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Harry Targ : Robert Gibbs and the ‘Professional Left’
White House press secretary Robert Gibbs slammed the “professional left” for being too critical of Barack Obama. Photo by Carolyn Kaster /AP.Criticizing Obama:A dialectical look at the ‘professional left’ By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / August 14, 2010 … Continue reading
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Tagged Media, Obama Administration, Progressives, Robert Gibbs, The Left
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Ted McLaughlin : Debunking the Immigrant Myths
Sign on fence of ranch on US/Mexico border near Campo, California. Photo by Fred Greaves / Reuters.Fear fuels $600 million border bill:Debunking the myths about immigrants By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / August 14, 2010 On Thursday, the … Continue reading
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Tagged Fear Tactics, Immigration, Mexican Border, Racism, Right Wing, Ted McLaughlin
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An Indian hanging himself in the drunk tank is seldom big news in Indian country. But when Jay Spotted Elk hung himself while facing misdemeanor charges in Sheridan County, Nebraska, his mother decided not to stand for it. And Steve … Continue reading
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Amy Goodman : Climate Change is the Real Deal
This Greenland glacier split in two, sending a 100 sqare mile iceberg floating off into the Arctic Ocean. Image from Mirror, U.K.News at 11:How climate change affects you By Amy Goodman / August 13, 2010 Our daily weather reports, cheerfully … Continue reading
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Tagged Amy Goodman, Climate Change, Copenhagen, Extreme Weather, Global Warming, Greenland, Pakistan, Russia, United Nations
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John Ross : ‘El Jefe Diego’ and ‘The Mysterious Disappearers’
Photo of kidnapped Diego Fernandez de Cevallos, released via Twitter. This is the second version, with the copy of the muckraking newsweekly El Proceso, featuring his face on the cover, apparently photoshopped in.Bicentennial mischief in the making?The mysterious kidnapping of … Continue reading
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Tagged Diego Fernandez de Cevallos, Kidnappings, Mexico, Subcomandante Marcos, Zapatistas
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Clare Bayard : Soldiers Charge Troops Unprepared for Deployment
Troops in Afghanistan: How prepared are they? Photo by Brennan Linsley /AP.Army Weak:Reserve members facing deploymentCharge their company not fit for battle By Clare Bayard / The Rag Blog / August 12, 2010 See ‘A call to action at Fort … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Anti-War GIs, Clare Bayard, Fort Hood, Iraq Occupation, IVAW, PTSD, U.S. Army, U.S. Military
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Roger Baker : Is Marx Still Relevant?
Image from The Great Illuminator.Confessions of a neo-Marxist:Why Marx still matters By Roger Baker / The Rag Blog / August 10, 2010 I suppose I might now call myself a neo-Marxist. This is not to argue that Marx does not … Continue reading
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Tagged Capitalism, Economics, Karl Marx, Marxism, Roger Baker, World History
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VERSE / Alyce Guynn : Minnie Redux
Image from Found Shit. Minnie Redux(after Cab Calloway’s ‘Minnie the Moocher’) I never kicked the gongyet I have longedfor an opiatic oblivionto the world pressing down I find it– that escape–in books, rented BBC seriesthe hat moviesand, at times, in … Continue reading
VERSE / Bobby Nelson : The Wall
Photo by Veruschka (1971) / Playboy / Flatrock. THE WALL We are all masonshighly skilledwithout apprenticeshipa birthright of our culture We lay the bricksunintentionally – without designas we sit in silenceand long for god-driven bulldozers to crush our life’s work Our … Continue reading
Steve Russell : In Memory of Jay Spotted Elk
In memory of Jay Spotted Elk It became possible to prove that Jay Spotted Elk’s last night on earth was not unusual in the history of Sheridan County, Nebraska. By Steve Russell / The Rag Blog / August 9, 2010 … Continue reading
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Tagged American Indians, Civil Rights, Justice, Law, Native Americans, Prisoner Abuse, Steve Russell, Suicide
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Harry Targ : Ethics Charges and the Natural Order of Things
Congresswoman Maxine Waters. Photo from Getty Images.The natural order of things:Ethics and Congresswomen Waters and Harman By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / August 9, 2010 The stories about ethics violations by Congressman Charles Rangel (NY) have been making … Continue reading
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Tagged Congress, Congressional Black Caucus, Ethics, Harry Targ, Maxine Waters, Progressives, Right Wing
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Bob Feldman : Brent Snowcroft and the Roots of the Iraq War
Bush I’s national security advisor Brent Scowcroft. Photo from The Washington Times.‘Liberating Kuwait’ and targeting Saddam:Twenty years of war against Iraq By Bob Feldman / The Rag Blog / August 9, 2010 This August marks the twentieth anniversary of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Feldman, Brent Snowcroft, George H. W. Bush, Iraq War, Kuwait, Saddam Hussein
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