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Larry Ray : Democrats ‘On a Wing and a Prayer’
Battered Monarch Butterfly resting in Texas on trip home. Photos from Larry Ray / The Rag Blog.Getting it on:Monarchs have a tough lessonfor flighty Democrats By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog / November 16, 2010 These photos were taken … Continue reading
Alex Knight : Zombie-Marxism II: What Marx Got Right
Writ in stone? Image from RalphMag.Zombie-Marxism II:What Marx got right Why Marxism has failed, andwhy Zombie-Marxism cannot die (Or, ‘My rocky relationship with Grampa Karl’) By Alex Knight / The Rag Blog / November 16, 2010 This is the second … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Knight, Communism, Economics, Marxism, Political Philosophy, World History
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Marc Estrin : GWOT Love
Dedication ceremony for the Vermont Global War on Terror Memorial on Veterans Day, 2010, at the Vermont Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Randolph Center, Vt. Photo by Alison Redlich / AP.GWOT LOVE By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / November … Continue reading
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Tagged Marc Estrin, Peace Movement, Public Art, U.S. Military, Vermont, War on Terror
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BOOKS / Gary Chason : Glenn Jones’ Novel is Paranoiac Psychedelic Memoir
A dark psychedelic flashback:‘Why Are We in Texas?’ By Gary Chason / The Rag Blog / November 15, 2010 [Why Are We in Texas? A novella by Glenn Jones (Lulu.com, 2010); Softcover; 93 pp.; $14. Also available as an electronic … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Books, Counterculture, Gary Chason, Psychedelia, Sixties, The Rag, Underground Press, University of Texas
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Zombie-Marxism Part 2: What Marx Got Right Why Marxism Has Failed, and Why Zombie-Marxism Cannot DieOr My Rocky Relationship with Grampa Karl by Alex Knight, This is part of an essay critiquing the philosophy of Karl Marx for its relevance … Continue reading
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Alice Embree : Making the War Personal at Under the Hood
Under the Hood GI Coffeehouse, Killeen, Texas. Photo from Under the Hood photostream / Flickr.We can’t give you anything…Making the war personal By Alice Embree / The Rag Blog / November 14, 2010 We can’t give you anything but war, … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Embree, Anti-War GIs, Austin, Fort Hood, Military, Peace Movement, Social Action, Under the Hood
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Joan Wile : Afghan Kids and U.S. Grannies Unite for Peace
The Afghan Youth Peace Volunteers in Bamiyam Province. Photo from Joan Wile / The Rag Blog.Afghan kids to U.S. grannies:‘Tell your government to stopbombing and killing our people’ By Joan Wile / The Rag Blog / November 12, 2010 A … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Grandmothers Against the War, Joan Wile, Peace Movement
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Danny Schechter : Time to Jail the Banksters
Parade of the banksters. Cartoon by Jim Conte.Time to act:A campaign to jail the financial fraudsters By Danny Schechter / The Rag Blog / November 11, 2010 “I’ll have the Chateau Mouton-Rothschild from 1982,” a Wall Street investment banker recently … Continue reading
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Tagged Bank Bailouts, Corporate Corruption, Criminal Justice, Danny Schechter, Social Action, Wall Street
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Harry Targ : The 2010 Elections and the Battle of Ideas
Image from UCAN.Assessing the 2010 elections:Towards building a progressive majority First, we need to communicate the basic proposition that the free marketers’ ideas do not make sense. By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / November 11, 2010 “Well, the … Continue reading
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Tagged 2010 Elections, Capitalism, Economics, Free Market, Harry Targ, Political Philosophy, Progressives, Rag Blog
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Ted McLaughlin : U.S. Leads World in Incarceration Rate
Chart shows skyrocketing rate of incarceration in U.S. as of 2006. CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE We’re number one!U.S. is off charts in rate of incarceration By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / November 11, 2010 The citizens of … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Criminal Justice, Drug War, Incarceration, Prisons, Ted McLaughlin, The World
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Jordan Flaherty : New Orleans Jail Struggle Could Shape City’s Future
Image of Orleans Parish Prison from BBC documentary, Prisoners of Katrina.New Orleans:The nation’s incarceration capital Struggle over the size of New Orleans’ jail could define the city’s future. By Jordan Flaherty / The Rag Blog / November 11, 2010 NEW … Continue reading
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Tagged Criminal Justice, Incarceration, Jordan Flaherty, Katrina, New Orleans, Prisons, Social Action
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In his analysis of the 2010 midterms, Hankins tells us that “to draw grandiose conclusions about ‘demands of the American people’ is unsupported by reality and is typical spin-doctoring by Tea Party Republicans and their fellow travelers.” He details how … Continue reading
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