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Travis Waldron : Texas Republican Platform: Whoa Doggies!
Texas Republicans. Image from Republican Liberty Caucus.The five craziest policies inTexas Republicans’ 2012 platform The Texas GOP supports ‘repeal of the Sixteenth Amendment,’ which instituted a national income tax, and instead favors a wildly regressive national sales tax that would … Continue reading
BOOKS / Ron Jacobs : ‘The People’s Pension’ and the War Against Social Security
‘The People’s Pension’:The war against social security The opponents of this program are not interested in saving money, a fairer distribution of benefits, or helping the elderly. They are serving an ideological agenda of social Darwinism. By Ron Jacobs | … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Conservative Politics, Privatization, Ron Jacobs, Ronald Reagan, Social Programs, Social Security
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Harry Targ : Mitch Daniels, Educator!
All decked out: Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels models his new Purdue leather jacket after being named the school’s next president in West Lafayette, Indiana., Thursday, June 21, 2012. Photo by Michael Conroy / AP.Purdue names Mitch Daniels president: The crisis … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Campuses, Harry Targ, Higher Education, Indiana, Mitch Daniels, Purdue
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David Hamilton : In France, Socialists Rule!
Supporters of French Socialist Party react after the announcement of the results of the first round of the French parliamentary elections. Photo by Fred Dufour / AFP / Getty Images.French election wrap:Socialists rule! Internationally, the main significance of the Socialist … Continue reading
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Tagged David P. Hamilton, European Politics, European Union, France, Francois Hollande, Leftists, Socialistm
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INTERVIEW / Jonah Raskin : Mariann Wizard’s Odyssey
Above, Mariann Wizard at Threadgills, Austin, Texas, 2012. Photo by Gloria Badilla-Hill. Inset below: Mariann with former cable television commissioners, Jack Hopper and Tommy Wyatt, at ribbon-cutting ceremony to launch Austin’s public access TV. Mariann was the chair of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin History, George Vizard, Interview, Jonah Raskin, Lee Otis Johnson, Leftists, Mariann G. Wizard, Marilyn Buck, The Rag, The Rag Blog
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Betsy Leondar-Wright : Class and the Political Moment
Protester in Olympia, WA, February 16, 2010. Image from the Washington State Wire.Five well-known leftists, five strong opinions:What’s needed at this political moment? I was struck by how openly they disagreed [and] by how passionate all five of them are … Continue reading
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Tagged Betsy Leondar-Wright, Class Struggle, Classism, Leftists, Social Change
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RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Mark Blumenthal on Herbal and Alternative Medicine
American Botanical Council director Mark Blumenthal in the studios of KOOP-FM in Austin, Texas, Friday, June 15, 2012. Photo by Thorne Dreyer / The Rag Blog. Inset photo below by Tracey Schulz / Rag Radio.Rag Radio:Botanical Council’s Mark Blumenthal discusses … Continue reading
James McEnteer : Julian Assange, Come on Over
Stencil of Julian Assange from Bold Legume.Insane Asylum?From Center Stage to Middle Earth Is Julian Assange crazy to want to go to Ecuador, of all the obscure places on this globe? By James McEnteer / The Rag Blog / June … Continue reading
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Tagged Ecuador, James McEnteer, Julian Assange, Political Asylum, WikiLeaks
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Travis Waldron : Adidas and the ‘Shackle Shoe’
What was Adidas thinkingwith its Shackle Shoes? It’s hard to imagine a shoe company coming up with a worse idea than this. By Travis Waldron / ThinkProgress / June 20, 2012 Adidas is notorious for pushing the envelope in sports … Continue reading
BOOKS / Jonah Raskin : Medea Benjamin on ‘Killing by Remote Control’
Killing by Remote Control:Medea Benjamin’s ‘Drone Warfare‘ By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | June 20, 2012 “The drones were terrifying… the buzz of a distant propeller was a constant reminder of imminent death.” — Journalist David Rohde [Drone … Continue reading
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Tagged Aerial Drones, Books, Drone Technology, Jonah Raskin, Medea Benjamin, Military, U.S. Foreign Policy
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Lamar W. Hankins : Suppressing Democracy 101
Graphic from Other Means.Today’s Republicans findnew ways to suppress democracy By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | June 19, 2012 Registering the poor to vote ‘is like handing out burglary tools to criminals.’ — Conservative columnist Matthew Vadum … Continue reading
Marilyn Katz : West Bank Diaries
Shuttered Palestinian shops along Shashuda Street in Hebron, West Bank. Photo by Marilyn Katz.The separation is total:West Bank Diaries More than anything it appears that these fences are cages, locking people in, restricting their movement, and ultimately making them prisoners … Continue reading
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Tagged Israel, Jordan, Marilyn Katz, Middle East, Palestinian Occupation, West Bank
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