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Warrior-Poet Marilyn Buck : No Wall Too Tall
In prison but clearly in bloom. Marilyn Buck at Dublin FCI, 1994. Photo by Mariann G. Wizard / The Rag Blog.Supporters call for release:Free Austin’s Marilyn Buck! For her acts of selfless courage on behalf of victims of American criminal … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Black Liberation Movement, Criminal Justice, Mariann G. Wizard, Marilyn Buck, Poets, Political Prisoners, Sixties, The Rag
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Underground in H-Town : A Rich History of Alternative Media
Museum of Printing History: Saluting Houston’s alternative media. By shane patrick boyle | The Rag Blog | May 19, 2010 HOUSTON — Houston has a problem, a memory problem. This is particularly true when it comes to the history of … Continue reading
Roger Baker : The Economic Side Effects of Peak Oil
Image from Urban Sprout.Resource economics:It’s not just about peak oil anymore By Roger Baker / The Rag Blog / May 17, 2010 Anyone broadly devoted to the study of resource economics and peak oil sooner or later has to break … Continue reading
is a journalist, a community organizer, an editor of Left Turn Magazine, and a staffer with the Louisiana Justice Institute. He was the first writer to bring the story of the Jena Six to a national audience, and audiences around … Continue reading
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Noted adventure and travel writer Miller, researching a book on Cervantes, visits Madrid for “El Dia del LIbro,” where the “Lectura Continuada” takes place. Tom joins in this marathon reading of the thousand-page “Don Quixote,” the world’s best-loved and most … Continue reading
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Arizona’s Crackers : ‘Illegal is Not a Race’
Image from Reform America.Arizona’s Crackers:Jim Crow is alive and well Maintaining a whip hand, southern politicians once calculated, was the best way to defend white power. The same calculation drives contemporary Arizona politics. By Char Miller / The Rag Blog … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona, Char Miller, Education, Immigration, Latinos, Racial Profiling, Racism, White Supremacists
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Bob Feldman : A People’s History of Afghanistan / 6
Afghan Prime Minister Mohammad Hashim Maiwandwal meets with President Lyndon Johnson in Washington, March 28, 1967. Photo by Francis Miller / Life.Part 6: 1953-1967A People’s History of Afghanistan By Bob Feldman / The Rag Blog / May 16, 2010 [If … Continue reading
Sorcerer’s Apprentice : Tipping Points and Paradigm Shifts
Conducting the planets:Tipping points and paradigm shifts By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / May 16, 2010 We’ve all become tutored in the past years about “tipping points”: the warming of the ocean releasing more CO2 into the atmosphere, … Continue reading
Creative Engagement : How About a Public Option for Jobs?
Capitalism knows best? How about creating some jobs. Image from Beyond TV.Answering economic atrophy:A public option for jobsBy Greg Moses / The Rag Blog / May 16, 2010 Creative destruction is one way to say it. In order for capitalism … Continue reading
Budd Saunders : Barack Obama and the Hog:Corn Ratio
Hog:corn ratio. These handsome creatures were headed to market due to high corn prices. Photo by Mark Steil / Minnesota Public Radio.No jake brakes:The Palin shriek, and the hog:corn ratio By Budd Saunders / The Rag Blog / May 16, … Continue reading
WAR AGAINST THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT: The Bombing of Judi Bari On the 24 of May, twenty years ago sensationalist headlines across the country announced the arrest of two leading environmentalists, Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney. Their car had been bombed—but … Continue reading
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