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How ACORN Took a Bite Out of Predatory Lending
ACORN has organized low income people to fight predatory lending practices since the late 1990’s.The ACORN I Know… A handful of ACORN staff people with great expertise and unrelenting effort organized thousands of members to drive this campaign until Household … Continue reading
High Noon in Honduras : Zelaya, Golpistas in Standoff
Below, Manuel Zelaya outside the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Photo from La Prensa, San Pedro Sula. Above, a throng of Zelaya supporters at the embassy. Photo from Indymedia Honduras.Micheletti responds with curfews, teargas…Massive demonstrations mark Zelaya’s return By David … Continue reading
Rabbi Arthur Waskow: Yom Kippur and the Middle East : Our Misdeeds and Theirs
Rabbi Rebecca Alpert blows Shofar at Fast for Gaza event at Liberty Bell in Philadelphia. At right is Rabbi Arthur Waskow.We are called to reexamine our actions Jews — and all others who care for peace — must act in … Continue reading
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Tagged Ceremony, Israel, Judaism, Middle East, Palestine, Peace, Peace Movement, Rabbi Arthur Waskow, Social Action, Spirituality
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Diebold and the Electronic Vote : The Rig is Up
Cartoon by M.e. Cohen / HumorInk.com.Your electronic vote in the 2010 election has just been bought The ES&S purchase of Diebold’s voting machine operation is merely the tip of a toxic iceberg… By Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman / The … Continue reading
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Tagged 2000 Elections, Election Fraud, Free Elections, Monopolies, Republican Party
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Speaking Tea Bag : English as a Second Language
Graphic statement by Larry Ray / The Rag Blog The Rag Blog / Sept. 23, 2009
Ragamuffin Reverie : Star Wars and Repubs
Republican singles bar?Enough crooks to go around… On the left as well as on the right, there are those who anthropomorphize ‘government’ as a criminal conspiracy that has existed since H. sap crawled out of the slime. By Steve Russell … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Republican Party, Sixties, The Rag, Two Party System
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Republicans Profit by Abandoning Conservatism for Demagoguery
Behind Republican Success:They Are No Longer ‘Conservatives’ By Sherman DeBrosse / The Rag Blog / September 22, 2009 Pundits have been writing that the Republicans will pay a heavy price for their tactics of distortion, rejection of bipartisan outreach, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Conservatives, Racism, Republican Party, Right Wing Extremists, Tea Baggers
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A Magic Film : The Butterfly Circus
Stop and Watch: The Butterfly Circus By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog / September 22, 2009 This is not my usual post. This is something very special I want to share with you. Something, I feel, that is very … Continue reading
Going Nuclear : Tom Friedman’s ‘Idiocy Atomique’
‘Green Advocate’ Tom Friedman is nuclear booster In denial verging on psychosis, Friedman says France has ‘managed to deal with all the radioactive waste issues without any problems or panic.’ By Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / September 22, … Continue reading
A Lifestyle Alternative : The Gift Economy
Jesse James Retherford. The gift economy and the sustainable community Within a moral economy the social significance of individuals is defined by their obligations to others, with whom they maintain continuing relationships. It is the extended reproduction of the relationship … Continue reading
Jack Herer : Cannabis Champ Stricken
Jack Herer, champion for legalization of cannabis.Author, leader of movement to legalize cannabis:Jack Herer has massive heart attack By Mariann G. Wizard / The Rag Blog / September 21, 2009 Jack Herer, the father of the U.S. cannabis legalization movement, … Continue reading
