Category Archives: Rag Bloggers

Ramsey Wiggins : Me and Gilbert Shelton: A Memoir

Posted on March 8, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Legendary underground cartoonist and comix artist Gilbert Shelton.Me and Gilbert Shelton: A Memoir By Ramsey Wiggins / The Rag Blog / March 8, 2010 Legendary underground artist Gilbert Shelton will be Thorne Dreyer’s guest on Rag Radio, Tuesday, March 9, … Continue reading →

Posted in Rag Bloggers | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 16 Comments

San Antonio : Thousands Rally for International Women’s Day

Posted on March 8, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

More than 2,000 demonstrators celebrated International Women’s Day, Saturday, March 6, in San Antonio. Photo by Alice Embree / The Rag Blog.International Women’s Day:Multi-ethnic coalitionCelebrates the struggles of women By Alice Embree / The Rag Blog / March 8, 2010 … Continue reading →

Posted in Rag Bloggers | Tagged , , , , , , | 3 Comments

The Women of Bolivia : A Reason to Celebrate

Posted on March 8, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

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 →

Posted in Rag Bloggers | Tagged , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

March Forth in Austin : Students and Faculty Protest Budget Cuts

Posted on March 8, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

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 →

Posted in Rag Bloggers | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Marc Estrin : Skulkstack

Posted on March 7, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

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 →

Posted in Rag Bloggers | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

KBR and the Army : Rewarding Incompetence and Scandal

Posted on March 7, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

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 →

Posted in Rag Bloggers | Tagged , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Leonardo Boff : The World Society of Blindness

Posted on March 7, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

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 →

Posted in Rag Bloggers | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Earth to Obama : Nuclear Just Can’t Cut It

Posted on March 6, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

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 →

Posted in Rag Bloggers | Tagged , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Foodie Friday : Bread, Puppets, and Boiled Veggies

Posted on March 6, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

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 →

Posted in Rag Bloggers | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Harry Targ : The Theory of Bagel Capitalism

Posted on March 4, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

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 →

Posted in Rag Bloggers | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

Robert Jensen : Abe Osheroff and the Struggle for a Better World

Posted on March 4, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

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 →

Posted in Rag Bloggers | Tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment

Health Care : High Drama at Blair House

Posted on March 3, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

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 →

Posted in Rag Bloggers | Tagged , , , , | 5 Comments