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Houston’s historic ‘Space City!’ to get
new life
’60s-’70s underground paper to be digitized, featured in NJP book. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | December 5, 2019 In 1969, Space City News, a newly minted underground newspaper, hit the streets and newsstands of Houston, Texas. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Embree, New Journalism Project, Sixties Houston, Space City, The Rag, Underground Press
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Street fighting man
The night New York City cops beat me bloody. By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | December 2, 2019 I know your eyes are glued to the circus in D.C. and the slaughter that’s taking place in Afghanistan and … Continue reading
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BOOKS | Love in the twilight of capitalism
The story may be set in Finland, but the plot is universal. By Maxine Phillips | The Rag Blog | September 3, 2019 [Me, Mikko, and Annikki, A Community Love Story in a Finnish City, by Tiitu Takalo, translated by … Continue reading
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Tagged Graphic History, Graphic Novels, Maxine Phillips, Me Mikko and Annikki, Paul Buhle, Rag Bloggers, Tiitu Takalo
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POLITICAL CARTOON | ‘I am the chosen one!’
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A candid portrait of Daniel DeWitt
Thomas, Part 2
The making of the 13th Floor Elevators’ album, ‘Bull of the Woods.’ By Ivan Koop Kuper | The Rag Blog | August 21, 2019 HOUSTON — A third studio album followed the 13th Floor Elevators’ groundbreaking psych classic, Easter Everywhere. … Continue reading
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Tagged 13th Floor Elevators, Danny Thomas, Ivan Koop Kuper, Lightnin' Hopkins, Psychedelic Rock, Rag Bloggers, Texas Music
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Tree planting: A diminishing part of the climate solution
This article looks at what is called nature-based carbon dioxide removal. By Bruce Melton | The Rag Blog | August 20, 2019 While tree planting has long been a substantial nature-based part of the climate pollution challenge, increasingly we are … Continue reading
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Tagged Bruce Melton, Carbon Dioxide Removal, Climate Change, Global Warming, Rag Bloggers
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Paul Krassner: Nun smooching in America
Krassner chronicled his satirical pranks in his self-published magazine, The Realist. By Michael Simmons | The Rag Blog | August 14, 2019 REMEMBERING PAUL KRASSNER Listen to Thorne Dreyer‘s August 9 Rag Radio interview with Michael Simmons, Jonah Raskin, and … Continue reading
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Tagged American Satirists, Deaths, Michael Simmons, Obituaries, Paul Krassner, Rag Bloggers, The Realist
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The 800 pound gorilla of 2020
All of my life, I now think I underestimated racism. By Steve Russell | The Rag Blog | August 5, 2019 Nobody chooses their ethnicity was what I thought as a child from the very first time I was ridiculed … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, American Indians, Racism, Rag Bloggers, Steve Russell, Trump Racism
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A ‘Yippie original’ remembers ‘Realist’ editor Paul Krassner
Paul became what he called an ‘underground abortion referral service.’ By Judy Gumbo Albert | The Rag Blog | August 5, 2019 REMEMBERING PAUL KRASSNER Also read “Paul Krassner, 1932-2019: American satirist” by Jonah Raskin on The Rag Blog. [Paul … Continue reading
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Tagged Abortion Rights, American Satirists, Deaths, Judy Gumbo Albert, Obituary, Paul Krassner, Rag Bloggers
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STORY & VIDEO PODCAST | Asilo, terror, y el futuro #6: Nazis entre nosotros
Basado en casos documentados por Jennifer Harbury… Asylum, Terror, and the Future #6 Nazis among us based on case stories of Jennifer Harbury from Anne Lewis on Vimeo. Por Anne Lewis | The Rag Blog | 4 de Agosto, 2019 … Continue reading
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STORY & VIDEO PODCAST | Asylum, terror, and the future #6: Nazis among us
Based on case stories by Jennifer Harbury… Asylum, Terror, and the Future #6 Nazis among us based on case stories of Jennifer Harbury from Anne Lewis on Vimeo. By Anne Lewis | The Rag Blog | August 4, 2019 Read … Continue reading
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Tagged Anne Lewis, Border Crisis, Immigration, Jennifer Harbury, Podcast, Rag Bloggers, Video
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