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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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Roger Baker : American Political Denial and the ‘Downsizing of Civilization’
Image from Gas 2.0. “My grandfather rode a camel, my father rode a camel. I drive a Mercedes. My son drives a Mercedes. His son will ride a camel.” — Saudi warning Our only hope may lie in crisis:American politics … Continue reading
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Tagged 2010 Elections, American Society, Economic Crisis, Global Warming, Peak Oil, Roger Baker
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Ted McLaughlin : The Big Lie About Tax Breaks for the Rich
Pinnochio image from Eurohero.Corporate profits at record high:The myth that the rich need more help By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / November 24, 2010 There is a huge lie being spread by right-wing Republicans. They are trying to … Continue reading
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Tagged Corporate Profits, Economy, Republican Party, Taxation, Ted McLaughlin, Warren Buffett
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David P. Hamilton : Parsing the Midterms: A Progressive Exodus
Political cartoon by Mike Keefe / inToon.com.2010 Elections:Where the votes came fromand how the Dems lost big My hypothesis is that most of the excess decline in support for Democratic Party congressional candidates in 2010 was from political progressives of … Continue reading
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Tagged 2010 Elections, David P. Hamilton, Electoral politics, Progressives, Voting Trends
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Joan Wile : Gray Panthers Fight Social Security Cuts on Capitol Hill
Image from People’s World.Gray Panthers to Deficit Commission:Don’t mess with our social securityBy Joan Wile / The Rag Blog / November 23, 2010 Representatives of the national Gray Panthers went to Capitol Hill in November to present their position regarding … Continue reading
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Tagged Congress, Elderly, Gray Panthers, Joan Wile, Social Security
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Clare Bayard : Veterans and the Healing Process
AWOL soldier Jeff Hanks speaks about the effects of PTSD on his family, Nov. 11, near Ft. Campbell in Oak Grove, Ky. Photo by Robert Smith / AP.Healing from empire:Anti-war veterans redefine Veterans Day By Clare Bayard / The Rag … Continue reading
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Tagged Anti-War GIs, Anti-War Vets, Clare Bayard, IVAW, PTSD, Veterans Day
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Paul Beckett : Reprising Ford’s ‘Radical’ Tune
Fiddlin’ Henry Ford doubled workers’ wages. Image from FiddlingAround.Henry Ford on why thereisn’t going to be a recoveryBy Paul Beckett / The Rag Blog / November 22, 2010 Nicholas Kristof is concerned. The United States, he says, “now arguably has … Continue reading
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Tagged Economic Recovery, Economy, Henry Ford, Income Gap, Paul Beckett
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Joshua Brown : Life During Wartime: Dubya’s New Digs
Political cartoon by Joshua Brown / Historians Against the War / The Rag BlogThe Rag Blog
