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Bob Feldman : A People’s History of Afghanistan /11
U.S. Rep. Charles Wilson from Texas, on the white horse, visits Afghanistan in 1987. The Hollywood film, Charlie Wilson’s War, starring Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts, was based on his story. Photo from AP / Iconic Photos.Part 11: 1981-1987A People’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Bob Feldman, Charles Wilson, CIA, Feminism, Foreign Policy, South Asia, World History
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Kate Braun : Summer Solstice Seasonal Message
Summer Solstice celebration at Stonehenge, 2005. Photo by Andrew Dunn / Time Machine by Heather Pringle.Summer Solstice:Mother Earth’s balancing act By Kate Braun / The Rag Blog / June 21, 2010 “Summer breeze makes me feel fine,blowin’ thru the jasmine … Continue reading
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Tagged Astrology, Ceremony, Kate Braun, Mythology, Ritual, Summer Solstice
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Marc Estrin : Tea For Two
Image from Twin Towers New York.Tea for two:Peradventures in duopoly capitalism By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / June 20, 2010 Many voices on the left complain about our “one-party” system, the Replutocrats, the entrenched and ubiquitous party of … Continue reading
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Tagged Bipartisanship, Capitalism, Democracy, Marc Estrin, Political Philosophy, Two Party System
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William Michael Hanks : Good Government and the Mountain Within Us
Mount Fuji. It’s all in how you look at it.Climbing the mountain:The foundations of good government By William Michael Hanks / The Rag Blog / June 20, 2010 It is interesting how we each, in the progressive community, have different … Continue reading
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Tagged Political Philosophy, Social Change, William Michael Hanks
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Pitchfork Populism : What Damage Will The Tea Baggers Do?
Photo from jkurt58 / Photobucket.What will they do to America?Right wing populism and the Tea BaggersBy Sherman DeBrosse / The Rag Blog / June 18, 2010 Maybe the great body of Tea Baggers cannot be reached, but we must answer … Continue reading
John Ross : The Long Night of San Juan Copala
Justicia en San Juan Copola. Photo from Su Propina es mi Sueldo.Mexico’s Gaza:The long night of San Juan Copala Much as the Israeli government had warned the organizers of the Freedom Flotilla not to set sail for Gaza, the Governor … Continue reading
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Tagged Activism, Gaza, Human Rights, Israel, John Ross, Mexican History, Mexico, Palestinian Blockade, Social Justice
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View From Texas Coast : Stop the Drilling Now
In better days: Brown Pelican off the Texas Coast. Photo from Amber Coakley / Birders Lounge.BP oil disaster demonstratesNeed to end offshore drilling …our love for the abundant life [on the Gulf Coast] is so woven into our lives that … Continue reading
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Tagged Ecology, Environment, Gulf Coast, Habitat, Lamar W. Hankins, Offshore Drilling, Oil Drilling, Oil Spill, Texas
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Climate Change : Ten Times Faster than Predicted
Image from Greenpeace / UK.Climate change:Worse than the worst case scenarioBy Bruce Melton / The Rag Blog / June 16, 2010 It takes 196,000 pounds of plants to produce a gallon of gasoline. It takes 40 acres of plants, roots, … Continue reading
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Tagged Bruce Melton, Climate Change, Environment, Global Warming, Science
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Harvey Wasserman : Corporate Apocalypse Cometh
Coming your way soon: Horsemen of the corporate apocalypse. Image from TheDailyBite.Survival means change now:Stop the corporate apocalypse By Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / June 16, 2010 BP’s apocalyptic Gulf gusher has put our ability to survive in … Continue reading
Jordan Flaherty : Cultural Extinction and the Deepwater Spill
Photo of Bayou Pointe-au-Chien from a backyard in the Louisiana Indian community. Photo by Jordan Flaherty / The Rag Blog.Cultural extinction and the Deepwater spill Louisiana’s coastal communities fear they may never recover from BP’s drilling disaster. By Jordan Flaherty … Continue reading
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Tagged British Petroleum, Deepwater Horizon, Ecology, Economics, Environment, Jordan Flaherty, Louisiana, Oil Spill
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Jonah Raskin : Sex on Campus and Ulysses Un-Seen
Censored image from Ulysses Seen. Graphic from Literature R Us.Girls Lean Back:Sex on campus,And the ongoing appeal of pornography By Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / June 15, 2010 Don’t the censors of sexually explicit materials get it? Well, … Continue reading
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Tagged Campuses, Censorship, Education, James Joyce, Jonah Raskin, Literature, Obscenity, Pornography, Sexuality, Ulysses
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