Thorne Webb Dreyer, Editor
RECENT POSTS
Author Archives: Thorne Dreyer
David Van Os : The Homeland Battlefield Bill
Image from Chocolate City.The Homeland Battlefield Bill With the stroke of Obama’s pen, the United States military has become a domestic law enforcement authority and American citizens on American soil are subject to the loss of every fundamental right to … Continue reading
Posted in Rag Bloggers
Tagged Civil Liberties, Constitutional Rights, David Van Os, Due Process, Military Law, NDAA
2 Comments
Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman : Defending Democracy Against Stolen Elections
In a landmark report, the NAACP directly takes on the new Jim Crow tactics passed in 14 states. Image from NAACP.org.Has America’s stolen election process finally hit prime time? By Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman | The Rag Blog | … Continue reading
Posted in Rag Bloggers
Tagged Bob Fitrakis, Election Fraud, Election Theft, Free Elections, Harvey Wasserman, NAACP, Voter Suppression, Voting Machines
2 Comments
Bruce Melton : Welcome to Climate Change in Texas
Tree Kill in Central Texas, drought of 2011. Photo by Bruce Melton / The Rag Blog.Drought and wildfires:Welcome to climate change in Texas By Bruce Melton / The Rag Blog / December 29, 2011 Environmental researcher and climate change activist … Continue reading
Posted in Rag Bloggers
Tagged Bruce Melton, Climate Change, Drought, Global Warming, Texas Wildfires
6 Comments
Rebecca Solnit : Occupy Your Heart
Occupy your heart:Compassion is our new currency Occupy arrived and, as if swept by some strange pandemic, a contagious virus of truth-telling, everyone was suddenly obliged to call things by their real names and talk about actual problems. By Rebecca … Continue reading
Vote Obama – if you want a centrist Republican for US president Because Barack Obama has adopted so many core Republican beliefs, the US opposition race is a shambles By Glenn Greenwald / The Guardian / December 28, 2011 American … Continue reading
Posted in RagBlog
Leave a comment
Bob Feldman : Reconstruction in Texas/2
African-Americans voting in 1867. Image from the Texas Liberal.The hidden history of Texas Part VII: Reconstruction in Texas, 1865-1876/2 By Bob Feldman / The Rag Blog / December 26, 2011 [This is the second section of Part 7 of Bob … Continue reading
Posted in Rag Bloggers
Tagged African-American, Bob Feldman, Reconstruction, Texas History
Leave a comment
Lamar W. Hankins : What Have We Learned From the Iraq War?
President Obama shown speaking to troops at Fort Bragg, N.C. Photo by Gerry Broome / AP.Lessons we should have learned from the Iraq War After all the phony reasons for war in Iraq were found wanting, Bush and his neoconservative … Continue reading
Posted in Rag Bloggers
Tagged George W. Bush, Imperialism, Iraq War, Lamar W. Hankins, Military, U.S. Foreign Policy
1 Comment
Ulysses : The Hip Hop Revolution of the Arab Spring
El Général performing at the first meeting of Tunisia’s main PDP opposition party on Jan. 29, 2011 in Tunis. Photo by Fethi Belaid / AFP / Getty.The hip hop revolutionof the Arab Spring By Ulysses / openDemocracy / December 28, … Continue reading
Posted in RagBlog
Tagged Arab Spring, Arabic Hip Hop, Middle East, Music Video, Rappers, Revolutionary Movements
1 Comment
CARTOON / Charlie Loving : Rick Perry on Foreign Oil!
Political cartoon by Charlie Loving / The Rag Blog.The Rag Blog
Posted in Rag Bloggers
Tagged Charlie Loving, Political Cartoon, Rick Perry, Tar Sands Pipeline
2 Comments
Harry Targ : Korea and the U.S. Policy of Perpetual War
“War Street,” by Sue Coe / Revista Amauta.Let’s be frank:The United States has beenin perpetual war With the onset of the Korean War, the politics of fear converged with the politics of empire. By Harry Targ | The Rag Blog … Continue reading
Posted in Rag Bloggers
Tagged American History, Harry Targ, Imperialism, Kim Jong Il, Korean War, North Korea, U.S. Foreign Policy
Leave a comment
As the troops return from Iraq, Rev. Jim Rigby, human rights activist and pastor of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Austin, Texas, reflects on the Christmas message and a “reframed” Christmas story that he wrote for a local newspaper during … Continue reading
