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Tony Platt : California Dreamin’
The Bloody Island Massacre of 1850 at the north end of Clear Lake, Lake County, California. Art from Manataka American Indian Council. California Dreamin’ California’s public history mostly erases its tragic past, turning profound injustices, such as the genocide of … Continue reading
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Tagged American Indians, California History, Genocide, Native Americans, Tony Platt
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Lamar W. Hankins : The Courts and the Mount Soledad Cross
Church and State: Mount Soledad cross with American flag. Photo from Getty Images / ABC News.Why Christian crosses don’t belongon war and veterans’ memorials Their complaint was that the Christian cross made this a sectarian war memorial with an inherently … Continue reading
Don Swift : Cultural Cognition, Collective Memory, and Tea Party Republicanism
Image from Religion Nerd.Cultural cognition, collective memory, and Tea Party Republicanism The right-wing information machine is very adept at wiring for its followers a collective memory that filters out contradictory information. By Don Swift | The Rag Blog | July … Continue reading
Harry Targ : Universities and Political Conflict
“The Corporate University.” Graphic from Occasional Links & Commentary. Whose interests do they serve? Universities and political conflict Now, in the midst of a deep economic crisis, political and economic elites are lobbying to create new structures of power in higher … Continue reading
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Tagged Academic Freedom, Campuses, Harry Targ, Higher Education, Market Fundamentalism
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RAG BLOG DEBATE / David P. Hamilton and Jay D. Jurie : Electoral Politics and the Left
“Citizens United Carpet Bombing Democracy.” Cartoon by DonkeyHotey / Flickr Commons.A Rag Blog debate:Electoral politics and the left David Hamilton argues that the U.S. federal elections in 2012 don’t merit being the focus of our attention, while Jay Jurie contends … Continue reading
Jim Turpin : The Myth of ‘American Exceptionalism’
Image from The America Issue. Inset image below from Reuters and The American. Let me count the ways: The myth of ‘American Exceptionalism’ By Jim Turpin | The Rag Blog | July 6, 2012 “The position of the Americans is therefore … Continue reading
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Tagged American Exceptionalism, American Society, Imperialism, Jim Turpin, U.S. Military
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RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Cristina Herencia on Indigenous Peoples and Globalization
Peruvian social psychologist Cristina Herencia on Rag Radio, Friday, June 29, 2012. Video by Jeff Zavala of ZGraphix who filmed the show live at the KOOP studios in Austin.Rag Radio:Peruvian social psychologist Cristina Herenciaon indigenous peoples and globalization By Rag … Continue reading
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Tagged Cristina Herencia, Globalization, Indigenous People, Interview, Rag Radio, Thorne Dreyer, United Nations
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Marc Estrin : ‘When in the Course of…’
Image from skiptomylou.A tale of two coursesof human events ‘In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury…’ By Marc Estrin | The … Continue reading
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Tagged American Revolution, Declaration of Independence, Fourth of July, Marc Estrin
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Harry Targ : Revisiting the Cuban Revolution
Havana street scene in 2010. Inset below: school kids in Havana, 2010. Photos by Desmond Boylan / Reuters.Revisiting the Cuban revolution Cuban society has been an experimental laboratory… If one set of policies became problematic, the Cubans moved in different … Continue reading
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Tagged Cuban Revolution, Cuban Society, Harry Targ, Latin America, Socialism
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Jim Hightower : Best Little Chicken Sanctuary in Texas
“Me and my Gal.” Painting of Farm Street chickens in Bastrop by Jo Knoblach Castillo. Inset photo below: Free-ranging Bastrop chickens. Photo by Terry Hagerty / Bastrop Advertiser.The Best Little Chicken Sanctuary in Texas A flock of feral chickens has … Continue reading
