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Randy Rowland : Lindy’s Great Escape
The sit-in of the Presidio 27, Oct. 14, 1968, to be known as the Presidio Mutiny. Photo from the archives of Sir! No Sir!. The Presidio mutiny was a sit-down protest carried out by 27 prisoners at the Presidio stockade … Continue reading
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Tagged Anti-War GIs, Peace Movement, Presidio Mutiny, Sixties, Vietnam
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Life During Wartime : If Obama Isn’t Willing
Political cartoon by Joshua Brown / Historians Against the War / The Rag BlogThe Rag Blog
George McGovern : Get Out of Iraq. Now.
Former Sen. George S. McGovern, Democratic candidate for President, 1972. Are we now going to ignore for another three years the public mandate of 2006 against this costly, preemptive war based on deceit? And how can we justify putting thousands … Continue reading
Tom Hayden Comic : Partial Peace, Looming War
Partial Peace, Looming WarText by Tom Hayden.Illustrated by Sam Marlow and Ellis Rosen. Edited by Paul Buhle.Published by The Rag Blog. CLICK TO ENLARGE See additional frames, Below. CLICK TO ENLARGE CLICK TO ENLARGE CLICK TO ENLARGE [Tom Hayden, a … Continue reading
Look for It : The Unemployment Channel
TALL Funding Proposal A-0001: The Unemployment Channel (UC) By Greg Moses / The Rag Blog / April 21, 2009 Ah, the common folk. How we do pile up. Come May Day 2009 there will be about 14 million unemployed, twice … Continue reading
Fighting the Unions : Card Check, FDR, and Right-Wing History
Anti-union cartoon from the National Association of Manufacturers Collection, Hagley Museum & Library, published in Z Magazine. The anti-labor campaign is a component of the broader strategy by the Republican Party and frenetic conservative commentators to paint a picture in … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, FDR, Free Choice Act, Labor Unions, Obama Administration, Right Wing
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The Bookselling Magic of Hugo Chavez
Two days ago, Amazon.com had Open Veins of Latin America rated at 54,295 in sales. By Sunday night, the book had jumped all the way up to number two… By jobsanger / April 20, 2009 It’s beginning to look like … Continue reading
Master Sgt. Hatley — Convicted for Killing Iraqis — Was ‘Smear’ Blogger
A US soldier frisks a man north of Baghdad. Photo from AFP.Sergeant convicted for executing four handcuffed Iraqis had attacked fellow soldier and New Republic writer online. By Brian Beutler A senior enlisted U.S. Army soldier — Master Sergeant John … Continue reading
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Tagged Criminal Justice, Iraq Occupation, U.S. Military, War Crimes
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Keith Joseph : Communication on the Left Must Embrace the New Technology
Hawker sells the Revolutionary Woker at a 2003 New York anti-war protest. Photo from asparagirl’s photoblog.Newspaper Hawkers, Websites, and Plans for Revolutionary Organization By Keith Joseph / The Rag Blog / April 20, 2009 One of the great curiosities of … Continue reading
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Tagged Grass Roots Organizing, Internet, Networking, Newspapers, The Left
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Dr. Stephen R. Keister : Health Care Reform, Tea Baggers and the Politics of Fear
Sign from “Tax Revolt Tea-Toss,” on April 3 in Longport, Long Island, NY. Photo from VigilantSquirrelBrigade. There were older folks, no doubt on Social Security and Medicare, carrying signs reading, ‘Send the Socialists to Europe.’ There were working folks, no … Continue reading
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Tagged Dr. Stephen R. Keister, Hate Groups, Health Care Reform, Right Wing, Tax Protests, Universal Health Care
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Steve Weissman : Obama’s Big Stick
Barack Obama: Taking up where Teddy Roosevelt left off? Political cartoon from Dakin Archives. In less than hundred days in office, President Barack Obama has already demonstrated his desire to speak softly to all comers, friend or foe, while his … Continue reading
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Tagged Imperialism, Obama Administration, Obama Foreign Policy, Pentagon, Theodore Roosevelt
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Naomi Klein : Hopebroken and Hopesick
In Obamafanland:A Lexicon of Disappointment by Naomi Klein / April 17, 2009 All is not well in Obamafanland. It’s not clear exactly what accounts for the change of mood. Maybe it was the rancid smell emanating from Treasury’s latest bank … Continue reading →