Author Archives: RagBlog

Venezuela’s Co-Managed Inveval: Surviving in a Sea of CapitalismBy: Kiraz Janicke – Venezuelanalysis.comFriday, Jul 27, 2007 Venezuela´s Bolivarian Revolution and in particular its experiments with workers co-management and in some instances workers control, is at the cutting edge of the … Continue reading →

Nine-eleven? Beirut? Bali? Not exactly …. We Are All Living on Planet Hiroshimaby Mark T. Harris, August 07, 2007 When the first atomic bomb fell on Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945, two-year-old Sadako Sasaki was at home with her family. … Continue reading →

Iraq Is About to Become a Lot WorseBy Chris Hedges, Truthdig. Posted August 7, 2007. The sad truth about Iraq in the near future is that it will get much, much worse, whether American troops stay or leave. The war … Continue reading →

Thai officials hope Hello Kitty can shame errant cops BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) — Thai police officers who break rules will be forced to wear hot pink armbands featuring “Hello Kitty,” the Japanese icon of cute, as a mark of shame, … Continue reading →

Bush Isn’t Spying on al Qaeda … He’s Spying on YouBy Robert Parry, Consortium News. Posted August 4, 2007. The extraordinary secrecy surrounding the spying operations revealed in Alberto Gonzales’ Senate testimony is not aimed at al-Qaeda, but at the … Continue reading →

An Immoral PhilosophyBy Paul KrugmanThe New York Times, Posted August 1, 2007. What kind of philosophy says that it’s O.K. to subsidize insurance companies, but not to provide health care to children? When a child is enrolled in the State … Continue reading →

Under an I-35 Bridge with Saint Benezet: Safe Passage for Willie NelsonBy GREG MOSES, August 6, 2007 Friday evening around sundown I found Saint Benezet passing through Austin. He was standing on Lady Bird Lake checking out the I-35 bridge, … Continue reading →

Someday, I want someone to explain to me how electing a brain-dead president resulted in the entire federal government becoming incompetent mental midgets. US loses track of weapons in IraqBy David Morgan in WashingtonAugust 06, 2007 02:53pm THE Pentagon cannot … Continue reading →

Sicko Spurs Audiences Into ActionBy Josh Tyler: 2007-07-01 17:15:27 Long time readers of this site no doubt know that I live in Texas. As everyone knows there’s no more conservative state in the Union than here. And I don’t just … Continue reading →

A Week in the Death of IraqBy Dr. Mohammed 08/05/07 “Washington Post” — — -When will I die? That’s the question circling in my head when I awake on Wednesday. I’m sweating, as usual. My muscles ache from another long … Continue reading →

The Other Warby Cindy SheehanAugust 05, 2007, CommonDreams.org I was sitting behind the stage at Union Square the other day when a young woman with a cameraman in tow approached me and asked me if she could ask me a … Continue reading →