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Rick Ayers : Oakland’s Festival of Hope
The historic Grand Lake Theater in Oakland shut its doors to join the General Strike. Image from ThinkProgress.A festival of hope:Oakland General Strike By Rick Ayers / The Rag Blog / November 7, 2011 [Rick Ayers shares with Rag Blog … Continue reading
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Robert Jensen : Occupy ‘Demands’: Energy, Economics, Ecology
Image from humanbannersf.com. CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE. Occupy demands:Let’s radicalize our analysis ofempire, economics, ecology Rallying around a common concern about economic injustice is a beginning; understanding the structures and institutions of illegitimate authority is the next step. By … Continue reading
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Tagged Capitalism, Ecology, Economics, Occupy Austin, Occupy Wall Street, Political Analysis, Robert Jensen, Sustainability
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Dr. Stephen R. Keister : I Cry for my Country
I cry for my country:The state of health care in America “Laissez-faire, supply-and-demand, — one begins to be weary of all of that. Leave all to egotism, to ravenous greed of money, of pleasure, of applause; — it is the … Continue reading
Judy Gumbo Albert : Past Seeds the Present at Oakland General Strike
Judy Gumbo Albert: Past seeds the present.General Strike in Oakland:The past seeds the present By Judy Gumbo Albert / The Rag Blog / November 3, 2011 OAKLAND — I felt very much at home at Occupy Oakland’s General Strike yesterday … Continue reading
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Rag Radio : Singer/Songwriter and Community Activist Charlie Faye
Austin singer/songwriter Charlie Faye with Rag Radio host Thorne Dreyer at the KOOP studios in Austin, Texas, Friday, Oct. 28, 2011. Photo by Tracey Schulz / Rag Radio.Singer/songwriter and community activist Charlie Fayeon Rag Radio with Thorne Dreyer. Listen to … Continue reading
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Bill Meacham : Simone de Beauvoir: A Philosophy of Liberation
Simone de Beauvoir. Image from Cultural and Critical Theory Library.Simone de Beauvoir:A philosophy of liberation Exercising our own freedom requires that others be free. By Bill Meacham / The Rag Blog / November 3, 2011 I was pleased recently to … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Meacham, Existentialism, Free Will, Human Freedom, Philosophy, Simone de Beauvoir
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Danny Goldberg : Don’t Diss the Drum Circles
Drummer at Occupy Wall Street in Philadelphia. Image from PhillyNow.Don’t diss the drum circles:Why hippie culture is stillimportant to our protests By Danny Goldberg / AlterNet / November 2, 2011 Progressives and mainstream Democratic pundits disagree with each other about … Continue reading
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Tagged Drum Circles, Hippies, New Left, Occupy Wall Street, Sixties, Spirituality
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Wayne Grytting : Gandhi Meets Monty Python
We are all Guy Fawkes. Occupiers in Zuccotti Park in New York turn protest into theater. Photo by Andrew Burton / AP.Gandhi meets Monty Python:The comedic turn in nonviolent tactics By Wayne Grytting / Waging Nonviolence / November 1, 2011 … Continue reading
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Tagged Nonviolence, Occupy Wall Street, Social Protest, Street Theater
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southyrolean / flickr M. Python: And now for something completely different. Wall Street zombie. Image from IBTimes.Gandhi meets Monty Python:The comedic turn in nonviolent tactics By Wayne Grytting / Waging Nonviolence / November 1, 2011 On October 3rd, protesters at … Continue reading
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Beyond the Causal Veilby Bill Meacham Quantum indeterminacy operates inside your brain. What does that say about the nature of human will and decision-making?(1) We’ve taken a look at the world of quantum physics before, but a little recap is … Continue reading
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Gandhi meets Monty Python:The comedic turn in nonviolent tactics By Wayne Grytting / Waging Nonviolence / November 1, 2011 On October 3rd, protesters at Occupy Wall Street failed to march. Instead they clumsily lurched. With white painted faces, glazed looks … Continue reading
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Larry Ray : Cellular Civil Rights in Mississippi?
Graphic by Larry Ray / The Rag Blog.Civil rights for diploid cells?Legal ‘personhood’ in Mississippi The draconian redefinition of abortion and commonly used methods of contraception as murder would do away with a woman’s right to make her own decisions … Continue reading
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Tagged Abortion Rights, Birth Control, Larry Ray, Mississippi, Right Wing Politics
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