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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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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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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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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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BOOKS / Ron Jacobs : Paul Atwood’s ‘War and Empire’
Paul Atwood’s War and Empire The book details the nation’s progression from a bunch of European colonizers to an international syndicate stealing resources and labor and replacing them with U.S. corporate products and empty culture. By Ron Jacobs | The … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, American Society, Books, Imperialism, Militarism, Pentagon, Ron Jacobs, U.S. Foreign Policy
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Jay D. Jurie : Gotham and the Real World
Aurora, Colorado:Gotham and the real world Particularly when the economy is in decline and the political environment is in disarray, these suburbs lend themselves to what Thoreau called ‘lives of quiet desperation.’ By Jay D. Jurie | The Rag Blog … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Aurora Shootings, Gun Laws, Jay D. Jurie, Sociology, Suburbs, Urban Culture, Violence
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Jack A. Smith : What’s Really Happening in Syria?
Free Syrian Army fighter near Idlib, Syria. Photo by Khalil Hamra / AP.What’s really happening in Syria? The principal Obama Administration target in this complex affair is Iran, not Syria. The Syrian government must fall because it is Iran’s main … Continue reading
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Tagged Imperialism, Iran, Jack A. Smith, Middle East, Syria, U.S. Foreign Policy
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RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Jim Turpin on the Myth of ‘American Exceptionalism’
Jim Turpin, center, with Rag Radio’s Tracey Schulz, left, and Thorne Dreyer in the KOOP studios, Austin, Texas, July 13, 2012.Rag Radio interview:Peace activist Jim Turpinon the myth of ‘American exceptionalism’ By Rag Radio / The Rag Blog / July … Continue reading
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John Perkins : Occupy the Dam
Three hundred indigenous people, small farmers, fisherfolk, and local residents occupied the Belo Monte Dam project at the Xingu River, Brazil, on June 15, 2012 Photo by Atossa Soltani / Amazon Watch / Spectral Q. Go here for photo essay. … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, Brazil, Direct Action, Ecology, Indigenous People, John Perkins, Occupy Movement, Rainforest
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Don Swift : Paranoid Politics and the Legitimacy Crisis
Graphic from Framing the Dialogue. Inset images below from NeoRepublica and Pushed to the Left.Paranoid politics:How the legitimacy crisis helps the Republicans The growing lack of confidence in government and democracy occurred most with white, blue-collar people. The extent to … Continue reading
