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Jack A. Smith : Israel and Palestine After the Flotilla / 4
The two wild cards. Iran’s Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani shown with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in 2009. Photo by Amir Kholoosi / ISNA.Part 4: Two wild cards, Turkey and IranIsrael and Palestine after the Flotilla By Jack A. … Continue reading
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Tagged Freedom Flotilla, Iran, Israel, Jack A. Smith, Middle East, Palestinian Occupation, Turkey
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Harvey Wasserman : Why Stewart Brand is Wrong on Nukes
Image from Greenopolis.Reinventing the Brand:Whole Earth icon isDead wrong on nukesBy Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / July 25, 2010 Stewart Brand has become a poster boy for a “nuclear renaissance” that has just suffered a quiet but stunning … Continue reading
Marc Estrin : Hingepoint of History
65 years and counting:Hingepoint of history By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / July 24, 2010 As I write, we are one week past the 65th anniversary of what may be the most important date in the history of … Continue reading
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Larry Ray : Hitting the Pause Button
From the land of the ‘oil geezer’:America’s round-the-clock ‘churnalism’ By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog / July 21, 2010 GULFPORT, Mississippi — This column has been on pause for almost a month. The disgust and distraction from smelly, greasy … Continue reading
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Tagged Deepwater Horizon, Gulf Coast, Journalism, Larry Ray, Media, Mississippi, Oil Spill
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Chris Hedges : The Attack of the Future Eaters
Image from AppleBazaar.Calling all future-eaters:Time is not on our side By Chris Hedges / July 21, 2010 The human species during its brief time on Earth has exhibited a remarkable capacity to kill itself off. The Cro-Magnons dispatched the gentler … Continue reading
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Tagged Capitalism, Chris Hedges, Climate Change, Corporate Abuse, Ecology, Future, Global Warming, Greed, Rag Blog
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Cold War Redux : Dissident, Criminal, Contractor, Spy
Image from Today’s Financial Times.Cold war redux:What’s in a name… Dissident, political prisoner, contractor, spy, criminal? All depends: Which side are you on? By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / July 21, 2010 Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called … Continue reading
John Ross : Oaxaca : Killer Governor Blown Away
Oaxaca Governor Ulises Ruiz Ortiz (depicted above) was blown away in the recent Mexican elections by left-right candidate Gabino Cue. Cartoon from NNDB.Victor Gabino Cue a question mark:Killer Governor blown away in Oaxacan election The unlikely new governor Gabino Cue, … Continue reading
Baudrillard 3 : Breakaway and Inertia
Image by alexkess / RedBubble.BAUDRILLARD 3: Breakaway and inertia By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / July 20, 2010 [This is the last of a three part series on the philosopher and social critic Jean Baudrillard, who died three … Continue reading
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Tagged Jean Baudrillard, Marc Estrin, Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Postmodernism
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VERSE / Mariann G. Wizard : The Real Dragon (for Marilyn Buck)
People who come out of prison can build up the country.Misfortune is a test of people’s fidelity.Those who protest at injustice are people of true merit.When the prison-doors are opened, the real dragon will fly out. — Ho Chi Minh, … Continue reading
