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Richard Flacks : Beyond Barack Obama
Barack Obama. Image from Portlandart.Beyond Barack Obama Lefty focusing on the president and his shortcomings distracts us from the work we need to do. By Richard Flacks / In These Times / February 2, 2011 The growing progressive drumbeat about … Continue reading
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Tagged Obama Presidency, Progressive Movement, Richard Flacks, Social Activism, The Left
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Ted McLaughlin : CBO Says Republican Policies Will Increase Debt, Deficit
Matt Yglesias refers to politicians who use deficits for short-term political gains (like Republicans whose tax cuts for the rich added $4 trillion to the deficit), as “deficit peacocks.” Illustration by Mario Piperni from mariopiperni.com.CBO projections:Republican economic policieswill expand debt, … Continue reading
Harry Tarq : Revisionist History and the ‘Great Presidency’ of Ronald Reagan
Center stage: Ronald Reagan on the set at the General Electric Theater, 1954-62. Photo from Wikimedia Commons.Ronald Reagan and revisionist history The Reagan era brought us depression, war, and mass murder in the Global South. By Harry Targ / The … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Harry Targ, Revisionist History, Ronald Reagan
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Mike Giglio : Egypt’s Facebook Rebel
Photo by Peter Macdiarmid / AP.Egypt’s Facebook rebel:Organizing the historic protests By Mike Giglio / The Daily Beast / January 31, 2011 In Egypt, a Facebook page administrator known only by the handle El Shaheeed, or Martyr, is one of … Continue reading
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Tagged Direct Action, Egypt, El Shaheeed, Facebook, Middle East, Political Organizing, Social Action, Social Media, Social Networking
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Thomas McKelvey Cleaver : We Reap What We Sow in Middle East
Gamal Abdel Nasser. Photo from ziomania.Nasser, Egypt, and the Middle East:We reap what we sow By Thomas McKelvey Cleaver / The Rag Blog / January 31, 2011 Perhaps now might be a good time to realize that what is going … Continue reading
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Tagged Egypt, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Middle East, Mohammed Mossadegh, Thomas Cleaver, U.S. Foreign Policy, World History
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The Bangles : Walk Like an Egyptian
Thanks to Tom Keough / The Rag Blog
Margarita Alarcón : All Roads Lead to Posada
Luis Posada Carriles. Photo by Delio Requeral / Cubaencuentro.Life as a diplomat’s daughter:All roads lead to Posada By Margarita Alarcón / The Rag Blog / January 27, 2010 The thing that made my life growing up in the U.S. quite … Continue reading
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Tagged CIA, Cuba, Cubana Flight 455, Luis Posada Carriles, Margarita Alarcón, Terrorism
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SPORT / Dave Zirin : Those Nonprofit Packers
NFL owner? Image from Green Bay Packer Nation.The team without an owner:Those nonprofit Packers It’s a beautiful story but it’s one that the N.F.L. and Commissioner Roger Goodell take great pains to hide. By Dave Zirin / The Rag Blog … Continue reading
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Tagged Dave Zirin, Football, Green Bay Packers, NFL, Sports, Super Bowl
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Felix Shafer : Mourning for Marilyn Buck, Part II
Mourning for activist, poet, and political prisoner Marilyn Buck, shown at three stages of her life.The blue afterwards:Mourning for Marilyn, Part II By Felix Shafer / The Rag Blog / January 13, 2011 Part two of three [On December 13, … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Liberation Movement, Black Panthers, COINTELPRO, Felix Shafer, Marilyn Buck, Poets, Political Activists, Political Prisoners, SDS, Sixties
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