Author Archives: Thorne Dreyer

Citizen-Journalist Bill Moyers : Salute to a Colleague

Posted on April 30, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Bill Moyers. Image from Cincinnati.comFinal entry:Closing the book on Bill Moyers’ Journal By Danny Schechter / April 30, 2010 I salute our colleague, our friend, our mentor and role model, Bill Moyers, who airs his last Journal program tonight on … Continue reading →

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Posted on April 30, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

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Casey Hayden in Arizona : Boycott ‘Fortress America’

Posted on April 30, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Alfonso Vasquez of Phoenix lights candles during a prayer vigil at the Arizona State Capitol on April 24, protesting Arizona’s controversial new immigration law. Photo by Matt Pavelek / The Arizona Republic / AP.Boycott Arizona:Church leaders call SB 1070 ‘racist … Continue reading →

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Austin Construction Workers : ‘No los Vamos a Olvidar’

Posted on April 29, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Tom VandeStadt, pastor at the Congregational Church of Austin, addresses crowd during Austin protest. Flanking him are Cristina Tzintzún, director of the Workers Defense Project, and construction worker Gumercindo Rodriquez. Photo by Alice Embree / The Rag Blog.Remembering fallen comrades:Workers … Continue reading →

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Carl Davidson on SNCC : Blazing the Trail

Posted on April 28, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Harry Belafonte addresses SNCC’s 50th Anniversary celebration at Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina.Civil rights pioneers: SNCC celebrates it’s 50th anniversary By Carl Davidson / The Rag Blog / April 28, 2010 [This article was written by Carl Davidson, incorporating … Continue reading →

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Racial Profiling : What’s Up With the Mormons?

Posted on April 28, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from Early Onset of Night.Mormons for racial profiling?Unsustainable contradictions in immigration law By Greg Moses / The Rag Blog / April 27, 2010 What’s up with the Mormons? Orem, Utah legislator Stephen Eric Sandstrom last week pledged to follow … Continue reading →

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Legalize Pot? : Going for the Ballot in Washington

Posted on April 28, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Crowd at last year’s Seattle Hempfest, the world’s largest marijuana event. Photo by NORML.Sensible Washington heads petition drive:Washington state initative to legalize pot By Vernell Pratt / The Rag Blog / April 27, 2010 [California may not be the only … Continue reading →

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The Hidden Toll : 18 Veteran Suicides Every Day

Posted on April 27, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from The Public Record.Real cost of war:Shocking suicide rate among vetsBy Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / April 27, 2010 We tend to hear about the United States soldiers that are killed in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan, … Continue reading →

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Wanted in Rio : ‘Prophets of Ecology’

Posted on April 27, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Landslide in Mangueira shantytown in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, after a 17 hour downpour that ended on April 6, 2010, resulting in death and devastation. Photo by Marcelo Sayao / EPA.High water in Rio:‘Prophets of ecology’ would save lives By … Continue reading →

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Bob Feldman : A People’s History of Afghanistan / 2

Posted on April 27, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Formal photograph taken in Gandamak, Afghanistan, in May 1879. Seated from left to right: British officers Mr. Jenkyns and Major Cavagnari, Amir Yaqub Khan (in the center), General Daoud Shah, and Habibullah Mustafi. Photo by John Burke (1843 – 1900) … Continue reading →

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Social Forum Movement : ‘Another World is Possible’

Posted on April 26, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Mural from 2009 Kentucky Social Forum, promoting U.S. Social Forum, June 22-26, 2010, in Detroit.Resistance to ‘globalization’:The Social Forum movement At the dawn of the new century, a new tradition, inspired by the hundreds of years of resistance, was launched… … Continue reading →

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Stealing Beauty : Protesting Israeli Cosmetics Made in Occupied Palestine

Posted on April 26, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Austin protest:Ahava cosmetics producedIn illegal Israeli settlements By Alice Embree / The Rag Blog / April 26, 2010 More than 30 people carried picket signs in front of the Gateway Shopping Center in Austin on Saturday, April 24, urging shoppers … Continue reading →

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