Category Archives: Rag Bloggers

John Ross : Lopez Obrador’s Mexico City Love Fest

Posted on July 29, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador:Massive love fest kicks of presidential run By John Ross / The Rag Blog / July 29, 2010 MEXICO CITY — On a damp Sunday morning four years from the month in which the … Continue reading →

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Jordan Flaherty : A Movement Rises in Arizona

Posted on July 29, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Protest agains Arizona’s new immigration law April 25, 2010, in Phoenix. Photo from Getty Images.Widespread struggle offers human rights vision:A movement rises in Arizona By Jordan Flaherty / The Rag Blog / July 29, 2010 PHOENIX — Three months ago, … Continue reading →

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Paul Buhle : Pekar and Kupferberg were Oblique Jewish Intellectuals

Posted on July 28, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Harvey Pekar (left) in 2003, and Tuli Kupferberg in 1968. Photos from Getty Images / Forward.Harvey Pekar and Tuli Kupferberg:They looked at the world from an oblique angle By Paul Buhle / The Rag Blog / July 28, 2010 See … Continue reading →

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Jim Turpin : The Endless War and American Society

Posted on July 28, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from Thomas Paine’s Corner.Is endless war the American way?Why militarism permeates our society By Jim Turpin / The Rag Blog / July 28, 2010 Orwell would be proud. The United States is about to begin its tenth year in … Continue reading →

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Rabbi Arthur Waskow : Sherrod, Obama, and Preemptive Surrender

Posted on July 27, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Waving the white flag.Shirley Sherrod, Barack Obama,And the policy of preemptive surrender By Rabbi Arthur Waskow / The Rag Blog / July 27, 2010 In one week of the Sherrod Saga, America recapitulated the whole history of racism since the … Continue reading →

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Bob Feldman : A People’s Folk Music History

Posted on July 27, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Folksinger/activist Phil Ochs. Image from Child of the Sixties.A people’s folk musicHistory of the United States By Bob Feldman / The Rag Blog / July 27, 2010 If you’re a Rag Blog reader who’s into either urban protest folk music … Continue reading →

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Stefan Wray : Austin Formula One is Shrouded in Secrecy

Posted on July 27, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Formula One’s Tavo Hellmund is shown pulling the strings on State Comptroller Susan Combs and State Senator Kirk Watson. Graphic by Ted Wilson / The Rag Blog.Formula One:Shrouded in secrecyWith no public involvement By Stefan Wray / The Rag Blog … Continue reading →

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Jonah Raskin : BP’s Silent Siren and our Nation of Sleepwalkers

Posted on July 27, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Sleep Walkers by Thomas Fedro, c. 2009 / Art for Art’s Sake.Silent siren: Symbol for our somnambulant age By Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / July 27, 2010 Americans have been distracting themselves to death for decades. They’ve been … Continue reading →

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Greg Moses : Capitalism, Race Relations, and Tea Party Denial

Posted on July 27, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Cartoon by Bennett / Chattanooga Times Free Press / Motor City Liberal.A national conversion in race relations?Beyond Tea Party denial, mockery, and deceit By Greg Moses / The Rag Blog / July 26, 2010 Call me evangelist for anti-racist conversion … Continue reading →

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Kate Braun : Lammas Celebrates the First Harvest

Posted on July 26, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Celebrating Lammas. Image © flaming crones.Thanksgiving, sacrifice, and celebration…Lammas is a fire festival of the First Harvest By Kate Braun / The Rag Blog / July 26, 2010 “If a body meet a body comin’ through the rye…” Saturday, July … Continue reading →

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Jack A. Smith : Israel and Palestine After the Flotilla / 4

Posted on July 26, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

The two wild cards. Iran’s Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani shown with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in 2009. Photo by Amir Kholoosi / ISNA.Part 4: Two wild cards, Turkey and IranIsrael and Palestine after the Flotilla By Jack A. … Continue reading →

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Harvey Wasserman : Why Stewart Brand is Wrong on Nukes

Posted on July 26, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from Greenopolis.Reinventing the Brand:Whole Earth icon isDead wrong on nukesBy Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / July 25, 2010 Stewart Brand has become a poster boy for a “nuclear renaissance” that has just suffered a quiet but stunning … Continue reading →

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