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Austin : Thousands Rally for Healthcare; Teabaggers Call for Secession
Health care supporters, Teabaggers rally in Austin, August 29, 2009. Photos by James Retherford / The Rag Blog.Healthcare rally draws over 2,000;Handful of Teabaggers call for secession Rev. Jim Rigby, pastor of St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, pondered how it can … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Health Care Reform, Lloyd Doggett, Right Wing Extremists, Tea Baggers, Universal Health Care
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Honduras : Resistance Seeks Opposition Bishop for Presidential Bid
On the two-month anniversary fo the coup that deposed Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, his supporters marched through the main streets of Tegucigalpa. Photo by Reuters / La Jornada.Resistance in Honduras debates election strategy:Offers nomination to opposition bishop By Arturo Cano[Translated … Continue reading
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Tagged Central America, Coups d'etat, Honduras, Latin America
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BOOKS / We Are All Zimbabweans Now
We Are all Zimbabweans Now (a brief summary)By James Kilgore / The Rag Blog / September 1, 2009 [We Are All Zimbabweans Now: A Novel by James Kilgore, paperback, 272 pp, RH-Struik Publishing, August 24, 2009,$23.95.] We Are All Zimbabweans … Continue reading
Ted Kennedy and the Politics of Death
The politics of death serves to reinforce the ‘great person’ theory of history which suggests that historical change is the result of the wise and vigorous and inspired activities of talented individuals, not groups or social movements. By Harry Targ … Continue reading
Transit : Dying ‘Dillos are Austin’s Canaries
The dying ‘Dillos of Austin:A morality play for changing times By Greg Moses / The Rag Blog / August 31, 2009 It’s not that we’re going to miss the cute little “’Dillo” buses very much when the last two lines … Continue reading
Storming the Bastille : Bidding Bipartisanship Adieu
“Prise de la Bastille,” painting by Jean-Pierre Louis Laurent Houel / Wikimedia Commons.Health care reform:To the barricades By Dr. Stephen R. Keister / The Rag Blog / August 31, 2009 I fear that the average American, including myself, has a … Continue reading
Drought : Mexico Goes Down the Drain
A tractor ploughs a hectare of land in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua. Photo by Tomas Bravo / Reuters.Mexico goes down the drain:Water and power south of the border By John Ross / The Rag Blog / August 31, … Continue reading
Bank Struggles and the ‘Science’ of Economics
As bank struggles worsen:The ‘science’ of economics By Roger Baker / The Rag Blog / August 31, 2009 See ‘Meltdown 101: Why banks’ struggles have worsened,’ by Marcy Gordon, Below. A viewpoint inspired by some bad banking news is cited … Continue reading
Freakence : Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis De Didier Mainguy / The Rag Blog / August 30, 2009 Plus connu sous le nom de Juvenal. (Ier siècle et du début du IIe siècle) Etait-il beat, hippie, autonome ultra-gauchiste, anarchiste ? L’histoire ne le dit … Continue reading
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Tagged France, Philosophy, Sixties, The Rag, Underground Press
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Washington in the Time of Cholera : A Pandemic of Ignorance
Graphic by Larry Ray / The Rag Blog. Health Care Reform: A Pandemic of Ignorance and Fear By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog / August 29, 2009 I have just finishing reading Naples in the Time of Cholera 1884-1911. … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Cholera, Health Care Reform, Naples in the Time of Cholera, Pandemics, World History
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Joe Nick Patoski : Jim Dickinson Was One Cool Memphis Cat
It’s not just the whites reaching for the black culture, it’s the blacks reaching for the white culture. It’s about the collision. Jim Dickinson. Photo from Memphis Flyer. Memphis musician Jim Dickinson dies at 67Career of artist, producer touched four … Continue reading
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Tagged African-American, Blues, Civil Rights, Deaths, Memphis, Musicians, Oral History, Racism, Rock 'n Roll, the South
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Rabbi Arthur Waskow : Poster Child for Lousy Health Insurance
Don’t mourn, organize:How I became a poster child for lousy private health insurance By Rabbi Arthur Waskow / The Rag Blog / August 27, 2009 For 25 years I have been a member of a private health insurance plan that … Continue reading
