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LITERATURE / Ron Jacobs : Crime Fiction and Capitalist Reality
Image from ForumFree. Crime fiction and capitalist reality Noir does not pretend that the society its protagonists operate in is worth saving. It’s just the only one we have. By Ron Jacobs | The Rag Blog | June 4, 2013 … Continue reading
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Tagged Bourgeois Art, Capitalism, Crime Fiction, Crime Noir, Criminal Justice, Ernest Mandel, Fiction, Literature, Ron Jacobs
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Alan Waldman : ‘Absolutely Fabulous’ Was One of the Greatest TV Comedy Series
Waldman’s film and TVtreasures you may have missed: The brilliant Jennifer Saunders starred in and wrote all 39 of the episodes of this hilarious British sitcom. By Alan Waldman | The Rag Blog | June 4, 2013 [In his weekly … Continue reading
Lamar W. Hankins : We Must Heal Our Wounded Vets
Wounded Army vet waiting for a prescription for anti-seizure medication at a Colorado Springs doctor’s office. Photo by Michael Ciaglo / Colorado Springs Gazette. We must ‘heal the wounded’:The military’s abuse of enlistees At this point, almost a decade since … Continue reading
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Tagged Iraq War, Lamar W. Hankins, PTSD, U.S. Military, Veterans, Veterans Administration, Wounded Vets
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RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Economist Gar Alperovitz Asks, ‘What Then Must We Do?’
Rag Radio podcast: Political economist Gar Alperovitz,author of ‘What Then Must We Do?’ “Like a picture slowly developing in a photographer’s darkroom, the potential elements of a new system, of something meaningful and very American, are beginning to emerge.” — Gar … Continue reading
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Tagged Authors, Economists, Gar Alperovitz, Interview, Podcast, Rag Radio, Thorne Dreyer
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Harry Targ : Benghazi is the Perfect ‘Scandal’
Political cartoon by Daryl Cagle / Cagle Cartoons. Benghazi:The perfect ‘scandal’ The real ‘scandal’ is the cover-up of what the U.S. was doing in Libya. By Harry Targ | The Rag Blog | May 30, 2013 On the night of … Continue reading
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Tagged Benghazi, CIA, Harry Targ, Libyan Intervention, Middle East, Muammar Gaddafi, NATO, Obama Administration, Political Scandal, State Department
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IDEAS / Bill Meacham : Imagine There’s No Morality
Art from Duck Soup. Imagine there’s no morality The philosophical question becomes an empirical one: what enables us to flourish? By Bill Meacham | The Rag Blog | May 30, 2013 Bill Meacham will discuss issues raised in his new … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Meacham, Ethics, Morality, Philosophy, Self-Knowledge
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Tom Hayden : Is President Taking New Tack on Counterterrorism?
President Obama speaks about his administration’s counter-terrorism policy at the National Defense University in Washington, May 23, 2013. Photo by Larry Downing / Reuters. Obama responding to critics: Tide turning on counterterrorism secrecy While defending his military policies as constitutional, … Continue reading
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Tagged Counterterrorism, Drone Warfare, Eric Holder, Guantanamo, Human Rights, Medea Benjamin, Obama Foreign Policy, Tom Hayden
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Michael James : Late Summer Sundown on the Karma Farm
Late summer sundown on the Karma Farm, New Lisbon, Wisconsin 1981. Photo by Michael James from his forthcoming book, Michael Gaylord James’ Pictures from the Long Haul. Pictures from the Long Haul: Late summer sundown on the Karma Farm To … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Chicago, Heartland Cafe, Karma Farm, Memoir, Michael James, nostalgia, Pictures from the Long Haul
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Alan Waldman : Clive Owen is Excellent in Four ‘Second Sight’ TV Movies
Waldman’s film and TVtreasures you may have missed: Owen plays a police chief detective who strives to solve murders while covering up the fact that he’s going blind. By Alan Waldman | The Rag Blog | May 29, 2013 [In … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Waldman, British Television, Clive Owen, Criticism, Second Sight, Vintage Television
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Bob Feldman : Regressive Taxation and Limited Unionization in Texas, 1996-2011
Staff and supporters of Texas’ Workers’ Defense Project perform at Texas state Capitor inside Capitol at event commemorating Texas workers who have died on the job. Photo by Jason Cato / Workers Defense Project. Image from the Texas Observer. The … Continue reading
RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Journalism Prof Robert Jensen is ‘Arguing for Our Lives’
Rag Radio podcast: Journalism professor and activist Robert Jensen is ‘Arguing for Our Lives‘ “I feel what I’m often doing is kind of a remedial course in how to see the world.” — Robert Jensen on Rag Radio By Thorne … Continue reading
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Tagged Authors, Critical Thinking, Interview, Journalism, Podcast, Rag Radio, Rhetoric, Robert Jensen, Social Activism, Thorne Dreyer, UT-Austin
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