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Politics in El Salvador : Echos of Nicaragua
Special to The Rag Blog ‘The Salvadoran Right has capitalized on the chaos in Nicaragua to further their negative campaign to defame the left-wing Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) party.’ By Leah Wilson / The Rag Blog / December … Continue reading
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Tagged El Salvador, Latin America, Liberation Movements, Nicaragua, Revolutionary Movements, Sandanistas, Socialism
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Charlie Loving: And Now Chicago …
Cartoon by Charlie Loving / The Rag Blog
Sherman DeBrosse : Big Three Bailout a Must
UAW workers picket GMC plant. Photo by Spencer Platt / Getty Images.An auto bridge loan is essential to reduce the pain of recession.By Sherman DeBrosse / The Rag Blog / December 10, 2008 The U.S. economy is so fragile that … Continue reading
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Tagged Automobile Bailout, Automobile Industry, Congressional Bailout, Economic Crisis, Economy, Labor Unions, Recession
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Roger Baker : Getting a Read on this Economy Business
‘We can now observe that the creation of unlimited credit by unregulated investment banks, together with peak/near peak oil causing a steep oil price rise, is together enough to trigger a panicky deflationary spiral that has its own complex dynamics.’ … Continue reading
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Tagged China, Economic Collapse, Economic Crisis, Financial Crisis, Fossil Fuels, Peak Oil, Recession, World Economy
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Massacre at Tlatelolco : Art Can Help Us Remember
Freedom of Speech (1968) by Adolpho Mexiac. Inspired by the student protest in 1968 in Mexico City and the massacre at Tlatelolco. As I started to tell the story behind these sculpted ghosts, I realized how little I remembered of … Continue reading
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Tagged History, Human Rights, Mexico, Mexico City, Police Riots, Sixties, Social Action, Social Movements, Student Movement
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Bob Jones University Says ‘No’ to Racism, Abercrombie & Fitch
Students at Bob Jones University becoming smart at the Bob Jones University Library, reading books by Bob Jones. Photo by Francis Miller / Life Magazine / 1948. ‘Finally, BJ University has issued a half-hearted apology for their racist past. They … Continue reading
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Tagged Bigotry, Colleges, Education, Fundamentalism, Racism, Religion
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A [Sic] Berd in the Hand…
My sister took this picture. It’s from the El Paso Independent School District print shop! She wrote: ‘Look at the signs carefully. The first sign on the fence was the white one, it is a piece of paper in a … Continue reading
Here’s a Plan : Nationalize General Motors
‘The United States government should buy 51% of the GM stock and put a green Board of Directors in place.’By Terry J. DuBose / The Rag Blog / December 8, 2008 See ‘Here’s a plan: Buy GM’ and ‘Nationalize GM’ … Continue reading
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Tagged Automobile Bailout, Automobile Industry, Economic Crisis, General Motors, Nationalization, Socialism
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Recession: Delusional Politics meets Lewis Carroll
‘”It’s a poor sort of memory that only works backwards,” the Queen remarked.’By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog / December 4, 2008 “The rule is jam tomorrow and jam yesterday – but never jam today!” Young Alice Bernanke stared … Continue reading
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Tagged Economic Crisis, Economy, Lewis Carroll, Political Satire, Recession
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Austin : The Radical Humanism of Abe Osheroff
Abe Osheroff in October 1998 at the University of Washington. Photo by Larry Davis / NYT.‘Abe Osheroff: One Foot in the Grave, the other Still Dancing.’ By Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / December 3, 2008 In 2000 and … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Documentary, Film, Political Activists, Progressives, UT-Austin
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