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Steve Russell, Indian : Advice to Myself at 14
I seldom got caught skipping school because the last place they would look for a truant was the public library. I read books by the shelf rather than by author or topic. It was a small library. By Steve Russell … Continue reading
Mancow on Waterboarding : ‘I Would Have Said Anything to Make it Stop’
Mancow on Olbermann. Below, waterboard denier Sean Hannity. Photo by Douglas C. Pizac / AP.Mancow: Hannity called me after I was waterboarded and said, ‘It’s still not Torture’ By Satyam Khanna / May 27, 2009 With Keith Olbermann Video. Last … Continue reading
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Tagged Conservative Media, Keith Olbermann, Right Wing, Sean Hannity, Talk Radio, Torture, Waterboarding
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Great Britain : Extensive Camera Network Ups Police State Ante
Photo from Getty Images. The BBC says the massive tracking database will be up and fully functional in a matter of months. By Stephen C. Webster / May 25, 2009 See BBC Video, Below. The British government will soon have … Continue reading
Harvey Wasserman : The Eight Green Steps to Solartopia
Pete Seeger sings Solartopia. Download here. Solartopia is diverse, sustainable, and socially just, the necessary, possible vision of a civilization in which we can all survive and thrive. By Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / May 27, 2009 Includes … Continue reading
California Supremes on Prop. 8 : The Return of Separate But Equal
Demonstrators placed signs on a statue of Lincoln in front of San Francisco City Hall on May 26, 2009, after the California Supreme Court ruling upholding Prop. 8. Photo by Paul Sakuma. In reality, the point of the Court’s muddled … Continue reading
Lisa Sánchez González on the Sotomayor Nomination : Fighting my Inner Cynic
Barack Obama introduces his Supreme Court nominee, Judge Sonia Sotomayor, a Boricua from the South Bronx. Photo by Saul Loeb / AFP.Obama nominates a Boricua from the South Bronx:A tease or a real slice of hope? By Lisa Sánchez González … Continue reading
Life During Wartime : What Obama Isn’t Telling Us!
Political cartoon by Joshua Brown / Historians Against the War / The Rag BlogThanks to Dr. S.R. Keister /The Rag Blog
Anti-War Memorial Day at Texas’ Fort Hood
Memorial Day at Under the Hood. GI’s gather at coffee house before marching for peace. Photo by Alice Embree / The Rag Blog. War may seem to be a million miles away to much of the population, but it is … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Embree, Anti-War GIs, Central Texas, Ft. Hood, Peace Movement
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James Retherford : Brandon Darby, The Texas 2, and the FBI’s Runaway Informants
The Texas 2: David McKay and Bradley Crowder.The Texas 2: Intrigue, Provocation, and Betrayal The overarching story here is the blatant size of the federal government’s strategic operational use of informants and undercover agents against American citizens protesting eight years … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Brandon Darby, FBI, Informants, James Retherford, Social Activism, Texas, Texas 2
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Brandon Darby in New Orleans : FBI Informant Was Egotistical Sexist
This Activist Life: FBI snitch was also a sexist, authoritarian, provocative fraud By Victoria Welle [Victoria Welle worked with Brandon Darby at the Common Ground Collective in New Orleans. Common Ground is a community-run relief organization that played a major … Continue reading
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Tagged Brandon Darby, Community Organizing, Informants, New Orleans, Sexism, Social Activism, Texas, Texas 2
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El Salvador : President-Elect Funes Inherits Major Problems
Poverty in El Salvador. Photo from ElFaro.net.Millennium Development Objectives: President Saca leaves President-elect Fumes with some serious obstacles in the areas of poverty, health, education and equality By Val Liveoak / The Rag Blog / May 26, 2009 [As President-elect … Continue reading
Memorial Day 2009 : Ashes, Stones and Flowers
In Memory of All Victims of War and Terrorism:Ashes, Stones, and Flowers By Rabbi Arthur Waskow and Rev. Patricia PearceThe Rag Blog / May 25, 2009 For vibrant lives suddenly and shamelessly sacrificed, we lift up the ashes of our … Continue reading
