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BOOKS / Doug Ireland : Iconic Artist Grant Wood Was Man of Many Closets
A man of many closets:New biography of Grant Woodopens all the doors By Doug Ireland / The Rag Blog / October 27, 2010 [Grant Wood: A Life by R. Tripp Evans (Knopf, 2010); Hardcover, 401 pp, $37.50.] Grant Wood’s “American … Continue reading
Jim Turpin : Military Suicides, PTSD at All-Time High
Under the Hood Café near Ft. Hood in Killeen Texas is a place where active duty GIs and veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan can discuss the debilitating effects of war. Photo from Under the Hood / Flickr.Texas’ Fort Hood sets … Continue reading
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Tagged Anti-War GIs, Fort Hood, Jim Turpin, Mental Health, PTSD, Suicide, U.S. Military, Under the Hood
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BOOKS / Sidney Brammer : Remembering Joe Watson
Shelf at Austin’s 12th Street Books, home to the late Joe Watson’s personal book collection.‘Not all of me will die’:Remembering Joe Watson The survival of small, independent bookshops owes much to the thinking, reading public who buy and cherish books, … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Billy Lee Brammer, Book Collecting, Booksellers, Sidney Brammer
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Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman : Rove Served for Election Theft
Danse Macabre: MC Karl Rove, choreographer of election theft. Photo from AP.Facing the nation:Karl Rove deposed for election fraud By Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / October 26, 2010 Election woes got you down? Imagine the … Continue reading
David Bacon : California’s Perfect Storm
Students and teachers march in Oakland, California,to protest the termination of adult education programs. Photo by David Bacon.Fighting to save public education:California’s perfect storm Across California, new alliances of teachers, students, state workers, communities of color, and working-class communities in … Continue reading
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Tagged California, Campuses, David Bacon, Education, Public Schools, Social Action
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Marc Estrin : Happy Birthday, World
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, WORLD By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / October 25, 2010 “I’m depressed.” A most common comment. Depressed about what? The answers are various: our dangerous, deaf, moronic leadership, the ongoing wars, religious strife, public and private … Continue reading
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Tagged Marc Estrin, Religion, Theology, Western Culture, World History
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VERSE / Eric Gordon : The One-Leaflet Theory of Revolution
Graphic from Ben Cumming / Flickr. The One-Leaflet Theory of RevolutionO God, O Muse, O Creative Spirit,O shades of Revolution from generations gone,I chasten my heart and bend my knee to implore you,Send down,to one so tired of working and … Continue reading
Danny Schechter : The ‘Fraudclosure’ Backstory
Illustration by Matt Mahurin / The Washington Independent.U.S. workers in need of rescue:Report from the epicenter of ‘fraudclosures’ It’s dark as a dungeon way down in the mine… By Danny Schechter / The Rag Blog / October 25, 2010 WEST … Continue reading
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Tagged Banking, Bankruptcy, Corporate Corruption, Danny Schechter, Economic Crisis, Finance
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Ansel Herz : Cholera Spreads in Haiti
Above, MINUSTAH soldier points his gun at former Austin activist/independent journalist Ansel Herz in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on October 15, 2010, at a demonstration against the renewal of MINUSTAH, the UN peackeeping mission. Photo from Gaentantguevara / Flickr. For more about … Continue reading
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Tagged Ansel Herz, Caribbean, Contagious Disease, Earthquake, Haiti, Medicine, Natural Disasters, Poverty, United Nations
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Lamar W. Hankins : Obama Not Legally Bound to Appeal DADT Ruling
A member of the military who was fired because of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, at a press conference on Capitol Hill May 3, 2010. Photo from Newscom.There is no legal reason to appealruling on Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Clearly, the … Continue reading
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Tagged Constitutional Law, DADT, Federal Courts, Gay Rights, Homophobia, Justice Department, Lamar W. Hankins, LGBT, Obama Administration, U.S. Military
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David Holmes Morris : Violent Repression in the Dominican Republic
Policemen stand guard in Capotillo, the Dominican Republic. Photo from Reuters.Dominican National Police:A tradition of violent repression By David Holmes Morris / The Rag Blog / October 21, 2010 Despite national and international outcry, the Dominican National Police is continuing … Continue reading
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Tagged Caribbean, David Holmes Morris, Dominican Republic, Police Repression, Student Activism
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Harry Targ : History is Complicated
Arlo Guthrie and Pete Seeger. Image from Last.fm.What progressives need to know:History is complicated Though it’s darkest before the dawnThese thoughts keep us moving on… By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / October 20, 2010 I became a radical … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Arlo Guthrie, Harry Targ, New Left, Pete Seeger, Progressive Movement
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