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Follow the Poppies : Opium, Afghanistan, and U.S. Foreign Policy
Soldier among the poppies at opium field in Afghanistan. Image from Aftermath News.Working with the warlords:Afghanistan and the heroin trade The U.S. used the international heroin network to serve its geopolitical aims in Afghanistan and elsewhere. By Sherman DeBrosse / … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Afghanistan Pipeline, CIA, Drugs, Foreign Policy, Opium, Sherman DeBrosse
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John Ross : The ‘Feminization’ of Mexican Agriculture
Purepecha woman in reboza, on plate from Tzintzuntzan, Michoacan. Image from Teyacapan / Flickr.Working the parcela:‘Feminization’ is hope for Mexican agriculture By John Ross / The Rag Blog / May 24, 2010 SANTA CRUZ TANACO, Mexico — When I first … Continue reading
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Tagged Agriculture, Indigenous People, John Ross, Mexico, Women
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Capping Corporate Liability : Who Pays the Piper?
Just the beginning: Oil hitting land along the Louisiana coastline May 20, 2010. Photo by David Mattingly / CNN.Who pays the piper?BP’s nuclear-powered liability cap By Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / May 23, 2010 As BP destroys our … Continue reading
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Tagged British Petroleum, Ecology, Environment, Gulf Coast, Harvey Wasserman, Nuclear Contamination, Nuclear Power, Oil Spill
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Susan Van Haitsma : Biking for Life
Susan’s dad, on his trusty steed. Photo from Susan Van Haitsma / The Rag Blog.Biking for life:How cool is my dad? By Susan Van Haitsma / The Rag Blog / May 21, 2010 It’s National Bike Month, and I’m thinking … Continue reading
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Tagged Biking, Energy Conservation, Environment, Fossil Fuels, People, Susan Van Haitsma
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Dubya : The Gift That Keeps on Giving
Image from SodaHead.Bush, Cheney and Halliburton:The making of a disaster By Ed Felien / The Rag Blog / May 21, 2010 He gave us the war in Afghanistan, the war in Iraq, an economic collapse, tax cuts for the wealthy … Continue reading
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Tagged Cheney, Ed Felien, George W. Bush, Gulf Coast, Halliburton, Oil Spill
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Greed Exposed : The ‘Naked Credit Default Swap’
“Greed” (2006). Mixed media from natalie.org.What they are and why they should be banned:Naked Credit Default Swaps By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / May 21, 2010 Don’t let your eyes glaze over and stop reading this post because … Continue reading
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Tagged Economics, Financial Reform, Greed, Ted McLaughlin, Wall Street
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Warrior-Poet Marilyn Buck : No Wall Too Tall
In prison but clearly in bloom. Marilyn Buck at Dublin FCI, 1994. Photo by Mariann G. Wizard / The Rag Blog.Supporters call for release:Free Austin’s Marilyn Buck! For her acts of selfless courage on behalf of victims of American criminal … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Black Liberation Movement, Criminal Justice, Mariann G. Wizard, Marilyn Buck, Poets, Political Prisoners, Sixties, The Rag
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Underground in H-Town : A Rich History of Alternative Media
Museum of Printing History: Saluting Houston’s alternative media. By shane patrick boyle | The Rag Blog | May 19, 2010 HOUSTON — Houston has a problem, a memory problem. This is particularly true when it comes to the history of … Continue reading
Roger Baker : The Economic Side Effects of Peak Oil
Image from Urban Sprout.Resource economics:It’s not just about peak oil anymore By Roger Baker / The Rag Blog / May 17, 2010 Anyone broadly devoted to the study of resource economics and peak oil sooner or later has to break … Continue reading
Arizona’s Crackers : ‘Illegal is Not a Race’
Image from Reform America.Arizona’s Crackers:Jim Crow is alive and well Maintaining a whip hand, southern politicians once calculated, was the best way to defend white power. The same calculation drives contemporary Arizona politics. By Char Miller / The Rag Blog … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona, Char Miller, Education, Immigration, Latinos, Racial Profiling, Racism, White Supremacists
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Bob Feldman : A People’s History of Afghanistan / 6
Afghan Prime Minister Mohammad Hashim Maiwandwal meets with President Lyndon Johnson in Washington, March 28, 1967. Photo by Francis Miller / Life.Part 6: 1953-1967A People’s History of Afghanistan By Bob Feldman / The Rag Blog / May 16, 2010 [If … Continue reading
