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Lamar W. Hankins : ‘Dirty Wars’ and Bush-Obama Foreign Policy
Yemini writer Farea al-Muslimi testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Screen grab from Democracy Now!. Dirty Wars: The terror of Bush-Obama era foreign policy While some Bush policies may have been changed, the Obama administration has found new ways to … Continue reading
Bob Feldman : More African-Americans Enter Texas Politics, Prisons, 1974-1995
Hoe squad from Texas’ Clemens Unit in early 1970s. Photo from Texas Prison Museum. The hidden history of Texas Part 14: 1974-1995/1 — More African-Americans in politics, prison By Bob Feldman | The Rag Blog | April 30, 2013 [This … Continue reading
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Tagged African-American History, Bob Feldman, Texas History, Texas Politics, Texas Prisons
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Anne Lewis : Corporate Crime Scene in West, Texas
Putting on the makeup. Television reporter on the scene at the fertilizer plant explosion in West Texas, Thursday, April 18, 2013. Photo by Patrick Bresnan / The Rag Blog. Getting the picture: Corporate crime scene in West, Texas How do … Continue reading
Bruce Melton : Calling all Earthlings
Alien beings emerge from “What Was Once Lake Buchanan” as the water level falls. Photos by Bruce Melton / The Rag Blog. Calling all earthlings:Climate change communicationsmay as well be from aliens Relative to most of the 20th century, Austin’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin Weather, Bruce Melton, Climate Change, Climate Science, Global Warming, Weather
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Tom Hayden : Earth Night
Is ‘Earth Night’ coming? Image from Wikimedia Commons. Earth Night Al Gore wrote in 1992, ‘the maximum that is politically feasible still falls short of the minimum that is truly effective.’ Making it ‘politically feasible’ to tackle extreme climate change … Continue reading
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Tagged Al Gore, Climate Change, Earth Day, Environment, Global Warming, Jerry Brown, Tom Hayden
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Judy Gumbo Albert : Writing for the Hell of It
Yippie Girl: Judy Gumbo Albert on the cover of the Berkeley Tribe, 1970. Image from Babylon Falling. How to bug a Yippie Girl:Writing for the hell of it My 1960s and ’70s had been a Dostoyevskian drama of love, honor, … Continue reading
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Tagged Activists, FBI, Judy Gumbo Albert, Memoirists, Sixties, Writing, Yippie Girl, Yippies
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RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Yippie Pioneers Judy Gumbo Albert and Nancy Kurshan ‘Tell It Like It Was’
Judy Gumbo Albert, left, and Nancy Kurshan, photographed in Hanoi, January 2013, were our guests on Rag Radio April 13, 2013. Rag Radio podcast:Sixties activists and original YippiesJudy Gumbo Albert and Nancy Kurshan Judy and Nancy discuss their recent trip … Continue reading
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Tagged Interview, Judy Gumbo Albert, Nancy Kurshan, Podcast, Prison Reform, Rag Radio, Sixties, Thorne Dreyer, Vietnam, Yippies
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Jean Trounstine : Compassion Cannot Be Piecemeal
Compassion cannot be piecemeal. Image from NPR. Reflections on the past week:Compassion cannot be piecemeal Justice does not mean mercy. That I know. But justice must be tempered by mercy. By Jean Trounstine | The Rag Blog | April 24, … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Bombings, Civil Liberties, Compassion, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Jean Trounstine, Prison Reform, Terrorism
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Alan Waldman : Two Very Funny, Politically Incisive British Series That Are Well Worth Watching
Waldman’s film and TVtreasures you may have missed: Paul Eddington and Nigel Hawthorne are outstanding as a British Minister and his civil servant nemesis in Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister. By Alan Waldman | The Rag Blog | April … Continue reading
BOOKS / Ron Jacobs : ‘Conversations on U.S. State Terrorism’
‘Weapon of the Strong’ Interviews from ‘State of Nature‘ Throughout the text is an underlying question of language and its meaning. Why is one act considered terrorism while another act that is essentially the same not considered so? By Ron … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Interviews, Noam Chomsky, Ron Jacobs, State of Nature, State Terrorism, Terrorism, U.S. Imperialism, Weapon of the Strong
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Michael James : 1939 Hot Rod Ford Rolling Through Town
1939 hot rod Ford, Durango, Colorado, February 1989. Photo by Michael James from his forthcoming book, Michael Gaylord James’ Pictures from the Long Haul. Pictures from the Long Haul:1939 hot rod Ford rolling,rumbling, and purring through town By Michael James … Continue reading
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Tagged Disabled Athletes, Hot Rod Cars, Memoir, Michael James, NFL, nostalgia, Pictures from the Long Haul, Vintage Cars
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