Category Archives: Rag Bloggers

David P. Hamilton :
‘Citizens United’ and the corruption of American politics

Posted on October 28, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

The playing field has never been level, but the advantages now enjoyed by the capitalist class in the electoral system have reached a qualitatively new high. By David P. Hamilton | The Rag Blog | October 28, 2010 This article … Continue reading →

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Bruce Melton : Climate Science’s New Paradigm

Posted on October 28, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

It’s the cars! Traffic in Houston. Image from City-Data.com.It’s cars, not coal: The new paradigm of climate science By Bruce Melton / The Rag Blog / October 28, 2010 The science has changed again. This time, things are really upside … Continue reading →

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Bill Fletcher : ‘Enthusiasm Gap’ and the Threat from the Far Right

Posted on October 28, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Enthusiasm and voting:The Far Right, and the immediate challenge This is not the boy who cried wolf… There is an energized, right-wing army waiting to turn back the clock. By Bill Fletcher Jr. / The Rag Blog / October 28, … Continue reading →

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BOOKS / Doug Ireland : Iconic Artist Grant Wood Was Man of Many Closets

Posted on October 28, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

A man of many closets:New biography of Grant Woodopens all the doors By Doug Ireland / The Rag Blog / October 27, 2010 [Grant Wood: A Life by R. Tripp Evans (Knopf, 2010); Hardcover, 401 pp, $37.50.] Grant Wood’s “American … Continue reading →

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Jim Turpin : Military Suicides, PTSD at All-Time High

Posted on October 27, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Under the Hood Café near Ft. Hood in Killeen Texas is a place where active duty GIs and veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan can discuss the debilitating effects of war. Photo from Under the Hood / Flickr.Texas’ Fort Hood sets … Continue reading →

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BOOKS / Sidney Brammer : Remembering Joe Watson

Posted on October 27, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Shelf at Austin’s 12th Street Books, home to the late Joe Watson’s personal book collection.‘Not all of me will die’:Remembering Joe Watson The survival of small, independent bookshops owes much to the thinking, reading public who buy and cherish books, … Continue reading →

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Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman : Rove Served for Election Theft

Posted on October 26, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Danse Macabre: MC Karl Rove, choreographer of election theft. Photo from AP.Facing the nation:Karl Rove deposed for election fraud By Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / October 26, 2010 Election woes got you down? Imagine the … Continue reading →

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David Bacon : California’s Perfect Storm

Posted on October 25, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Students and teachers march in Oakland, California,to protest the termination of adult education programs. Photo by David Bacon.Fighting to save public education:California’s perfect storm Across California, new alliances of teachers, students, state workers, communities of color, and working-class communities in … Continue reading →

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Marc Estrin : Happy Birthday, World

Posted on October 25, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, WORLD By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / October 25, 2010 “I’m depressed.” A most common comment. Depressed about what? The answers are various: our dangerous, deaf, moronic leadership, the ongoing wars, religious strife, public and private … Continue reading →

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VERSE / Eric Gordon : The One-Leaflet Theory of Revolution

Posted on October 25, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Graphic from Ben Cumming / Flickr. The One-Leaflet Theory of RevolutionO God, O Muse, O Creative Spirit,O shades of Revolution from generations gone,I chasten my heart and bend my knee to implore you,Send down,to one so tired of working and … Continue reading →

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Danny Schechter : The ‘Fraudclosure’ Backstory

Posted on October 25, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Illustration by Matt Mahurin / The Washington Independent.U.S. workers in need of rescue:Report from the epicenter of ‘fraudclosures’ It’s dark as a dungeon way down in the mine… By Danny Schechter / The Rag Blog / October 25, 2010 WEST … Continue reading →

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Ansel Herz : Cholera Spreads in Haiti

Posted on October 25, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Above, MINUSTAH soldier points his gun at former Austin activist/independent journalist Ansel Herz in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on October 15, 2010, at a demonstration against the renewal of MINUSTAH, the UN peackeeping mission. Photo from Gaentantguevara / Flickr. For more about … Continue reading →

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