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Zwarich: Eradicating Racism Means Eradicating Poverty and Deprivation
People at Mom’s Place, a homeless shelter in Detroit.Photo: Ankur Dholakia / The Detroit News.A Post Racial America?Are we anywhere NEAR there yet?By Zwarich / The Rag Blog / November 15, 2008 A very good article from a young Black … Continue reading
GOP : Whoops! There Goes the Firewall…
Click image to enlarge. Firewall status: Six GOP senators have lost their places on the wall, falling off just like a bunch of Humpty Dumpties. Three more GOP seats teeter precariously.By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog / November 14, … Continue reading
A New Model for Managing International Trade and Development , Part IV
Click here for all the posts in the series. In Development……only one road leads to Rome, Part 4By Sid Eschenbach / The Rag Blog / November 15, 2008 A Proposal for a New Trade and Development Paradigm The WTO GATT … Continue reading
Our Correspondent : Germany’s Alternative ‘Rag’ Hopeful About Obama
Die Tageszeitung: ‘As Obama so often said: Change is not about me, it is about you. Europeans should feel addressed by that.’By David MacBryde / The Rag Blog / November 14, 2008 BERLIN — After the election, the headline of … Continue reading
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Tagged 2008 Elections, Alternative Media, David MacBryde, Europe, Freak Brothers, Germany, Gilbert Shelton, Obama, Sixties, The Rag, The Rag Blog, The World, Underground Press
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Teaching War : What Did You Learn in School Today?
Veteran Fred Castaneda addresses Veterans Day assembly at Austin elementary school. Photo by Ricardo B. Brazziell / Austin American-Statesman.Is Veteran’s Day about War?By Fran Hanlon / The Rag Blog / November 14, 2008 Recently, the Austin American-Statesman ran a photo … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, CodePink, Education, Peace Movement, Public Schools, Texas, Veterans
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Austin : Iraq Veterans Speak Out Against the War
Members of Iraq Veterans Against the War march in Austin’s Veteran’s Day parade. Photos by Susan Van Haitsma / The Rag Blog.Iraq war veterans talk the walk at UTBy Susan Van Haitsma / The Rag Blog / November 13, 2008 … Continue reading
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Tagged Anti-War Vets, Austin, Ft. Hood, Iraq Occupation, Iraq Veterans, IVAW, Peace Movement, Social Action, Texas
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A New Model for Managing International Trade and Development , Part III
Click here for all the posts in the series. In Development……only one road leads to Rome, Part 3By Sid Eschenbach / The Rag Blog / November 14, 2008 To Rome… or to Ruin? As a result of the application of … Continue reading
Reaganomics Lives : Now About Bailing Out Detroit…
Reagan: Hey, it’s not all bad.‘The third path is to set standards for the kind of cars we need, backed by a government commitment to buy them on the fleet level and serious tax credits for ordinary folks who buy … Continue reading
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Tagged Automobile Industry, Congressional Bailout, Henry Paulson, Reaganomics, Treasury Dept., Wall Street
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A New Model for Managing International Trade and Development , Part II
Click here for all the posts in the series. In Development……only one road leads to Rome, Part 2By Sid Eschenbach / The Rag Blog / November 13, 2008 History: How did the rich nations get rich? This is the single … Continue reading
Shalom : Jewish Activists Gather to End the War and Heal America
‘The gathering we are holding is intended to restart the energies of Jewish activism.’By Rabbi Arthur Waskow / The Rag Blog / November 12, 2008 On November 23, The Shalom Center and the Workmen’s Circle will hold an action gathering … Continue reading
A New Model for Managing International Trade and Development , Part I
This is the first part of a four-part series describing a new approach to the conundrum of manufacturing outsourcing. Sid Eschenbach is The Rag Blog‘s newest contributor. We welcome his participation in our growing effort. And we hope you, the … Continue reading
Larry Ray : Post-Election Kibbles ‘n Bits
‘A presidential campaign produces a mother lode of ideas. One learns to keep a pad and pen handy.’By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog / November 11, 2008 Every reporter or writer has story ideas and scrawled words left in … Continue reading
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Tagged 2008 Elections, Capitalism, Corporate Corruption, Oil Companies, Wall Street Bailout
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