Category Archives: Rag Bloggers

Bill Freeland : More Evolution at Ten

Posted on September 15, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Rag Blog graphic by Bill Freeland. See Bill’s video version here.Verified by a second source: Image courtesy of Richard Jehn / The Rag Blog.The Rag Blog / Posted September 15, 2010

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Sherman DeBrosse : Tea Baggers, Nativism, and the Fall Elections

Posted on September 15, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Cartoon from the book Heroes of the Fiery Cross (1928) by nativist Branford Clarke that opposed immigration and promoted the Ku Klux Klan. Image from Wikimedia Commons.An open letter to E.J. Dionneconcerning Tea Baggers, nativism,and the possibility of reasoned discussion… … Continue reading →

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Jeffrey Nightbyrd : Rehearsals for the Apocalypse

Posted on September 13, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Underground journalist and Sixties activist Jeffrey Nightbyrd will be Thorne Dreyer‘s guest on Rag Radio on KOOP 91.7 FM in Austin, Tuesday, September 14, 2-3 p.m. (CST). To stream Rag Radio live, go here. To listen to this show after … Continue reading →

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Harvey Wasserman : Big Hurt Hits ‘Nuclear Renaissance’

Posted on September 13, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Plant Vogle, nuclear power plant in Burke County, Georgia: $108 million in overcharges — and counting. Image from Georgia Country Blog.Lab report:Is the ‘nuclear renaissance’ dead yet? By Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / September 13, 2010 America’s much … Continue reading →

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Marc Estrin : Unholy Ground

Posted on September 11, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

UNHOLY GROUND By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / September 11, 2010 Here it is 9/11 again, and the world is all caught up in a debate on whether our “attackers” are being “insensitive” in demanding a presence at … Continue reading →

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Harry Targ : From Labor Day to Election Day

Posted on September 9, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Obama’s Labor Day speech in Milwaukee: start of something new? Photo by Morry Gash / AP.The working class built this country:Now we must mobilize to transform it By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / September 9, 2010 From Labor … Continue reading →

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BOOKS / Alex Knight : Max Rameau’s ‘Take Back the Land’

Posted on September 8, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Take Back the Land:Give root to democracy By Alex Knight / The Rag Blog / September 8, 2010 Take Back the Land: Land, Gentrification and the Umoja Village Shantytown, by Max Rameau (Nia Press, 2008); Paperback, 134 pp.; $12.95. I … Continue reading →

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John Ross : Mexico’s Buy-Centennial ‘Grito’

Posted on September 8, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Mexico’s Bicentennial: Miguel Hidalgo with the banner of the Virgen de Guadalupe.Can a new revolution be far behind?The countdown to Mexico’s Buy-Centennial ‘Viva Mexico! Let’s go kill some Gachupines!’ By John Ross / The Rag Blog / September 8, 2010 … Continue reading →

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Glenn W. Smith : Attacks on Voting Rights in Houston

Posted on September 7, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

The top photo is the captured still from a video (see it here) put out by True the Vote that alleges “Democrats” manipulate elections. Digital Dupes then reported that it appeared that some of True the Vote’s evidence might be … Continue reading →

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Rabbi Arthur Waskow : Five Steps to Burning Books

Posted on September 6, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

“On Sunday evening, members of the Harvest Assembly of God Church in Penn Township sing songs as they burn books, videos and CDs that they have judged offensive to their God,” Butler Eagle, March 26, 2001. Photo from American Library … Continue reading →

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David Bacon : Life in an Immigrant Labor Camp

Posted on September 6, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Immigrant workers at labor camp in northern California. Photos by David Bacon / The Rag Blog. Journalist and long-time labor organizer David Bacon will be Thorne Dreyer‘s guest on Rag Radio on KOOP 91.7 FM in Austin, Tuesday, September 7, … Continue reading →

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Marc Estrin : What’s a Jew to Do?

Posted on September 4, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Photo from the USHMM / National Archives / About.com.What’s a Jew to do (with you)… By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / September 4, 2010 …you, in this case, being the arch-conservative Catholic composer, Anton Bruckner, next to Wagner, … Continue reading →

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