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Rabbi Arthur Waskow : Burn Their Books, Mayor Bloomberg
People’s Library at Occupy Wall Street. Photo by David Shankbone / Flickr. NYPD apparently destroys ‘American cultural history’ More than 5,000 books in the Occupy Wall Street library were reportedly thrown away when police moved in to remove protesters from … Continue reading
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Tagged Michael Bloomberg, New York, Occupy Austin, Occupy Wall Street, Rabbi Arthur Waskow
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Moon Musings: Waning Crescent Moon(November 19 – 22, 2011) By Kate Braun / The Rag Blog / November 15, 2011 The waning crescent moon is a good moon phase to use to tie up loose ends and to consolidate experiences … Continue reading
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Susan Van Haitsma : Anti-War GI’s March in Killeen Vets Day Parade
Representatives of IVAW and Under the Hood Cafe marched in the Killeen Veterans Day Parade. Photo by Susan Van Haitsma / The Rag Blog.The burdens of war:Anti-war GI’s on Veterans Day By Susan Van Haitsma / The Rag Blog / … Continue reading
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Tagged Anti-War GIs, Anti-War Vets, Ft. Hood, IVAW, Susan Van Haitsma, Under the Hood
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Thorne Dreyer’s guests on Rag Radio Friday, Nov. 4, 2011, were Ole Jorgen Hammeken — an indigenous Greenlandic Inuit polar explorer, social worker, and actor — and French filmmaker Marc Buriot, who was executive producer of the award-winning film, Inuk, … Continue reading
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SPORT / Dave Zirin : The World Joe Paterno Made
Penn State fans. Image from The Big Lead.Fan culture, rape culture,and the world Joe Paterno made The pain might run deeply in Happy Valley but the cancer runs deeper. By Dave Zirin / The Rag Blog / November 14, 2011 … Continue reading
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Tagged Dave Zirin, Football, Joe Paterno, Penn State, Sexual Abuse, Sports
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Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman : Post-Buckeye Election Protection?
Political cartoon by Steve Bell / About.com.Can we transform labor’s Buckeye victoryinto a new era of election protection? By Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / November 14, 2011 The crushing defeat Ohio’s working people dealt 1% … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Fitrakis, Election Fraud, Election Theft, Free Elections, Harvey Wasserman
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Can we transform labor’s Buckeye victoryinto a new era of election protection? By Bob Fitrakis & Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / November 14, 2011 The crushing defeat Ohio’s working people dealt 1% politicians last week has critical implications … Continue reading
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Ellen LaConte : When Too Big to Fail is Too Big Not To
“Blick auf den Planeten Erde” by Heikenwaelder Hugo, Austria / Wikimedia Commons.When too big to failis too big not to Where bailout theory comes a cropper, no matter who’s doing or who’s receiving the bailout, is when it ignores the … Continue reading
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Tagged Ecology, Economic Crisis, Ellen LaConte, Sustainability, World Economy
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Paul Beckett : Naked ALEC and the Right Wing Conspiracy
Graphics from the Center for Media and Democracy.ALEC Naked:More news from the ‘vastright wing conspiracy’ By Paul Beckett / The Rag Blog / November 10, 2011 MADISON, Wisconsin — It’s all we needed! Another dimension of the “vast right-wing conspiracy” … Continue reading
Josefina Castillo and Judith Rosenberg : Women and Fair Trade
The Women and Fair Trade festival. Image from the group’s website.Sustaining indigenous traditions:The Women and Fair Trade Festival The people want fair markets, not ‘free trade.’ By Josefina Castillo and Judith Rosenberg / The Rag Blog / November 10, 2011 … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin Tan Cerca, Fair Trade, Free Trade, Indigenous People, Josefina Castillo, Judith Rosenberg, Women
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