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VIDEO / Jeff Zavala and Thorne Dreyer : Anarchist Organizer and Author Scott Crow on Rag Radio
Anarchist, community organizer, and author Scott Crow on Rag Radio Video by Jeff Zavala / Interview by Thorne Dreyer / The Rag Blog / August 24, 2011 Scott Crow, an Austin-based anarchist, community organizer, political activist, and writer, was Thorne … Continue reading
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Tagged Anarchism, Authors, Common Ground, Community Organizing, Jeff Zavala, Katrina, Rag Radio, scott crow, Thorne Dreyer
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Bob Feldman : Hidden History: Slavery in ‘Coahuila y Tejas’
Mexico in 1825, including the state of Coahuila y Tejas. Image from Wikimedia Commons. The hidden history of Texas Part 3: The 1827-1836 years under Mexican rule By Bob Feldman / The Rag Blog / August 24, 2011 [This is … Continue reading
Texas’s Hidden History Revisited—Part 3: The 1827-1836 Years Under Mexican Rule (section 1) The hidden history of Texas Part 3: The 1827-1836 Years Under Mexican Rule By Bob Feldman / The Rag Blog / August 16, 2011 [This is the … Continue reading
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Carl Davidson : Time to Get Serious About Full Employment
WPA image via Keep on Keepin’ On Time to get serious about full employment: We need a jobs program that doesn’t tinker around the edges By Carl Davidson / The Rag Blog / August 24, 2011 The Rag Blog will … Continue reading
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Tagged Carl Davidson, Economy, Jobs, New Deal, Obama Administration, WPA
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The Rag Blog Presents : Carl Davidson on Mondragon and Workers’ Cooperatives
CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE The Rag Blog, Rag Radio, and the New Journalism ProjectPresent Noted Writer and Political Activist Carl Davidson:‘Mondragon and the Workers’ Cooperative Movement’A Multi-Media Presentation Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011, 7-10 p.m.At 5604 Manor Community Center,5604 Manor … Continue reading
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Tagged Carl Davidson, Mondragon, New Journalism Project, Rag Radio, The Rag Blog, Workers Cooperatives
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Lamar W. Hankins : Tax Cuts and Republican Hypocrisy
At the trough. Image from Florida Pundit. Republican tax cut hypocrisy knows no bounds The average current tax cut on millionaires insisted on by the Republicans and agreed to by President Obama amounts to $200,000 each for 2011 and 2012. … Continue reading
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Tagged Capitalism, Economy, Finance, Lamar W. Hankins, Republican Party, Taxation
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Ted McLaughlin : The ‘Free Market’ Myth and the Suicide of Capitalism
Political cartoon by Carol Simpson / Cartoon Work. The ‘free market’ myth and the suicide of the capitalist system In a capitalist society such as ours the wealth will be redistributed to the richest people unless there are some regulations … Continue reading
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Tagged Capitalism, Concentration of Wealth, Economics, Free Market, Free Trade, Government Regulation, Ted McLaughlin
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In case you missed them. These pictures of Rick Perry as an Aggie cadet and as a Texas A&M student, decked out in lettered cardigan (with Reveille at his feet), are absolutely priceless.
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Sarito Carol Neiman provides some valuable perspective on Rick Perry and his “Texas Miracle.” One gem: a New York Times columnist in 2003 reported that one manufacturer — notorious for its Dickensian record on workers safety — said they’d only … Continue reading
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Attorney Raznikov, who was involved in the Free Speech Movement at Berkeley in 1964, remembers how the news reporting distorted the events in which he participated. He then looks at the recent London “riots” and, in examining their underlying causes, … Continue reading
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Richard Raznikov : From Berkeley to London, a Word From Our Sponsors
The Free Speech Movement at the University of California at Berkeley, 1964. Image from the New SDS Website. From 60’s Berkeley to the London ‘riots’: A word from our sponsors Whoever controls the media controls the story the public sees … Continue reading
