2009 The use of torture by the US has proved so counter-productive that it may have led to the death of as many US soldiers … Continue reading →

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The Republican Strategy Going Forward

Posted on April 27, 2009 by RagBlog

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Ewwwww !! Tea-Baggin’ Parties

Posted on April 26, 2009 by RagBlog

Source / Daily Kos Thanks to Keith Joseph / The Rag Blog

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American War Crime: The Case of John Walker Lindh

Posted on April 26, 2009 by RagBlog

A Victim of War Crimes Perpetrated by His Fellow Americans: Free John Walker Lindh!By Dave Lindorff / April 24, 2009 Enough is enough. It’s time to free John Walker Lindh, poster boy for George Bush’s, Dick Cheney’s and John Ashcroft’s … Continue reading →

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