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Has Liberalism ‘Jumped the Shark?’
Image from The Lockeroom. Just like the right-wing would like to force their religion on all Americans ‘for their own good,’ many liberals would like to pass ‘Nanny State’ laws for the good of all Americans. By Ted McLaughlin / … Continue reading
Dick Cheney and The Curse of the Pomegranate Seeds
Image by Larry Ray / The Rag Blog. No one is happier than Hades, chortling down in his dark homey hell while topside the earthly GOP, Guardians of Pomegranates, urged on by Hades’ emissary, Dark Dick, pass out the fruit’s … Continue reading
Life During Wartime : Ode to a Changed Mind
Political cartoon by Joshua Brown / Historians Against the War / The Rag BlogThanks to Dr. S.R. Keister /The Rag Blog
Who’s Minding the Store? $9 Trillion in Mystery Money!
This single class of mystery money isn’t a lot less than the entire US yearly GNP, commonly cited as being about $14 trillion. By Roger Baker / The Rag Blog / May 15, 2009 In this video, we have the … Continue reading
Sy Hersh : Children Sodomized at Abu Ghraib as Mothers Watched
Updated May 18, 2009 Journalist Seymour Hersh says there were ‘horrible things done to children of women prisoners, as the cameras run.’ Hersh gave a speech. . . to the ACLU making the charge that children were sodomized in front … Continue reading
Guatemala : A General Sense of Insecurity
Guatemalan police work at crime scene where bus driver was killed in ongoing domestic violence. Photo by Reuters / All Voices.Insecurity in Guatemala There are several processes taking place on the governmental level that are intended to reduce this insecurity, … Continue reading
Health Care Profiteers : This Won’t Hurt a Bit
Graphic from ISIPS.The fight for real health care reform We are being outspent by billions of dollars by the amalgam of well heeled interest groups that will benefit financially from maintaining the status quo. By Dr. Stephen R. Keister / … Continue reading
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Tagged Congress, Health Care Reform, Single Payer, Universal Health Care
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Alice Embree on El Salvador : Reflections on a People’s Victory, Part 3: Face of Victory
‘Venceremos!’ he shouted, and asked that we put his picture on the internet. Photo by Alice Embree / The Rag Blog.The face of victory It was in the small, dusty town of Rosario de Mora that I witnessed the historic … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Embree, El Salvador, Latin America, Revolutionary Movements, The Left
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Mesmo’s Meanderings : Bud Shrake, Acapulco Gold, Mad Dogs and the Raw Deal
Texas literary legend Bud Shrake, 77, passed away on May 8, 2009, in Austin. Photo from The Texas Observer. Bud Shrake, 77, a seminal literary figure (“a lion of Texas letters,” according to the Austin American-Statesman) and an Austin underground … Continue reading
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Tagged Armadillo World Headquarters, Austin, Authors, Bud Shrake, Journalists, Literature, Sixties, Texas
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Rabbi Arthur Waskow : American Jews, Middle East Peace and a Crisis of Values
Rabbi Arthur Waskow, pictured at the North America Conference of Rabbis for Human Rights held in Washington, D.C., in December 2008. If the U.S. insists on peace in the Middle East, will there be a crisis over values and identity … Continue reading
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Tagged American Jews, Middle East, Peace Movement, Rabbi Arthur Waskow
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Alice Embree on El Salvador : Reflections on a People’s Victory, Part 2: Organizing
SETA organizer from El Salvador talks with SEIU organizer from the U.S. SETA is the Salvadoran water workers union leading the fight against privatization. Photo by Alice Embree / The Rag Blog. Our delegation heard from CONPHAS representatives, students, human … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Embree, El Salvador, Latin America, Revolutionary Movements, The Left
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BOOKS / Eric Boehlert’s ‘Bloggers on the Bus’
It’s a very fast, entertaining read, and since it focuses (almost) exclusively on the liberal blogosphere it mostly avoids the sense of triumphalism you might get in a more partisan book. By Kevin Drum If you’re interested in the political … Continue reading
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Tagged Blogosphere, Books, Electronic Media, Internet, Journalism, Netroots, Obama Campaign
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