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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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Bruce Goldberg : Carl Oglesby Occupies Heaven
Carl Oglesby. Photo by Jennifer Fels / AP / The Guardian.Occupy Heaven:The Memorial for Carl Oglesby By Bruce Goldberg / The Rag Blog / November 10, 2011 Born of a working class family in Akron, Ohio, Carl Oglesby grew to … Continue reading
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Tagged Activists, Bruce Goldberg, Carl Oglesby, Deaths, New Left, SDS, Sixties
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Rag Radio : Greenlandic Inuit Explorer/Actor Ole Jørgen Hammeken and Filmmaker Marc Buriot
Ole Jørgen Hammeken (above) at an Oct. 27, 2011, taping of Rag Radio at the KOOP studios in Austin. (The show was aired Nov. 4, 2011.) Inset below is filmmaker Marc Buriot. Photos by Michelle Manteris / The Rag Blog.Inuit … Continue reading
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Tagged Explorers, Filmmakers, Greenland, Indigenous People, Interview, Inuit, Inuk, Marc Buriot, Ole Jørgen Hammeken, Rag Radio, Thorne Dreyer
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Robert Jensen : Angus Wright and the ‘Fire Next Time’
Angus Wright. Screen grab from Vimeo.The fire next time is now:Environmental historian Angus Wright’scall for a planetary patriotism By Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / November 9, 2011 Angus Wright has a way of saying things we may not … Continue reading
Harry Targ : Building a New Society
Paul Goodman. Image from Zeitgeist Films / Sam Falk for The New York Times.Moving the vision forward:Building a new society Although the times are so different from the 1960s, perhaps the vision of community that animated our thinking then may … Continue reading
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Tagged Anarchism, Harry Targ, New Left, Paul Goodman, Port Huron Statement, SDS, Sixties, Social Change
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The fire next time is now: Environmental historian Angus Wright’s call for a planetary patriotism By Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / November 8, 2011 Angus Wright has a way of saying things we may not want to hear … Continue reading
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Mike Ludwig : Thousands Circle White House to Protest Pipeline
Young protesters marched through the streets of Washington, DC, carrying an inflatable “pipeline” as long as a city block. Photo by Mike Ludwig / Truthout.The pressure is on:Thousands encircle White House,tell Obama to reject Keystone pipeline By Mike Ludwig / … Continue reading
Joan Wile : Granny Votes ‘Yea’ on ‘Wall Street’ Youth
General Assembly at Occupy Wall Street in New York. Photos by Caroline Schiff / Flickr.A ‘granny-report’ from Occupy Wall Street:Discouraged about today’s youth?Fuggeddaboudit!!! I left the meeting with a singing heart. I absolutely believe these marvelous young justice-seekers will change … Continue reading
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Tagged Democracy, Joan Wile, New York City, Occupy Wall Street, Social Action, Youth
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Lamar W. Hankins : The Urgent Business of Promoting Religion
Writ in stone. Image from Addicting Info.‘Substantive and meaningful’:Congressional Republicans attend tothe urgent business of promoting religion By Lamar W. Hankins / The Rag Blog / November 8, 2011 Republican House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia recently declared that … Continue reading
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Tagged Congress, First Amendment, Lamar W. Hankins, Separation of Church and State
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‘Substantive and meaningful’:Congressional Republicans and theurgent business of promoting religion By Lamar W. Hankins / The Rag Blog / November 7, 2011 Republican House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia recently declared that he would work to prevent votes on … Continue reading
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Ted McLaughlin : It’s High Time to Cut our Military Budget
Chart from Global Issues.Last of the big spenders:It’s time to make drastic cutsto our military budget By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / November 7, 2011 I was struck yesterday by a headline over at New York Times on … Continue reading
