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Greg Moses : Saad Nabeel, the Sophomore Who Isn’t
Saad Nabeel: An education interrupted.The sophomore who isn’t:How Saad Nabeel’s freshman year got ICE’d By Greg Moses / The Rag Blog / September 29, 2010 See Saad Nabeel video, Below. [See Greg Moses’ earlier articles about Saad Nabeel on The … Continue reading
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Tagged Bangladesh, Campuses, Greg Moses, Immigration, Saad Nabeel
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James McEnteer : Feeling Trapped?
Traffic jam in China. Photo from MSN.Feeling trapped?Miner problems, major paralysis We may not be hung up in a Chilean copper mine or a Chinese traffic jam, but we’re stuck just the same in our own intractable dilemmas… By James … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Beijing, China, James McEnteer, U.S. Foreign Policy
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Carl Davidson : Mondragon Diaries III: Visions of the Future
Otalora: This old blockhouse fortress now houses a worker-owned credit union. Image from Udalatx / Flickr.Mondragon Diaries, Day ThreeVisions of the future, ties to the past:Tools for shaping organization for tomorrowBy Carl Davidson / The Rag Blog / September 27, … Continue reading
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Tagged Basque Country, Carl Davidson, Cooperative Movement, Europe, Labor, Socialism, Spain, Workers Cooperatives
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FILM / Danny Schechter : Stone’s ‘Wall Street’ Sequel Goes Soft
Journalist, author, Emmy winning television producer, and independent filmmaker Danny Schechter will be Thorne Dreyer‘s guest on Rag Radio on KOOP 91.7 FM in Austin, Tuesday, September 28, 2-3 p.m. (CST). To stream Rag Radio live, go here. To listen … Continue reading
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Tagged Banking, Corporate Corruption, Danny Schechter, Film, Financial Crisis, Oliver Stone, Wall Street
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Harvey Wasserman : ‘Pebble Bed’ Nuke Bites the Dust
The “Pebble Bed” design. Graphic from Anthonares.No go for ‘Pebble Bed’ nukes:South Africa ditches much-hyped technology By Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / September 27, 2010 As the “reactor renaissance” desperately demands new billions from a lame duck Congress, … Continue reading
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Tagged Energy, Harvey Wasserman, Nuclear Power, South Africa, Technology
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Hugh O’Shaughnessy: Former Guerrilla Rousseff Set to Lead Brazil
Dilma Rousseff: Brazil’s next president? Photo from Menas Associates.Brazil’s Dilma Rousseff:Former guerrilla in line to beworld’s most powerful woman By Hugh O’Shaughnessy / September 16, 2010 See ‘Female representation: A woman’s place… is in the government,’ Below. The world’s most … Continue reading
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Tagged Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, Hugh O'Shaughnessy, Latin America, Leftists, Revolutionary Movements, Socialism, Women
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Val Liveoak : Conscience in Colombia
Cartoon from galeriegothik.Alejo just says ‘No’:Conscientious objection in Colombia By Val Liveoak / The Rag Blog / September 26, 2010 BOGOTA, Colombia — I had lunch this week with Alejo, I can say his name without worrying that he’ll be … Continue reading
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Tagged Colombia, Concientious Objection, Peace Movement, Val Liveoak, War Resisters
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Ted McLaughlin : Equal Rights? Don’t Ask, Don’t Think
Ignorance is bliss. Image from Rosemblumtv.Equal rights in America:The legacy of the Fourteenth Amendment A misguided and wrong-headed Dred Scott-type decision by the Supreme Court could set [gay rights] back by many years… By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog … Continue reading
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Tagged Equal Rights, Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, GLBT Rights, Supreme Court, Ted McLaughlin, Women
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Conscientious Objection in Colombia By Val Liveoak I had lunch this week with Alejo, I can say his name without worrying that he’ll be moved up higher on a target list because he, and the group he works with, the … Continue reading
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OPPOSING EQUAL RIGHTS IN AMERICA By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / September 25, 2010 The fight for equal treatment for all Americans by their government has been a long and hard-fought battle, and it still has not been … Continue reading
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Roger Baker, The Rag Blog’s resident economist and peak oil expert speculates that we may be facing a similar global peak in world food production. He analyses global food production trends, which are moving in the wrong direction — and … Continue reading
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Ross continues his remarkable reporting from Mexico City (“El Monstruo”) with the revelation that the next Mexican Revolution may already be upon us. “Don’t look now,” he says, “but the long-awaited resurgence of the Mexican Revolution has already begun.” There … Continue reading
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