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March Forth in Austin : Students and Faculty Protest Budget Cuts
Naomi Caballero of MACHA speaks at a rally on the West Mall Thursday, protesting budget cuts and tuition increases at UT Austin. Photo by Danielle Villasana / The Daily Texan.Stop the Cuts Coalition at UT-Austin:Protest against budget cuts, faculty layoffs … Continue reading
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Tagged Anne Lewis, Austin, Campuses, Economy, Education, Social Protest, Student Activism, Texas, Unions, UT-Austin
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Student Protests : Education Funding Cuts vs. Sports Largesse
Students and supporters rallied against funding cuts to higher education at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. on Thursday, March 4, 2010. Photo by Rich Pedroncelli / AP.National Day of Action:Students protest massive funding cutsWhile millions goes to coaches, stadiums By … Continue reading
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Tagged Activism, California, Campuses, Dave Zirin, Economy, Education, Social Protest, Sports
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Marc Estrin : Skulkstack
Austin’s Echelon Building, which housed offices of the IRS, was destroyed on Feb. 19, 2010, when disgruntled software engineer Joseph Stack allegedly crashing his single-prop Piper Cherokee into building.Creepy connection:Stack’s attack and my novel Skulk By Marc Estrin / The … Continue reading
KBR and the Army : Rewarding Incompetence and Scandal
Image from Ms. Sparky.Repeating bad behavior:Houston’s KBR gets $2.8 billion contract By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / March 7, 2010 It looks like the United States Army is incapable of learning from past mistakes. On Tuesday, the Army … Continue reading
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Tagged Corporate Abuse, Corruption, Houston, Iraq Occupation, KBR, Military Contractors, Ted McLaughlin, U.S. Army
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Leonardo Boff : The World Society of Blindness
Image from Camelia Elias / FRAG/MENTS.The World Society of Blindness These are global problems that transcend our paradigm of specialized knowledge. Life does not fit into a formula, nor caring into a calculus equation. By Leonardo Boff / The Rag … Continue reading
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Tagged Ecology, Knowledge, Leonardo Boff, Liberation Theology, Philospophy, Religion, Science
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Earth to Obama : Nuclear Just Can’t Cut It
Dreamscape VII by Midnight-digital / Flickr / The End of Capitalism. Not in your wildest dreams:Five reasons nuclear just isn’t sustainable By Alex Knight / The Rag Blog / March 6, 2010 President Obama recently announced an $8.3 billion loan … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Knight, Economy, Energy, Environment, Global Warming, Nuclear Power, Technology
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Naomi Klein : Chile and the Free-Market Fundamentalists
Salvador Allende, Chile’s democratically-elected socialist president, removed in a U.S.-backed coup in 1973. Photo from Jaume d’Urgell / Flickr.Credit where credit is due:Chile’s socialist rebar After the coup and the death of Allende, Pinochet and his Chicago Boys did their … Continue reading
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Tagged Chile, Earthquake, Free Market, Naomi Klein, Natural Disasters, Salvador Allende, Socialism
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Chile’s Socialist Rebar by Naomi Klein / March 6, 2010 Ever since deregulation caused a worldwide economic meltdown in September ’08 and everyone became a Keynesian again, it hasn’t been easy to be a fanatical fan of the late economist … Continue reading
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Foodie Friday : Bread, Puppets, and Boiled Veggies
Bread and Puppet Theater. Image from Akimbo.Health care:Bread and Puppet aioli By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / March 5, 2010 See “Boil those veggies!” by Janet Gilles, Below. Anyone taking in the recent health care “debate” — in … Continue reading
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Tagged Food, Janet Gilles, Marc Estrin, Recipes, Street Theater
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Harry Targ : The Theory of Bagel Capitalism
Political theory and the tower of bagel. Image from Neurotopia.Bagels and the theory of capitalist development I think Marx had a pretty good analysis of how capitalism works but even I recognize that his theory did not adequately come to … Continue reading
Rag Blog Bash : Party Down on Einstein’s Birthday
CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE If you don’t live in Austin, or can’t attend the event, please help us out with a $10 one-time or monthly donation. Click HERE — or on the “DONATE” button on the right sidebar. Thanks … Continue reading
