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Marc Estrin : Unholy Ground
UNHOLY GROUND By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / September 11, 2010 Here it is 9/11 again, and the world is all caught up in a debate on whether our “attackers” are being “insensitive” in demanding a presence at … Continue reading
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Tagged 9/11, Conspiracy Theories, Fiction, Ground Zero, Marc Estrin
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Battle of Algiers:White vigilantes and the police in Katrina’s aftermath By scott crow / The Rag Blog / September 8, 2010 “…within the war we are all waging with the forces of death, subtle and otherwise, conscious or not – … Continue reading
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BOOKS / Alex Knight : Max Rameau’s ‘Take Back the Land’
Take Back the Land:Give root to democracy By Alex Knight / The Rag Blog / September 8, 2010 Take Back the Land: Land, Gentrification and the Umoja Village Shantytown, by Max Rameau (Nia Press, 2008); Paperback, 134 pp.; $12.95. I … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Knight, Books, Community Organizing, Direct Action, Gentrification, Homeless, Housing
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John Ross : Mexico’s Buy-Centennial ‘Grito’
Mexico’s Bicentennial: Miguel Hidalgo with the banner of the Virgen de Guadalupe.Can a new revolution be far behind?The countdown to Mexico’s Buy-Centennial ‘Viva Mexico! Let’s go kill some Gachupines!’ By John Ross / The Rag Blog / September 8, 2010 … Continue reading
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Tagged Ceremony, Felipe Calderon, John Ross, Mexican Bicentennial, Mexican History, Mexican Revolution, Mexico
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Battle of Algiers: white vigilantes and the police in Katrina’s aftermath By scott crow / The Rag Blog / September 8, 2010 “…within the war we are all waging with the forces of death, subtle and otherwise, conscious or not … Continue reading
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David Corn : Republican Bob Inglis Blasts Tea Party’s Paranoia
Photo from Bossier (Louisiana) Tea Party demonstration. Image from Craig Considine.Tea Party takeover of the GOP:Republican Rep. Bob Inglis takes onRacism, paranoia, ignorance of the far right By David Corn / September 7, 2010 It was the middle of a … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Inglis, David Corn, Racism, Republican Party, Right Wing Extremists, South Carolina, Tea Baggers
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Glenn W. Smith : Attacks on Voting Rights in Houston
The top photo is the captured still from a video (see it here) put out by True the Vote that alleges “Democrats” manipulate elections. Digital Dupes then reported that it appeared that some of True the Vote’s evidence might be … Continue reading
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Tagged Dirty Tricks, Electoral politics, Glenn W. Smith, Houston, Republican Party, Right Wing, Voter Suppression
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Rabbi Arthur Waskow : Five Steps to Burning Books
“On Sunday evening, members of the Harvest Assembly of God Church in Penn Township sing songs as they burn books, videos and CDs that they have judged offensive to their God,” Butler Eagle, March 26, 2001. Photo from American Library … Continue reading
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Tagged 9/11, Anti-Semitism, Book Burning, Islam, Quran, Rabbi Arthur Waskow, World History, Xenophobia
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David Bacon : Life in an Immigrant Labor Camp
Immigrant workers at labor camp in northern California. Photos by David Bacon / The Rag Blog. Journalist and long-time labor organizer David Bacon will be Thorne Dreyer‘s guest on Rag Radio on KOOP 91.7 FM in Austin, Tuesday, September 7, … Continue reading
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Tagged California, David Bacon, Farmworkers, Immigration, Labor, Mexico
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Marc Estrin : What’s a Jew to Do?
Photo from the USHMM / National Archives / About.com.What’s a Jew to do (with you)… By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / September 4, 2010 …you, in this case, being the arch-conservative Catholic composer, Anton Bruckner, next to Wagner, … Continue reading
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Tagged Adolf Hitler, Classical Music, Composers, Fiction, Judaism, Marc Estrin
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