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Honduras : Resistance and Repression Intensify
Photos from Indymedia Honduras.Thousands march in TegucigalpaMilitary responds with force By David Holmes Morris / The Rag Blog / August 14, 2009 Resistance and repression continue to intensify in Honduras after a week-long march by opponents of the golpista government. … Continue reading
Whole Foods Founder John Mackey : Reactionary on Health Care Reform
Whole Foods founder John Mackey speaks out against health care reform in Wall Street Journal …we should be trying to achieve reforms by moving in the opposite direction — toward less government control and more individual empowerment — Whole Foods … Continue reading
Red-Baiting and Racism : Socialism as the New Black Bogeyman
Obama as Joker: Poster currently being distributed in Los Angeles.Red-baiting and racism:When ‘socialism’ isn’t really about socialism This noise is about race. It is about ‘othering’ a President who is seen as a symbol of white dispossession: dispossession of white … Continue reading
Former Insurance Exec Says Industry Behind Town Hall Disruptions
Wendell Potter on Rachel Maddow Show Whistleblower: Insurance firms ‘very much’ behind town hall disruptions The health insurance companies ‘are very much behind the town hall disruptions that you see and a lot of the deception that’s going on in … Continue reading
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Tagged Corporate Profits, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Rachel Maddow
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Texas : Transportation Projects in Big Trouble
Moving right along. From Mr. Ed’s Old Car Pictures. “If the physical scientists who warn about limits to growth are right, confronting the global economic meltdown implies far more than merely getting the banks and mortgage lenders back on their … Continue reading
Leonard Peltier : Your Support Could Make the Difference
The clock ticks ever faster for Leonard Peltier Leonard’s release would do much to begin the healing process between the native community and the U.S. government. By Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / Austust 11, 2009 By Tuesday, August … Continue reading
Planning for the Worst : Depression as Progressive Correction
“Get the Seed Corn Miranda It’s Fixin to Storm” / Shiloh Museum.Harvesting the seed corn:Seizing depression as progressive correction By rehearsing progressive responses in advance of crisis it may be possible to prevent excesses of panic and conflict that we … Continue reading
Health Care Reform : Screeching to a Halt?
Supporters of health care reform rally outside the office of Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, Florida Republican. Photo from AP. Unhappily, the current situation is much more ominous than simply the denial of proper health care. The encouragement of mob violence by … Continue reading
Demonizing Canadian Health Care
Cartoon by John Janik.Health care reform and the lies about the Canadian system When you put the two systems side by side, it is easy to see why no Canadian would even consider changing their system for ours (even conservative … Continue reading
Rabbi Arthur Waskow : Like War? You’ll LOVE Global Scorching
As long as the oil and coal keep pouring CO2 into our planet’s atmosphere, the food will wither, the ice will melt, the oceans will flood, and people will die — and kill. By Rabbi Arthur Waskow / The Rag … Continue reading
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Tagged Global Warming, Judaism, Peace Movement, Poverty, Rabbi Arthur Waskow
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Girls Night Out : Cyndi Lauper and Rosie O’Donnell Celebrate Life
The Girls Night Out promo poster — and ticket stub. Photo by Thomas Good / NLN / The Rag Blog.Cyndi Lauper and Rosie O’Donnell:Terrific show for a great cause Although ‘Girls Just Want to Have Fun’ is the most famous … Continue reading
Honduras : U.S. Waffles; Repression of Opposition Intensifies
Students and police outside university in Tegucigalpa. Photo from La Prensa, Honduras.State Department backs away from support for Zelaya while resistance is met with more violence ‘What happened today is the most brutal repression we have lived through,’ labor and … Continue reading
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Tagged Central America, Coups d'etat, Honduras, Latin America, U.S. Foreign Policy
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