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Bruce Melton : Catastrophic Change and Climate Blindness
Iceberg discharge is accelerating rapidly in Greenland. Photo by Bruce Melton / The Rag Blog.Climate blindness By Bruce Melton / The Rag Blog / December 2, 2010 Bruce Melton will be Thorne Dreyer’s guest on Rag Radio, Friday, Dec. 3, … Continue reading
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Tagged Bruce Melton, Climate Change, Climate Science, Environment, Global Warming, Public Opinion
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Ivan Koop Kuper : Ken Kesey’s Houston Acid Test
The original “Furthur,” the magic bus of Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters, on the road. Photo from NoFurthur.Paying Larry McMurtry a visit:The Merry Pranksters’ last acid test By Ivan Koop Kuper / The Rag Blog / December 1, 2010 … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Drug Culture, Houston, Ivan Koop Kuper, Ken Kesey, Larry McMurtry, LSD, Merry Prankstes, Psychedelics, Rice University, Sixties, Tom Wolfe
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Mariann G. Wizard : Grinch Winning in ‘War on Christmas’
Santa gets busted. This particular holiday pat-down took place in Akron, Ohio in 1978. But we’re just saying… Image © Bettmann / CORBIS.Carnivores, male hookers, and the Grinchmake advances in ‘War on Christmas’ By Mariann G. Wizard / The Rag … Continue reading
David Bacon : Students ‘Sin Papeles’ Work for DREAM Act
Latino students at the University of Virginia hold a silent march to support the DREAM Act. Photo courtesy Latino Student Alliance / University of Virginia.Students ‘sin papeles‘ defy deportation,urge Congress to support DREAM Act By David Bacon / The Rag … Continue reading
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Tagged Campuses, David Bacon, Direct Action, DREAM Act, Immigration, Student Activism
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Carl Davidson : Bearing Witness at the School of the Americas
Top: photo from Keep on Keepin’ On. Below: photo by Linda Panetta / SOA Watch.Bearing witness to torture and murderat Fort Benning’s School of the Americas By Carl Davidson / The Rag Blog / November 30, 2010 FORT BENNING, Georgia … Continue reading
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Tagged Carl Davidson, Direct Action, Latin America, Peace Movement, School of Americas, Social Action
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Ted McLaughlin : The WikiLeaks Brouhaha
Political cartoon by samir alramahi / toonpool.com.WikiLeaks brouhaha:A danger to our security,or serving the public’s right to know? By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / November 29, 2010 I doubt if there’s any established government on earth that can’t … Continue reading
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Tagged Foreign Policy, Journalism, Julian Assange, Ted McLaughlin, WikiLeaks
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Jonah Raskin : Historian Eric Foner: A Contemporary View of America’s Past
Historian Eric Foner. Photo from Wikimedia Commons.A Rag Blog interview:Lincoln biographer Eric Fonertells history from the bottom upBy Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / November 29, 2010 The award-winning American historian, Eric Foner, has often written about the Republican … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Books, Civil War, Eric Foner, Historians, Interview, Jonah Raskin
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Danny Schechter : Memories of U.S. Embassy in Tehran Still Hold Us Hostage
Outside wall of U.S. Embassy, Tehran. Photo from smoughadam / Flickr.Memories that still hold us hostage:A visit to the U.S. Embassy in Tehran By Danny Schechter / The Rag Blog / November 29, 2010 The latest massive Wikileaks revelations released … Continue reading
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Tagged Danny Schechter, Espionage, Foreign Policy, Iran, Iran Hostages, Tehran, World History
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Pollyanna : Bad News for the Devil
Cartoon by Matt Kleinman / The Rag Blog.Bad news for the Devil:Yoga is HinduBy Pollyanna / The Rag Blog / November 29, 2010 The Hindu American Foundation has launched a campaign, “Take Back Yoga,” to educate Westerners about the religious … Continue reading
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Tagged Hinduism, Pollyanna, Religious Fanaticism, Satire, Yoga
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Rabbi Arthur Waskow : Thanksgiving, My Yarmulke, and Alice’s Restaurant
Rabbi Arthur Waskow (not in 1970!) wearing rainbow kippah.You can get anything you want:Thanksgiving and my yarmulke By Rabbi Arthur Waskow / The Rag Blog / November 28, 2010 Thursday, a little before noon, my phone rang. I knew at … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Chicago 1968, Chicago 8, Judaism, Peace Movement, Rabbi Arthur Waskow, Sixties, Social Activism, Thanksgiving
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Harvey Wasserman : Afghanistan and Orwell’s Perpetual War
Image from Opinione.Keeps the wheels of industry turning:Afghanistan is about perpetual war By Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / November 28, 2010 The war in Afghanistan is about perpetual war, not Afghanistan. It’s about preventing democracy in the United … Continue reading
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Tagged 1984, Afghanistan, Books, Endless War, George Orwell, Harvey Wasserman, Peace Movement
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Bruce Melton : Climate Change and Global Economic Dysfunction
Smokestack blues. Image from Planet Green.Smokestack blues:Confronting dangerous climate change By Bruce Melton / The Rag Blog / November 28, 2010 Bruce Melton will be Thorne Dreyer’s guest on Rag Radio, Friday, Dec. 3, 2010, 2-3 p.m. (CST), on KOOP … Continue reading
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Tagged Bruce Melton, Climate Change, Ecology, Environment, Global Warming
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