Category Archives: Rag Bloggers

Heidi Turpin : Peace for the People of…

Posted on September 23, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Susan Van Haitsma and Jim Turpin of CodePink Austin outside Austin City Hall on International Day of Peace, September 21. Photo by Heidi Turpin / The Rag Blog.Rain doesn’t dampen the desire for peace… By Heidi Turpin / The Rag … Continue reading →

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Harry Targ : Obama and Latin America Just More of the Same

Posted on September 22, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Early promise: Barack Obama, shown addressing the Cuban American National Foundation on Cuba and Latin American policy at a Cuban Independence Day Celebration in Miami in 2008, loosened travel restriction for Cuban Americans. Photo from AP.Promise unfulfilled:A progressive responseto Obama’s … Continue reading →

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Ivan Koop Kuper : KFMK-FM Was Houston’s ‘Mother Radio’

Posted on September 22, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Bumper Sticker design for FM radio station KFMK. Graphic © Joel R. Cheves 1965 – 2008. Image from OmegaGraphix. Progressive Radio Roots:KFMK-FM was part of a radio revolution By Ivan Koop Kuper / The Rag Blog / September 22, 2010 … Continue reading →

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John Ross : The Next Mexican Revolution

Posted on September 22, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Liberation Army of the South, led by Emiliano Zapata, fought the government forces of Gen. Porfirio Diaz, in the state of Morelos, Mexico. Photo from Wikimedia Commons.The next Mexican Revolution: Don’t look now but the long-awaited resurgence of the Mexican … Continue reading →

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Carl Davidson : Mondragon Diaries I: Bridges to Socialism

Posted on September 20, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Not paradise, but close: Mondragon Cooperatives in Spain’s Basque Country. Photo from Model-Economy.Mondragon Diaries, Day OneBridges to 21st century socialism:Why humanity comes first at workBy Carl Davidson / The Rag Blog / September 20, 2010 “This is not paradise and … Continue reading →

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FILM / Rick Ayers : An Inconvenient Superman

Posted on September 20, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

An Inconvenient Superman:Davis Guggenheim’s new filmhijacks school reformBy Rick Ayers / The Rag Blog / September 20, 2010 Davis Guggenheim’s 2010 film Waiting for Superman is a slick marketing piece full of half-truths and distortions. The film suggests the problems … Continue reading →

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Ted McLaughlin : Fingering Corruption in Afghanistan

Posted on September 20, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

President Hamid Karzai votes: Supposedly indelible ink used to mark voters’ fingers in the Afghanistan election to prevent fraud may have been easily washed off. Photo by Reuters.Ink hardly dry on electoral farce:American opinion and the Afghan fiascoBy Ted McLaughlin … Continue reading →

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Marc Estrin: Don’t Tase Me, Bro…

Posted on September 18, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Killer Klowns. Image from Out of the Grave.Don’t Tase me, bro… By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / September 18, 2010 Another Taser-related death this past week, this time, not of an ancient great-grandmother in a wheelchair, but of … Continue reading →

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scott crow : White Vigilantes and the Battle of Algiers

Posted on September 16, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

One of numerous looter signs posted by white vigilantes in the small Algiers Point Neighborhood after Hurricane Katrina.Battle of Algiers:White vigilantes and the policein Katrina’s aftermath By scott crow / The Rag Blog / September 8, 2010 “…within the war … Continue reading →

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Harry Targ : Time for Progressives to ‘Get on the Bus’

Posted on September 16, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Organize: The handwriting’s on the wall.Social justice and the fall elections:Mobilizing the progressive movementBy Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / September 16, 2010 “Get on the Bus.” That was the conclusion 16 activists from Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky came … Continue reading →

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Kate Braun : Fall Equinox and a ‘Full Wishing Moon’

Posted on September 15, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Fall Equinox: The egg is a symbol of the four elements.Balancing the egg:Fall equinox is time of energy and power Round and around and around and around and around and round we go… By Kate Braun / The Rag Blog … Continue reading →

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Thomas McKelvey Cleaver : Belize Looking Pretty Good

Posted on September 15, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

New best friend? Belize’s national bird, the Keel Billed Toucan. Image from LocoGringo.com.If the Tea Party wins:Belize looking better and better By Thomas McKelvey Cleaver / The Rag Blog / September 15, 2010 With the results of the primary elections … Continue reading →

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