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Willie Mitchell and Mary Daly : Partners in Demise
Above, Willie Mitchell with his axe and, below, Mary Daly with hers (a labrys, a traditional symbol of the Goddess).Intertwined obit:Soul man and radical feminist leave the stage By Carl R. Hultberg / The Rag Blog / January 17, 2010 … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Carl R. Hultberg, Deaths, Feminism, Jazz, Lesbians, Musicians, People, Soul Music, Theology
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Larry Ray : Haiti’s Horror Hits Home
Disasters past and present:Haiti’s horror hits home By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog / January 17, 2010 GULFPORT, Mississippi — Many of my fading memories of destruction, death and total loss have come back into sharp focus as I … Continue reading
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Tagged Earthquake, Gulf Coast, Haiti, Katrina, Larry Ray, Natural Disasters, New Orleans
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Honduras : Micheletti Becoming ‘Second Pinochet’?
‘Congressman for Life’ Roberto Micheletti. Art by Brazilian cartoonist Carlos Latuff / IndyBay.Honduran coup consolidating power:Micheletti named ‘Congressman for Life’ By David Holmes Morris / The Rag Blog / January 17, 2010 As violent repression continues, the powers that be … Continue reading
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Tagged Central America, Coups d'etat, David Holmes Morris, Honduras, Latin America, Manuel Zelaya, Roberto Micheletti
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Marc Estrin : GREED — A Bedtime Story
GREED — A Bedtime Story By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / January 26, 2010 I won’t bore or appall you with the toxic sludge spewing out of the mouths of our CEOs justifying — sans apology — their … Continue reading
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Tagged Authors, Capitalism, Corporate Corruption, Fiction, Greed, Marc Estrin
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Texas : Rick Perry Throws Kids Under the (School) Bus
Image from ConnectAmarillo.Governor Perry ignores student needs:Turns down $700 million in fed education funds Among the Republican leadership in Texas, politics is much more important than educating children or solving social problems. By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / … Continue reading
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Tagged Education, Public Schools, Republican, Rick Perry, Right Wing Extremists, Ted McLaughlin, Texas
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Texas : Rick Perry Throws Kids Under the (School) Bus
Image from ConnectAmarillo.Governor Perry ignores student needs:Turns down $700 mission in fed funds Among the Republican leadership in Texas, politics is much more important than educating children or solving social problems. By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / January … Continue reading
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Tagged Education, Public Schools, Republican, Rick Perry, Right Wing Extremists, Ted McLaughlin, Texas
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A Real Crime : How the Law Treats Sex Workers in New Orleans
‘Crimes against nature’:Prosecuting sex workers in New Orleans More than half of the people on Louisiana’s Sex Offender Registry — which was designed for rapists and child molesters — are indigent women convicted of sex work. By Jordan Flaherty / … Continue reading
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Tagged Criminal Justice, Jordan Flaherty, Law Enforcement, New Orleans, Poverty, Prostitution, Sex Crimes, Women
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Rabbi Arthur Waskow on ‘Avatar’ : Celebrating the Tree of Life
Avatar and Tu B’Shvat:Celebrating the Great Tree of Life Avatar is extraordinary. Not only for the superficial but powerful technology… but most of all for its spiritually-rooted progressive politics. By Rabbi Arthur Waskow / The Rag Blog / January 15, … Continue reading
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Tagged Avatar, Film, Imperialism, Rabbi Arthur Waskow, Religion, Science Fiction, Spirituality
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Bush to Haiti : You’ve Got to be Kidding!
George Bush and Bill Clinton: a marriage made in Haiti.Back to the scene of the crime:Bush ousted Haiti’s Aristide, blew it with Katrina This is just the last straw for me with the phony baloney bipartisanship fetish. By Larry Piltz … Continue reading
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Tagged Aristide, Bill Clinton, Bipartisanship, Bush Legacy, George W. Bush, Haiti, Larry Piltz, Natural Disasters
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