Category Archives: Rag Bloggers

To Catch a Spy : The Story of George the Snitch

Dennis the Menace from The Comics Curmudgeon.To catch a spy II:A short history of one snitch By Richard Lee / The Rag Blog / April 12, 2010 [The Rag Blog published an article by Lisa Fithian about acknowledged FBI informant … Continue reading

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A Poet’s Legacy : No Rest for the Weary?

Image from Steve and Sara’s Photostream / Flickr.Edna St. Vincent Millay andThe profitability of charity By Carl R. Hultberg / The Rag Blog / April 12, 2010 “Thou canst not move across the grassBut my quick eyes will see Thee … Continue reading

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Culture Wars : ‘Take Our Country Back’

Confederate flag at Tea Party March on Washington, September 12, 2009. Image from Think Progress.Latest culture war in America: Nationalism in dangerous form Many fear that they have lost the country that was bequeathed to them — and to them … Continue reading

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Marc Estrin : Survival Tips for the Bailout Challenged

Photo by Donna Bister / The Rag Blog.Gotten your bailout yet? By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / April 12, 2010 No? Unemployment insurance running out? Mortgage under water? Yes and yes? Well, fear not. Since the war on … Continue reading

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Thomas McKelvey Cleaver : Keep on Truckin’

Keep on Truckin’. Classic cartoon by R. Crumb.The David and Alice debate:We can’t afford to give up the fight By Thomas McKelvey Cleaver / The Rag Blog / April 11, 2010 [Austin activist David P. Hamilton announced his “retirement” from … Continue reading

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Rabbi Arthur Waskow : Does the Flag Condone Murder?

The Pharoah’s chariot army drowned in the Red Sea.Do our ‘chariots’ impoverish us?Does the flag condone murder? By Rabbi Arthur Waskow / The Rag Blog / April 10, 2010 The end of Pesach is said to mark the anniversary of … Continue reading

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Bill Ayers : Doublespeak at the University of Wyoming

Doublespeak at the University of Wyoming “President Tom Buchanan’s self-satisfied bromides do nothing to disguise the fact that the principle of free and open intellectual exchange has suffered a defeat at the University of Wyoming. As the AAUP has argued … Continue reading

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Sherman DeBrosse : Rage, Racism, and the Future of the Tea Bagger Movement

The Tea Baggers:An identity temper tantrum with a violent edge By Sherman DeBrosse / The Rag Blog / April 6, 2010 [This is the second in a two-part series on the Tea Bagger movement by Sherman DeBrosse. Go here to … Continue reading

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Alice Embree on Political Activism : Carry it On

Alice Embree, holding sign, participates in anti-war vigil at Texas State Capitol, March 19, 2008. Photo by CodePink/Austin.On my political activism:Carry it on By Alice Embree / The Rag Blog / April 6, 2010 [On March 30, Long-time Austin activist … Continue reading

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Employment Crisis : Inequality and the Global South

How it impacts workers:Transformation in the Global South The end product… has been increasing global inequality in wealth and income and the continuation of massive poverty, powerlessness, and precariousness. By Harry Targ (with David Cormier) / The Rag Blog / … Continue reading

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Compassion Deficit : The Triumph of Materialism

Cartoon by Stiners / The Unheard.Compassion deficit:On the unpopularity of health care reform By Sherman DeBrosse / The Rag Blog / April 6, 2010 David Broder recently wrote about interviewing people in Florida and Texas about health care reform. He … Continue reading

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Life During Wartime : Spending on Defense

Political cartoon by Joshua Brown / Historians Against the War / The Rag BlogThe Rag Blog

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