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FILM / Vanessa Carlisle : Berman’s Doc Explores the Two Halves of Hefner
Thank you, Hefner…We’ll take it from here. By Vanessa Carlisle / The Rag Blog / October 14, 2010 Brigitte Berman’s new documentary, Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist, and Rebel, deserves attention. Read this great interview at Collider.com for more background on … Continue reading
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Tagged Documentary Film, Feminism, Film, Hugh Hefner, Magazines, Playboy, Sexual Politics, Vanessa Carlisle, Women's Movement
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Roger Baker : Fed’s $2 Trillion Won’t Buy Much
Cartoon from Black Commentator.Time to reboot?Fed’s big bucks may be drops in bucket By Roger Baker / The Rag Blog / October 14, 2010 As is often the case, Bloomberg tells it like it is, although a little interpretation is … Continue reading
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Tagged Banking, Economics, Federal Reserve, Financial Crisis, Roger Baker
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Diana Claitor : Why We Need To Protect Texas Inmates
Texas Jail Project protests at Taylor County Jail in 2008. Image from Abilene Reporter-News. Texas Jail Project director Diana Claitor will be Thorne Dreyer‘s guest on Rag Radio on KOOP 91.7 FM in Austin, Tuesday, October 19, 2-3 p.m. (CST). … Continue reading
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Tagged Criminal Justice Reform, Diana Claitor, Prison Conditions, Texas
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SPORT / Dave Zirin : Why the NFL is Thinking Pink
In the pink: Brett Favre. Image from Full Issue.Brett Favre beware:The NFL is thinking pink By Dave Zirin / October 13, 2010 You may have noticed an abundance of pink on the fields of the National Football League this month. … Continue reading
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Tagged Brett Favre, Cancer, Dave Zirin, Football, Marketing, Sexism, Sports, Women
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Judy Gumbo Albert : The More Things Change…
L-R: Stew Albert, Attorney William Kunstler, and Judy Gumbo Albert, December 14, 1975. Photo from Wide World Photos.Adventures with the FBI:The more things change… By Judy Gumbo Albert / The Rag Blog / October 13, 2010 Last week a story … Continue reading
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Tagged FBI, Judy Gumbo Albert, Sixties, Stew Albert, Surveillance, William Kunstler, Yippies
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Danny Schechter : The Burden that Haunts Obama
Cartoon from BlackCommentator. Listen to Thorne Dreyer‘s Sept. 28 interview with journalist and filmmaker Danny Schechter on Rag Radio here. To find all shows on the Rag Radio archives, go here. Financial crisis continues to take its toll:The burden that … Continue reading
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Tagged 2010 Elections, Danny Schechter, Economy, Financial Crisis, Obama Administration
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FORECLOSE THIS: THERE’S MORE THAN ROBO SIGNATURES TO BLAME FOR THE ONGOING FORECLOSURE SCANDAL By Danny Schechter / The Rag Blog / October 12, 2010 The other day, during an interview on Al Jazeera, I was asked if I was … Continue reading
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BOOKS / Jonah Raskin : The Psychedelic Revolutionaries
The psychedelic revolutionaries…‘White Hand Society:The Psychedelic Partnership of Timothy Leary & Allen Ginsberg’ By Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / October 12, 2010 [White Hand Society: The Psychedelic Partnership of Timothy Leary & Allen Ginsberg, by Peter Conners (City … Continue reading
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Tagged Allen Ginsberg, Books, Drugs, Jonah Raskin, LSD, Poets, Psychedelics, Timothy Leary, Weather Underground
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Ted McLaughlin : Our Fear of the ‘S’ Word
Graphic from gapingvoid.Do the American people like socialismas long as we don’t call it that? By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / October 11, 2010 There is little doubt that for most Americans, “socialist” would be about the worst … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Economics, Public Opinion, Socialism, Sweden, Ted McLaughlin
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1. I’ve seen your name cited as being one of the original Rag founders and contributors — can you recall any specific details leading up to the decision to start the paper? Did you write for The Daily Texan beforehand? … Continue reading
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Marc Estrin : Holocaust Thinking in America III: In the Here and Now
Creeping fascism in America. Graphic from LA Progressive.Holocaust thinking in America III:In the here and now By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / October 11, 2010 [Part three of three. To read the entire series, go here.] The end … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, American Society, Fascism, Holocaust, Marc Estrin, Nazi Germany, Stanley Milgram, World History
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