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Thomas Good : An Interview With Mark Rudd
Mark Rudd speaks at the West End Bar in New York last week. Photo by Thomas Good / NLN. Beneath the gray beard and the wrinkles I could clearly see the boyish face of the 20-year-old SDS leader. By Thomas … Continue reading
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Tagged Authors, Books, Interview, Mark Rudd, SDS, Sixties, Weather Underground, Weathermen
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Life During Wartime
Political cartoon by Joshua Brown / Historians Against the War / The Rag Blog Thanks to Dr. S. R. Keister / The Rag Blog
Health Care and the Arrogant Republican Elite
Aristocrat 01 by Gabriel Dzieslaw / mixmedia on canvas, 2007. Also see, ‘Single-payer health reform bill introduced in Senate,’ Below. ‘…one watches the Republican Senate and House “leadership” posturing on television, in their Seville Row suits, sporting their salon or … Continue reading
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Tagged Health Care Reform, Republican Party, Single Payer, Universal Health Care
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Alice Embree : Remembering Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero
Mural at the National University of El Salvador depicting the late Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero, assassinated in March 24, 1980. Photo by Alice Embree / The Rag Blog.Liberation theologian and advocate for the poor, El Salvador’s Romero was assassinated 30 … Continue reading
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Tagged El Salvador, History, Latin America, Liberation Movements, Liberation Theology, People
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Thorne Dreyer : Wavy Gravy Leads Austin Musicians in March for Peace
Hippie legend Wavy Gravy leads the Million Musicians March in Austin, March 21, 2009. Photo by Mara Eurich / The Rag Blog.Austin musicians and activists decide to be “instruments for peace.” Photo by Alan Pogue / The Rag Blog. “Of … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Million Musicians March, Musicians, Peace Movement, Social Protest, SXSW, Texas, Wavy Gravy
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Swingin’ on Sunday – the Branford Marsalis Quartet
Eric Revis, Branford Marsalis, Justin Faulkner, l. to r., playing atJazz Alley, 20 March 2009. Photos by the author.Branford Marsalis Quartet Plays SeattleBy Richard Jehn / The Rag Blog / March 22, 2009 Man, can these guys swing !!! The … Continue reading
The World After AIG : Obama and the Economy
Gorilla. Still in room. Graphic from Wunder Blog. It is not unreasonable to expect that the AIG Bonuses scandal will win some converts for the Republicans’ take-no-action philosophy. Democrats need to wake up and start reminding the public who created … Continue reading
Horns of a Dilemma : The Buck Stops Here
Political cartoon by Ralph Solonitz / The Rag Blog. [Ralph Solonitz’ cartoons also appear at MadasHellClub.net.]The Rag Blog
Larry Ray : Congressional Kabuki and the Constitution
Graphic by Larry Ray / The Rag Blog. Though none of our elected officials actually got made up in classical white face, their outraged and out sized exaggerations, both facial and verbal would have qualified them for a Kabuki casting … Continue reading
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Tagged AIG, Bank Bailouts, Congress, Corporate Corruption, Economic Recovery
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HEALTH CARE / ‘Economic Power Must be Regulated with Prudence’
Pope Pius XI, 1857-1939 A.D. ‘Economic power is headstrong and vehement, and if it is to prove beneficial to mankind it must be securely curbed and regulated with prudence.’ — Pope Pius XI, May 15, 1931. Government and single payer … Continue reading
BOOKS / Van Jones’ ‘Green Collar Economy’
Environmental activist Van Jones, author of Green Collar Economy.A Review of ‘Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems’ ‘The best answer to our ecological crisis also responds to our socio-economic crisis. The surest path to … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Economic Reform, Environment, Green Jobs, Obama Administration, Van Jones
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