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Bob Feldman : A People’s History of Afghanistan / 9
This photo allegedly shows President Jimmy Carter’s National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski with Tim Osman (later known as Osama bin Laden), during training with the Pakistan Army, 1981. Brzenzinski and President Carter worked covertly for regime change within Afghanistan. Photo … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Bob Feldman, CIA, Jimmy Carter, South Asia, World History, Zbigniew Brzezinski
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Rabbi Arthur Waskow : Gaza Flotilla as Exodus ’47 Revisited
SS Exodus 1947 after British takever. Banner says “HAGANAH Ship EXODUS 1947.” Image from Wikimedia Commons.Is the Gaza flotilla story‘Exodus ’47’ with roles reversed? By Rabbi Arthur Waskow / The Rag Blog / June 8, 2010 See ‘Kill a Turk … Continue reading
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Tagged Exodus, Gaza, Israel, Middle East, Palestine, Peace Movement, Rabbi Arthur Waskow, Social Protest, Tel Aviv, Turkey, Uri Avnery
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Jonah Raskin : Time to Burn Down the Banks?
Mad mini-poster from Mad Magazine Special #4, Fall, 1971. Image from Mad Cover Site.At least burn a few bucks:Burn down the banks??? By Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / June 7, 2010 Yes, I know the title of this … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Banking, Direct Action, Guerrilla Theater, Jonah Raskin, Sixties, Social Protest, Yippies
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Bill Ayers : I’M SORRY!!! (I Think…)
Bill Ayers’ Sixties history — and his alleged relationship with Barack Obama — hit the top of the news during the 2008 presidential campaign. Image from webcastr.On notoriety, complexity, and contrition:I’M SORRY!!!! (I think…) By Bill Ayers / The Rag … Continue reading
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Tagged Bernardine Dohrn, Bill Ayers, New Left, SDS, Sixties, Weather Underground, X 2008 Elections
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Race and Marriage : New Day Dawning?
The picture above is of Mildred Loving and her husband Richard. They were arrested in Virginia for marrying outside their race and took their case to the United States Supreme Court. In 1967, the Supreme Court used their case to … Continue reading
Marc Estrin : Slaughter of the Innocents
Image from picsdigger.SLAUGHTER OF THE INNOCENTS By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / June 6, 32010 Toward the end of Bread & Puppet’s marvelous Christmas Story, after the news spreads of Jesus’s birth, King Herod picks up the phone: … Continue reading
Memorial Day in Texas : Farewell to Nick Travis and Lisa Morris
Nick Travis at the opening of the Under the Hood Café in Killeen, Texas. Photo by Carlos Lowry / The Rag Blog.Memorial Day:Texas peace movementLooses two great friends By Alice Embree / The Rag Blog / June 6, 2010 Memorial … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Embree, Anti-War Vets, Austin, Deaths, Fort Hood, IVAW, Memorial Day, Million Musicians March, Musicians, Peace Movement, Texas, Under the Hood
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Larry Ray : BP Means You ‘Better Pray’
Time warp photo montage by Larry Ray / The Rag Blog.Blessing of the Fleet:Oil spill anxiety accompanies annual ritual By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog / June 2, 2010 GULFPORT, Mississippi — The uncertainty of the huge BP oil … Continue reading
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Tagged Biloxi, British Petroleum, Catholic Church, Ecology, Environment, Gulf Coast, Larry Ray, Mississippi, Oil Spill, Ritual
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Mission Possible? : Visualize Skimmers and Booms
Crude oil collects on the wrong side of an orange containment boom in Pass a Loutre near Venice, Louisiana, May 30, 2010. Photo by A.J. Sisco / UPI.Skimmers and booms:Keywords for victory on the Gulf Coast By Greg Moses / … Continue reading
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Tagged British Petroleum, Environment, Greg Moses, Gulf Coast, Oil Spill, pollution
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Big Polluter
Graphic by Mariann G. Wizard and Charlie Loving / The Rag Blog / June 2, 2010The Rag Blog
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Tagged British Petroleum, Cartoon, Charlie Loving, Mariann G. Wizard, Oil Spill
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Bob Feldman : A People’s History of Afghanistan / 8
Afghanistan President Mohammad Daoud was killed, along with his family, in “a burst of gunfire” while resisting arrest in 1978. Photo from Wikimedia Commons.Part 8: 1977-1978A People’s History of Afghanistan By Bob Feldman / The Rag Blog / June 1, … Continue reading
