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Life During Wartime : Our Enduring Commitment
Political cartoon by Joshua Brown / Historians Against the War / The Rag BlogThe Rag Blog
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Buck Benefit a Big Success! By Mariann G. Wizard / The Rag Blog / June 30, 2010 AUSTIN — A community-wide benefit for former Austinite and long-time political prisoner Marilyn Buck, on Friday, June 25, was a success on all … Continue reading
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Formula None By Stefan Wray / The Rag Blog / June 30, 2010 AUSTIN — If I told you I hated fast cars, I’d be making a liar out of myself. Powerful engines and high speeds give nearly everyone an … Continue reading
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Marc Estrin : The Genius of Jean Baudrillard
THE GENIUS OF JEAN BAUDRILLARD By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / June 29, 2010 [This is the first of three parts.] My last week’s posting on The Rag Blog, Tea for Two, led to several inquiries concerning the … Continue reading
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Tagged Jean Baudrillard, Karl Marx, Marc Estrin, Philosophy, Postmodernism
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Dave Zirin : Why I Root for Argentina
No one can predict his devilish tricks: Argentina coach Diego Maradona. Photo by Ammar / AP.The beautiful game:Why I root for ArgentinaBy Dave Zirin / June 28, 2010 Before the start of the World Cup, I broadcast my rooting interest … Continue reading
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Vision of a Better World : Let the Poets Speak
Meridel Le Sueur. Photo from Working Women.Class, race, empire, and resistance:The vision of the poetBy Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / June 28, 2010 Oil Spills as the Gulf of Mexico is Destroyed Judge with BP Stock Rules Against … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Harry Targ, Left, Literature, Poetry, Poets, Radical Arts, Social Change
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The Republicans had a party in Dallas — kicked off with a keynote speech by leading thinker Rep. Michele Bachmann — and produced a document for the (middle) ages. Political correspondent Ted McLaughlin details lowlights of the Texas GOP’s amazingly … Continue reading
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Bob Feldman : A People’s History of Afghanistan /12
Soviet troops leaving Afghanistan, 1988. Photo by Mikhail Evstafiev / Wikimedia Commons.Part 12: 1987-1992A People’s History of Afghanistan By Bob Feldman / The Rag Blog / June 21, 2010 [If you’re a Rag Blog reader who wonders how the Pentagon … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Bob Feldman, Mikhail Gorbachev, Opium, South Asia, Soviet Union, World History
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John Ross : An Uprising of Bones in Mexico
Tlatecuhtli, Aztec goddess of the earth, a fierce frog-like creature. The monumental 12-ton slab was discovered during an excavation beneath a popular Mexico City cantina. Photo from Noticias Azatlan Virtual.An uprising of bones:Macabre marks past and present in Mexico By … Continue reading
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Tagged Archeology, Drug War, Mexican History, Mexican Revolution, Mexico City, Narcoguerra
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Payoff Time in the Gulf : Hitting the Petro Jackpot
Everyone loses:Hitting the Petro-Jackpot The gulf is carpeted with long wide dark and slimy rainbow slivers and miles of weathered henna colored crude oil mousse… By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog / June 26, 2010 GULFPORT, Mississippi — Winds, … Continue reading
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Tagged British Petroleum, Environment, Gulf Coast, Larry Ray, miss, Oil Spill, Rag Radio
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Robert Jensen : Emotional Reactions to Collapse
Anguish. Image from Fixing My Life.The anguish of the age: Emotional reactions to collapse By Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / June 26, 2010 We live amidst multiple crises — economic and political, cultural and ecological — that pose … Continue reading
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Tagged Activism, Global Crisis, Psychology, Robert Jensen, Social Change
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Roger Baker : Bad News and The Wall of Denial
Breaking down the wall. Photo from Andrew Alexander / Flickr.Shock therapy:Breaking down the wall of denial By Roger Baker / The Rag Blog / June 27, 2010 I think that dramatic experiences like the oil spill, or some other bad … Continue reading →