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Oil and Politics: Reality Comes Home to Roost
Photo montage by Larry Ray / The Rag Blog.Deregulate this!Oil, politics, and the Tea Party I must ask the tea-bag draped folks who insist our government should take a hands-off approach to ‘their lives’ what their reaction is to the … Continue reading
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Tagged British Petroleum, Deepwater Horizon, Environment, Government Regulation, Gulf Coast, Larry Ray, Oil Spill, Tea Baggers
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SPORT / John Ross : World Cup as Bread and Circus
Bread and Circus: Circus Maximus in Rome, which seated 200,000, was the site for massive spectacle designed to keep the masses distracted. Image from Santa Barbara County Education.Copa del Mundo de 2010:The world’s cup runneth over Ever since the bad … Continue reading
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Tagged Entertainment, John Ross, Mexico, Soccer, Social Control, South Africa, Sports, World Cup
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SPORT / World Cup in South Africa : ‘Neoliberal Trojan Horse’?
Thousands of residents from the township of Oukasie, 60 miles north of Johannesburg are marching [on March 21, 2010]… to bring attention to the plight of impoverished areas of the country… They argue it is wrong for the government to … Continue reading
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Tagged African National Congress, Dave Zirin, Poverty, Social Protest, South Africa, Sports, World Cup
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Audience members listen to a translation through headphones as U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at Cairo University on June 4. Radio Free Europe. Saturday, June 5, 2010CONNECTING THE DOTS: THEORY AND HISTORYHarry Targ The Bewildering Array of Crises The magnitude … Continue reading
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Lefty John Ross, a former New York beatnik, has taken on a daunting task with his new history of Mexico City. Nobody has successfully told the story of this monster of a metropolis in one volume, but John effort is … Continue reading
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Roger Baker on Austin’s Economy : Big Picture Not So Pretty?
Austin: as pretty as a picture. But what about the economy? Image from Nerd Fighters.Filling in the big picture:Wither Austin’s economy? By Roger Baker / The Rag Blog / June 9, 2010 The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) just released … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Austin Economy, Economic Recovery, Economics, Jobs, Roger Baker, Texas
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BOOKS / ‘El Monstruo : Dread and Redemption in Mexico City’
El Monstruo:John Ross’ history of MexicoA must read for Texans The problem with any informed accounting of Mexico is that its historical figures, like assassins, are often deadly, swift, and seemingly mad. By Dick J. Reavis / The Rag Blog … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Dick J. Reavis, History, John Ross, Mexican History, Mexico City
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David P. Hamilton : Where’s Our Sense of History?
Rocamadour, a historic village in the Dordogne region of France. Photo from Les Bau-Tremblay en voyage website.A sense of history:We don’t have it. France does. By David P. Hamilton / The Rag Blog / June 9, 2010 “Living in France … Continue reading
Harvey Wasserman: Apocalypse Now : Nukes Next?
Steam plumes rise from cooling tower at Fermi2 Nuclear Power Plant on the shore Lake Erie. Photo by Alexander Cohn / Bay City Times.Will nukes be next?Apocalypse (in the Gulf) Now By Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / June … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternative Energy, Energy Policy, Environment, Gulf Coast, Harvey Wasserman, Nuclear Power, Oil Spill
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Bob Feldman : A People’s History of Afghanistan / 9
This photo allegedly shows President Jimmy Carter’s National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski with Tim Osman (later known as Osama bin Laden), during training with the Pakistan Army, 1981. Brzenzinski and President Carter worked covertly for regime change within Afghanistan. Photo … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Bob Feldman, CIA, Jimmy Carter, South Asia, World History, Zbigniew Brzezinski
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Rabbi Arthur Waskow : Gaza Flotilla as Exodus ’47 Revisited
SS Exodus 1947 after British takever. Banner says “HAGANAH Ship EXODUS 1947.” Image from Wikimedia Commons.Is the Gaza flotilla story‘Exodus ’47’ with roles reversed? By Rabbi Arthur Waskow / The Rag Blog / June 8, 2010 See ‘Kill a Turk … Continue reading
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Tagged Exodus, Gaza, Israel, Middle East, Palestine, Peace Movement, Rabbi Arthur Waskow, Social Protest, Tel Aviv, Turkey, Uri Avnery
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