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Robert Jensen : Nature Bats Last
“Celebrating Global Warming.” Art quilt by Laura Wasilowski / PAQA. Nature bats last: Notes on revolution and resistance, revelation and redemption By Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / August 14, 2011 [An edited version of this essay was presented … Continue reading
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Tagged Activism, American Revolution, Climate Change, Ecologe, Nature, Political Philosophy, Robert Jensen, Social Change, Theology
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Nancy Miller Saunders : Jane Fonda and the ‘Home of the Brave’
Jane Fonda at the Oleo Strut GI Coffee House, Killeen, Texas, circa May 1970. Photo by Thorne Dreyer / Space City! Jane Fonda and the ‘home of the brave’ By Nancy Miller Saunders / The Rag Blog / August 11, … Continue reading
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Tagged Actresses, Anti-War GIs, Jane Fonda, Nancy Miller Saunders, Peace Movement, Political Activists, Vietnam, VVAW, Winter Soldiers
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VERSE / Felix Shafer : hey, marilyn
hey, marilyn From august through Black august the drum beat us all black and blue and back again where we live inside shadows with you * Here on the sad fuming planet comes a laughing ghost beloved fugitive our first … Continue reading
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Tagged Felix Shafer, Marilyn Buck, Mario Benedetti, Poetry, Political Activists, Political Prisoners
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hey, marilyn From august through Black augustthe drum beat usall black and blueand back againwhere we liveinside shadowswith you * Here on the sad fuming planet comes a laughing ghostbeloved fugitiveour first anniversary spun from these burning strands our sensitive … Continue reading
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Carl Davidson : Winter of Our Discontent?
Summer of our discontent: Buildings set on fire in Tottenham, a poor neighborhood in north London. Photo from Politicol News. Son of ‘Shock Doctrine’: The approaching winter of our discontent By Carl Davidson / The Rag Blog / August 11, … Continue reading
Harry Targ : Sometimes We Have to Sing
The banks are made of marble: Sometimes we have to sing By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / August 10, 2011 Fred was dating a young woman who gave him the two Weavers Carnegie Hall albums for Chanukah in … Continue reading
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Tagged Folk Music, Harry Targ, Pete Seeger, The Weavers, Woody Guthrie
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Bob Feldman : The Hidden History of Texas
Map of the State of Coahuila and Texas, 1836. Image from the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. The hidden history of Texas Part 1: The pre-1821 years By Bob Feldman / The Rag Blog / August 10, 2011 [This … Continue reading
David P. Hamilton : France is on Vacation
Image from Gem’s World Postcards. Letters from France VII: En vacances payé… Paid vacations and how we live The value placed on time off from work holds leisure, family, and the pursuit of happiness more important than the pursuit of … Continue reading
Nature bats last: Notes on revolution and resistance, revelation and redemption by Robert Jensen [An edited version of this talk was presented to the Veterans for Peace conference in Portland, OR, on August 4, 2011.] My title is ambitious and … Continue reading
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ROTC Resurgent By Jay D. Jurie Carrying an upside-down U.S. flag tacked onto a short wooden pole, a student at the head of a column of anti-Vietnam war students marching onto a University practice field was tackled by several pro-war … Continue reading
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Texas became part of the State of Coahuila and Texas in 1824. Image from the Texas State Library and Archives Commission.Texas’s hidden history:Part 1: The pre-1821 years By Bob Feldman / The Rag Blog / August 9, 2011 [This is … Continue reading
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Tony Platt : Prison Strike at Pelican Bay
Image from Los Angeles Times. The shame of California: Prison strike at Pelican Bay This strike has drawn worldwide attention to the widespread use of torturous practices by the United States against its own citizens. By Tony Platt / The … Continue reading
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Tagged California, Criminal Justice, Incarceration, Pelican Bay Prison, Prison Conditions, Social Action, Tony Platt
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