Category Archives: Rag Bloggers

Steve Russell, Indian : Advice to Myself at 14

Posted on May 28, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

I seldom got caught skipping school because the last place they would look for a truant was the public library. I read books by the shelf rather than by author or topic. It was a small library. By Steve Russell … Continue reading →

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Harvey Wasserman : The Eight Green Steps to Solartopia

Posted on May 27, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Pete Seeger sings Solartopia. Download here. Solartopia is diverse, sustainable, and socially just, the necessary, possible vision of a civilization in which we can all survive and thrive. By Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / May 27, 2009 Includes … Continue reading →

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California Supremes on Prop. 8 : The Return of Separate But Equal

Posted on May 27, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Demonstrators placed signs on a statue of Lincoln in front of San Francisco City Hall on May 26, 2009, after the California Supreme Court ruling upholding Prop. 8. Photo by Paul Sakuma. In reality, the point of the Court’s muddled … Continue reading →

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Lisa Sánchez González on the Sotomayor Nomination : Fighting my Inner Cynic

Posted on May 27, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Barack Obama introduces his Supreme Court nominee, Judge Sonia Sotomayor, a Boricua from the South Bronx. Photo by Saul Loeb / AFP.Obama nominates a Boricua from the South Bronx:A tease or a real slice of hope? By Lisa Sánchez González … Continue reading →

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Life During Wartime : What Obama Isn’t Telling Us!

Posted on May 26, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Political cartoon by Joshua Brown / Historians Against the War / The Rag BlogThanks to Dr. S.R. Keister /The Rag Blog

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Anti-War Memorial Day at Texas’ Fort Hood

Posted on May 26, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Memorial Day at Under the Hood. GI’s gather at coffee house before marching for peace. Photo by Alice Embree / The Rag Blog. War may seem to be a million miles away to much of the population, but it is … Continue reading →

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James Retherford : Brandon Darby, The Texas 2, and the FBI’s Runaway Informants

Posted on May 26, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

The Texas 2: David McKay and Bradley Crowder.The Texas 2: Intrigue, Provocation, and Betrayal The overarching story here is the blatant size of the federal government’s strategic operational use of informants and undercover agents against American citizens protesting eight years … Continue reading →

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El Salvador : President-Elect Funes Inherits Major Problems

Posted on May 26, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Poverty in El Salvador. Photo from ElFaro.net.Millennium Development Objectives: President Saca leaves President-elect Fumes with some serious obstacles in the areas of poverty, health, education and equality By Val Liveoak / The Rag Blog / May 26, 2009 [As President-elect … Continue reading →

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Memorial Day 2009 : Ashes, Stones and Flowers

Posted on May 25, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

In Memory of All Victims of War and Terrorism:Ashes, Stones, and Flowers By Rabbi Arthur Waskow and Rev. Patricia PearceThe Rag Blog / May 25, 2009 For vibrant lives suddenly and shamelessly sacrificed, we lift up the ashes of our … Continue reading →

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Guitar Maestro Stephen Bruton : Remembering the Fort Worth Flash

Posted on May 25, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Stephen Bruton, the Fort Worth Flash. Stephen was music, a genuine player’s player… Kristofferson called him ‘the best damn rock and roll guitar player in the world.’ By Joe Nick Patoski / The Rag Blog / May 24, 2009 Turner … Continue reading →

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Guantanamo : Bush’s Toxic Assets, Boogie Men and Political Prostitution

Posted on May 24, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Photo by Shane T. McCoy / U.S. Navy. The Republican game plan is to make it look like Obama is about to empty the prison camp down in Cuba, and turn out the lights and let the terrorists be set … Continue reading →

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Marilyn Buck from the Greybar : Reflections on Liberation and Poetry

Posted on May 23, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Portrait of Marilyn Buck by Tom Manning from Can’t Jail the Spirit: Art by Political Prisoner Tom Manning and others, 2006. The following is from former Austinite and Ragamuffin (contributor to our Sixties underground paper), long-time political prisoner and poet … Continue reading →

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