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The Women of Bolivia : A Reason to Celebrate
Bolivia’s President Evo Morales congratulates his new Minister of Productive Development Antonia Rodriguez Medrano in La Paz on 23 Jan 2010. Photo by Juan Karita / AP.International Women’s Day:In Evo Morales’ BoloviaWomen are playing a major roleBy Richard Lee / … Continue reading
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Tagged Bolivia, Evo Morales, International Women's Day, Latin America, Richard Lee, South America, Women, World
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March Forth in Austin : Students and Faculty Protest Budget Cuts
Naomi Caballero of MACHA speaks at a rally on the West Mall Thursday, protesting budget cuts and tuition increases at UT Austin. Photo by Danielle Villasana / The Daily Texan.Stop the Cuts Coalition at UT-Austin:Protest against budget cuts, faculty layoffs … Continue reading
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Tagged Anne Lewis, Austin, Campuses, Economy, Education, Social Protest, Student Activism, Texas, Unions, UT-Austin
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Marc Estrin : Skulkstack
Austin’s Echelon Building, which housed offices of the IRS, was destroyed on Feb. 19, 2010, when disgruntled software engineer Joseph Stack allegedly crashing his single-prop Piper Cherokee into building.Creepy connection:Stack’s attack and my novel Skulk By Marc Estrin / The … Continue reading
KBR and the Army : Rewarding Incompetence and Scandal
Image from Ms. Sparky.Repeating bad behavior:Houston’s KBR gets $2.8 billion contract By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / March 7, 2010 It looks like the United States Army is incapable of learning from past mistakes. On Tuesday, the Army … Continue reading
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Tagged Corporate Abuse, Corruption, Houston, Iraq Occupation, KBR, Military Contractors, Ted McLaughlin, U.S. Army
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Leonardo Boff : The World Society of Blindness
Image from Camelia Elias / FRAG/MENTS.The World Society of Blindness These are global problems that transcend our paradigm of specialized knowledge. Life does not fit into a formula, nor caring into a calculus equation. By Leonardo Boff / The Rag … Continue reading
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Tagged Ecology, Knowledge, Leonardo Boff, Liberation Theology, Philospophy, Religion, Science
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Earth to Obama : Nuclear Just Can’t Cut It
Dreamscape VII by Midnight-digital / Flickr / The End of Capitalism. Not in your wildest dreams:Five reasons nuclear just isn’t sustainable By Alex Knight / The Rag Blog / March 6, 2010 President Obama recently announced an $8.3 billion loan … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Knight, Economy, Energy, Environment, Global Warming, Nuclear Power, Technology
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Foodie Friday : Bread, Puppets, and Boiled Veggies
Bread and Puppet Theater. Image from Akimbo.Health care:Bread and Puppet aioli By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / March 5, 2010 See “Boil those veggies!” by Janet Gilles, Below. Anyone taking in the recent health care “debate” — in … Continue reading
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Tagged Food, Janet Gilles, Marc Estrin, Recipes, Street Theater
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Harry Targ : The Theory of Bagel Capitalism
Political theory and the tower of bagel. Image from Neurotopia.Bagels and the theory of capitalist development I think Marx had a pretty good analysis of how capitalism works but even I recognize that his theory did not adequately come to … Continue reading
Robert Jensen : Abe Osheroff and the Struggle for a Better World
Abe Osheroff. Image from Abrahan Lincoln Brigade Archives.‘Getting rid of hope and faith’:Abe Osheroff on the struggle for a better world By Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / March 4, 2010 After a recent talk about the struggle for … Continue reading
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Tagged Abe Osheroff, Activism, Peace Movement, Robert Jensen, Social Change, Social Justice
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Health Care : High Drama at Blair House
Health care debate: it even hurts to listen. Image from A Blog of My Own.High drama at Blair House:The Republican response and the ‘independent voter’ By Dr. Stephen R. Keister / The Rag Blog / March 3, 2010 With considerable … Continue reading
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Tagged Congress, Corporate Profits, Dr. Stephen R. Keister, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance
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Colombia: Six Decades of Fighting for Peace : The Paramilitary Warlords
Colombia’s AUC forces. Photo by Eros Hoagland / Eros Hoagland Photography.A Promise of Peace:Colombia and the paramilitary warlords By Marion Delgado / The Rag Blog / March 3, 2010 Part two: The AUC CARTAGENA DE INDIES, Colombia — In my … Continue reading
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Tagged Colombia, History, Latin America, Marion Delgado, South America
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Private Health Insurance : Going the Way of the Dinosaur
CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE In the map above, the countries with universal health care are in blue. Those trying to get it are in green. Note that the United States proudly takes its place among the third-world countries of … Continue reading
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Tagged Health Insurance, Single Payer, Ted McLaughlin, Universal Health Care
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