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Mexico : The Song of the Guerrilla is Heard Again
Rosendo Radilla Pacheco, politician, activist and folksinger, was “disappeared” by federal troops in August 1974 during Mexico’s “dirty war.” He is now the subject of a human rights investigation and a documentary film (above).As Mexico Awaits 2010:The song of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Human Rights, Latin America, Mexico, Revolutionary Movements
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Dick Cheney : Assassination Nation
Dick Cheney: More tales from the dark side Peter Berger, a security analyst at the American Enterprise Institute thinks that, judging from Congressional reaction, the program must have involved much more than killing some Al Qaeda people. By Sherman DeBrosse … Continue reading
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Tagged Bush Legacy, Cheney, CIA, Department of Defense, War Crimes
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Colombian Independence Day : Uribe and the Latin American Left
Colombian President Álvaro Uribe.Colombia opens bases to U.S. military Presidents Chavez and Evo Morales of Bolivia have been especially outspoken in their criticism of President Uribe’s decision to allow U.S. bases in Colombia, and at least once he’s been called … Continue reading
Investments : Recovery Through Pinpoint Socialism
Pinpoint Socialism:Recovery through Equities, Tools, and Land By Greg Moses / The Rag Blog / July 27, 2009 In a Friday morning appearance on Squawk Box at the Capitalism Knows Best Channel (CNBC) Warren Buffett promoted two things: a new … Continue reading
Homeless Vets and Hungry Kids? Empathy Meets Realpolitik
Graphic by Larry Ray / The Rag Blog.Empathy Meets Realpolitik How many of our nation’s leaders have ever gone to bed hungry? U.S. Department of Agriculture statistics show that, ‘12.4 million children in the U.S. are “food insecure” — defined … Continue reading
Texas ‘Experts’ : Axe Cesar Chavez and Thurgood Marshall from Textbooks
‘Experts’ hired by Texas State Board of Education:Chavez and Marshall don’t belong in school books Evangelical minister Peter Marshall said, ‘To have Cesar Chavez listed next to Ben Franklin is ludicrous.’ [Chavez] is not a role model who ‘ought to … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Censorship, Civil Rights, Education, Evangelical Christians, Religious Right, Social Conservatives, Texas
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Occupied Palestine: How the West Was Lost (Photo Essay by Bob Simmons)
Damascus Gate, Jerusalem. The West Bank or Judea has always tried to solve things with walls… but somehow they always fail. Photo by Bob Simmons / The Rag Blog. Occupied Palestine:How the West Was Lost (A photo essay) Words and … Continue reading
Hoosiers and Health Care : WellPoint’s Susan Bayh
Political wife: Susan Bayh, with husband Evan Bayh, D-Indiana, owns between $500,000 and $1 million in employee stock in health insurance giant WellPoint.Susan Bayh and WellPoint:What Hoosiers know about health care By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / July … Continue reading
Revising History in Texas : Christ in the Classroom
Cartoon from San Francisco Sentinel. Last week, Stephen Colbert tipped his ironic hat to the Texas State Board of Education. The board had already allowed creationism to be considered in Texas biology classes, the comedian said approvingly, and now it … Continue reading
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Tagged Christian Right, Civil Liberties, Education, Religious Right, Texas
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Witch Doctor Obama : Conservative Activist Circulates Racist Image
Though I am hesitant to forward such horrific racist imagery, I also believe it absolutely necessary for our readers to know that this kind of right wing white supremacist activity is flourishing, even among conservaties who retain a modicum of … Continue reading
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Tagged Conservatives, Health Care Reform, Obama Smear Campaign, Racism
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