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Ted McLaughlin : Fingering Corruption in Afghanistan
President Hamid Karzai votes: Supposedly indelible ink used to mark voters’ fingers in the Afghanistan election to prevent fraud may have been easily washed off. Photo by Reuters.Ink hardly dry on electoral farce:American opinion and the Afghan fiascoBy Ted McLaughlin … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Corruption, Foreign Policy, Imperialism, Public Opinion, Ted McLaughlin
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Marc Estrin: Don’t Tase Me, Bro…
Killer Klowns. Image from Out of the Grave.Don’t Tase me, bro… By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / September 18, 2010 Another Taser-related death this past week, this time, not of an ancient great-grandmother in a wheelchair, but of … Continue reading
Anarchist organizer scott crow — one of the founders of New Orleans’ Common Ground Collective — tells a remarkable and very personal tale of post-Katrina desperation, racism, and white vigilante violence. Adapted for The Rag Blog from a draft of … Continue reading
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scott crow : White Vigilantes and the Battle of Algiers
One of numerous looter signs posted by white vigilantes in the small Algiers Point Neighborhood after Hurricane Katrina.Battle of Algiers:White vigilantes and the policein Katrina’s aftermath By scott crow / The Rag Blog / September 8, 2010 “…within the war … Continue reading
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Tagged Common Ground, Community Organizing, Katrina, New Orleans, Racism, Robert King, scott crow, Vigilante Justice
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Harry Targ : Time for Progressives to ‘Get on the Bus’
Organize: The handwriting’s on the wall.Social justice and the fall elections:Mobilizing the progressive movementBy Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / September 16, 2010 “Get on the Bus.” That was the conclusion 16 activists from Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky came … Continue reading
Marcy Winograd : We Need a Green New Deal
Image from Conservation Value Notes.It’s time to retool our economy:The United States needs a Green New Deal What if our engineers, now building weapons, could build solar cities instead? By Marcy Winograd / September 15, 2010 My talented young cousin … Continue reading
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Tagged Ecology, Economic Recovery, Green Jobs, Marcy Winograd, New Deal, War Economy
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Thomas McKelvey Cleaver : Belize Looking Pretty Good
New best friend? Belize’s national bird, the Keel Billed Toucan. Image from LocoGringo.com.If the Tea Party wins:Belize looking better and better By Thomas McKelvey Cleaver / The Rag Blog / September 15, 2010 With the results of the primary elections … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 Elections, Belize, Fascism, Nazi Germany, Right Wing Extremists, Tea Party, Thomas Cleaver
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Dahr Jamail : Strong Evidence BP Is Spraying Toxic Dispersants
Dispersant remnant, June 26, 2010. Photo by Shirley Tillman / Truthout.Evidence mounts:BP spraying toxic dispersants The Tillmans and thousands of other fishermen and residents along the Gulf of Mexico are deeply concerned about local, state, and federal government complicity in … Continue reading
Bill Freeland : More Evolution at Ten
Rag Blog graphic by Bill Freeland. See Bill’s video version here.Verified by a second source: Image courtesy of Richard Jehn / The Rag Blog.The Rag Blog / Posted September 15, 2010
Evidence Mounts of BP Spraying Toxic Dispersants By Dahr Jamail / September 15, 2010 [The following dispatch from journalist Dahr Jamail, whose work has frequently appeared on The Rag Blog, was distributed by Truthout.] Shirley and Don Tillman, residents of … Continue reading
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Sherman DeBrosse : Tea Baggers, Nativism, and the Fall Elections
Cartoon from the book Heroes of the Fiery Cross (1928) by nativist Branford Clarke that opposed immigration and promoted the Ku Klux Klan. Image from Wikimedia Commons.An open letter to E.J. Dionneconcerning Tea Baggers, nativism,and the possibility of reasoned discussion… … Continue reading
