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LAMAR W. HANKINS : SUPREME COURT | Of rights and liberties in the U.S.
How Alito gets the facts wrong about abortion history. By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | May 18, 2022 The Ninth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, part of the original Bill of Rights, reads: The enumeration in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Abortion Rights, Justice Samuel Alito, Lamar W. Hankins, Rag Bloggers, Roe v. Wade, U.S. Supreme Court
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ALLEN YOUNG : NEWS COMMENTARY | Federal anti-lynching law passed,
at last
From a young age, I knew that racism was wrong, as my parents helped me learn that important lesson. By Allen Young | The Rag Blog | May 6, 2022 When I was a child, I saw a photograph of … Continue reading
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JOSHUA BROWN : POLITICAL CARTOON | Majority rule
Previous installments are archived athttp://www.joshbrownnyc.com/ldw.htm
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Tagged Abortion, Joshua Brown, Life During Wartime, Political Cartoon, Rag Bloggers, Supreme Court
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JAMES RETHERFORD: BOOKS | Judy Gumbo’s ‘Yippie Girl’
Combating authoritarian repression with absurdist political theatre. By James Retherford | The Rag Blog |April 29, 2022 Listen to Thorne Dreyer‘s interview with ‘Yippie Girl’ Judy Gumbo on Rag Radio, here. As Kris Kristofferson sorta said, “[S]he’s a walkin’ contradiction, … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, James Retherford, Judy Gumbo, Rag Bloggers, Sixties, Yippies
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ALICE EMBREE : DOCUMENTARY FILM | The Wobblies are coming to town
The Industrial Workers of the World, also known as the Wobblies, are coming to Austin. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog |April 28, 2022 Listen to Thorne Dreyer and Alice Embree‘s Rag Radio interview with labor historian Jane Little … Continue reading
JONAH RASKIN : MEMOIR | One organizer, two cities: Jon Melrod’s ‘Fighting Times,’ from Madison to Racine
Jon Melrod recalls those heady days in his new memoir. By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | April 7, 2022 The Port Huron Statement (PHS), which was written by Tom Hayden — with help from Al Haber and others … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Fighting Times, Jon Melrod, Jonah Raskin, Labor Organizing, Memoir, Rag Bloggers, SDS
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ROBERT C. COTTRELL : PERSONAL REMEMBRANCE | Todd Gitlin, RIP
He was always fiercely independent and intelligent. By Robert C. Cottrell | The Rag Blog | March 24, 2022 Listen to Thorne Dreyer’s two classic Rag Radio interviews with Todd Gitlin from July 19, 2013, and August 16, 2013. Listen … Continue reading
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Tagged Deaths, New Left, New Left Critics, Obituary, Rag Bloggers, Robert C. Cottrell, SDS, Todd Gitlin
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THE RAG BLOG : BOOKS | ‘Exploring Space City!’ at Houston’s Printing Museum
Presentations from historian John Moretta and the book’s editors. By The Rag Blog | March 10, 2012 HOUSTON – Houston’s Printing Museum is presenting a panel discussion – with a pop-up exhibit – of the New Journalism Project’s new book, … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Exploring Space City!, Houston Events, Rag Bloggers, The Printing Museum
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HARRY TARG : WAR AND PEACE | Reflections on the War in Ukraine
By Harry Targ | The Rag Blog | March 10, 2012 Many of us in the peace movement have had useful conversations (and debates) stimulated by the war on Ukraine. We are discussing the causes of the invasion of Ukraine … Continue reading
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Tagged CodePink, Harry Targ, NATO, Neo-fascism, Rag Bloggers, Russian Invasion, Ukraine
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BRUCE MELTON : CLIMATE | The Texice disaster, Valentine’s week, 2021
Stories of climate change survival, our current emergency, and new solutions to this existential crisis. By Bruce Melton | The Rag Blog | February 10, 2022 AUSTIN — The Texas winter storm disaster was caused by both climate change and … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, blizzard, Bruce Melton, cascading feedbacks, catastrophe, causes, Climate Change, climate pollution treatment, climate tipping, disaster, emissions, Global Warming, ice storm, natural systems, Rag Bloggers, record snow, rolling blackouts, simultaneous catastrophes, solutions, uncertainity, winter storm
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THORNE DREYER : DOCUMENTARY FILM | Documentary about LNS wins prestigious national award
Film with Austin ties wins NETA award for Best Cultural Documentary. Watch the film here. By Thorne Dreyer | The Rag Blog | February 4, 2022 Under the Ground: The Story of Liberation News Service, an 80-minute documentary film produced … Continue reading
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Tagged Documentary Film, Liberation News Service, LNS, Rag Bloggers, Thorne Dreyer, Under the Ground
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE | Can’t see past the blue
How prosecutors and judges let cops get away with murder, or at least with criminally negligent homicide. By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | January 31, 2022 The two or three nationwide instances that we have seen recently … Continue reading
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