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Singer/Soldier Travis Bishop : War Resister Released from Stockade
Singer/soldier Travis Bishop, who refused deployment to Afghanistan for reasons of consience, has been released from prison. Photo from Dallas Dreamer.Fort Hood Soldier who refused to deploy:Travis Bishop released from Fort Lewis stockade By Alice Embree / The Rag Blog … Continue reading
BOOKS / Progressive Giants : Celebrating Paul Robeson and Anne Braden
Two books about two progressive giants:Celebrating Paul Robeson and Anne Braden By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / March 25, 2010 The artist must take sides. He must elect to fight for freedom or slavery. I have made my … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Books, Civil Rights Movement, Communist Party, Harry Targ, Progressives, Racism, Social Justice, The Left
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Republicans on Health Care : The Gift That Keeps on Giving
Tweet from Roger Ebert. Image from Daily Kos.Ain’t gonna happen:Republican efforts to repeal reformBy Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / March 24, 2010 Health care reform is now law, and in a few more days the reconciliation bill will … Continue reading
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Tagged Congress, Health Care Reform, Political Opinion, Republican Party, Right Wing, Tea Baggers, Ted McLaughlin
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Elephant Graveyard Ahead?
Political cartoon by Ralph Solonitz / The Rag Blog / March 24, 2010[Ralph Solonitz’ cartoons also appear at MadasHellClub.net]The Rag Blog
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Tagged Political Cartoon, Political Opinion, Ralph Solonitz, Republican Party
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Roger Baker : Austin’s New Transportation Plan Throws a Few Curves
Bumpy road ahead?Austin’s new long-range transportation plan By Roger Baker / The Rag Blog / March 23, 2010 The background The Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO) recently unveiled its new 2035 long-range draft transportation plan; “People, Planning and Preparing … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, CAMPO, Central Texas, Roger Baker, Transportation, Urban Planning
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Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn : Bringing the War Home, 1970
News photo taken March 6, 1970, of the New York Fire Department responding to an explosion at an upscale Greenwich Village townhouse. Image from Wikipedia.Bringing the war home: 1970-2010 Eventually we came to think that we could make a revolution, … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Bernardine Dohrn, Bill Ayers, Educators, New Left, Radicals, SDS, Vietnam, Weather Underground, Weathermen
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Lisa Fithian: FBI Informant Brandon Darby : Sexism, Egos, and Lies
Brandon. Darby. Still from a video / videochannels.com.Sexism, egos, and lies:Sometimes you wake up and it is not different By Lisa Fithian / The Rag Blog / March 22, 2010 Community organizer and nonviolent activist/trainer Lisa Fithian will be Thorne … Continue reading
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Tagged Activism, Austin, Brandon Darby, Common Ground, Direct Action, Espionage, FBI, Lisa Fithian, New Orleans, Provocateurs, Rag Radio, Surveillance, Texas 2
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Ride ’em Cowboy : Charley Pride, the Austin Rodeo, and the Health Care Horserace
Charley Pride. Photo by Nikki Boertman / The Commercial Appeal.With Charley’s pride:American eagle on the limb By Greg Moses / The Rag Blog / March 22, 2010 To really understand the day that the Democrats won the national health care … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Charley Pride, Country Music, Greg Moses, Health Care Reform, Texas
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Leonardo Boff : Social Justice / Ecological Justice
“The Innocent: Casualties of the Civil War in Northern Uganda.” Photo by Heather McClintock / Blue Earth Alliance.Humanity’s intertwined dilemma:Social and Ecological Justice By Leonardo Boff / The Rag Blog / March 22, 2010 Among the many problems that afflict … Continue reading
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Tagged Ecology, Environment, Leonardo Boff, Philospophy, Social Justice, Theology
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Thomas Cleaver to Spineless Democrats : Thanks for Saving my Life
Nancy Pelosi gives press conference after passage of health care reform. Photo from AFP.Thank you,Stupid, spineless, worthless Democrats By Thomas McKelvey Cleaver / The Rag Blog / March 22, 2010 After the historic passage of health care in the House … Continue reading
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Tagged Congress, Democratic Party, Health Care Reform, Thomas Cleaver
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Imprisonment Without Trial : The American Way?
Image from the ACLU.When we fail our own ideals:The unconstitutional practiceOf indefinite detention By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / March 21, 2010 When our forefathers created this great nation, one of the ills they desperately wanted to correct … Continue reading
Berlin : Promoting the General Welfare
Frieze by New Deal sculptor Lenore Thomas at Center School in Greenbelt, Maryland.Photo by Anomalous_A’s / Flickr.Americans in Berlin:How do we ‘promote the general welfare’? By David MacBryde / The Rag Blog / March 21, 2010 BERLIN — The Rag … Continue reading
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Tagged Berlin, David MacBryde, Germany, Health Care Reform, U.S. Constitution
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