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"Ain’t Gonna Study War No More…"
Vets for Peace hold “Sangha” for Ft. Hood GI’sBy Doug Zachary / The Rag Blog / June 9, 2008 [Doug Zachary is a regular contributor to The Rag Blog. A veteran, he is president of the Austin chapter of Veterans … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, GI's, Iraq, Music, Peace Movement, Rock 'n Roll, Social Action, Veterans, Vietnam
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The Hummer Dumber Song
The Hummer Dumber Song(All Over Utopia) (This is satire; not an instruction manual.) blow up a Hummer, as it rolls off the lineblow up a Hummer, and pay a small fineblow up a Hummer, and all of its kindblow up … Continue reading
Marilyn Buck Book Party, Sunday June 8, 6 PM
Marilyn will not, of course, be able to attend this event, as she is still confined in federal prison, the longest-held woman political prisoner in the US. But if any RagReaders are in NYC this Sunday, try to stop by; … Continue reading
Global Economy in an Inverted World
Guys shooting craps in musical “Guys and Dolls.”The Stock Market :Shooting Craps From the LeftBy Steve Russell / The Rag Blog / June 5, 2008 [The following comments by Rag Blog contributor Steve Russell are followed by an Op-Ed piece … Continue reading
Ocean Acidification – Elevating the Discourse
Ocean Acidification due to Increases in Atmospheric CO2By Paul Spencer / The Rag Blog / June 4, 2008 Not to sound alarmist, but sound the alarm anyway just in case – man-made CO2 and NOx and SO2 emissions may be … Continue reading
Who Do You Love?
Who Do You Love? I wish I could understand why I know that Bo Diddley had a one-eyed white bull dog named Lola, yet I can’t remember what year my favorite grandfather died Or his age, for that matter I … Continue reading
Great Liberal Hope? Pilger and Hamilton on Obama
Any of you Obama supporters care to deconstruct Pilger’s argument on the matter of Senator Obama? I remain open-minded, and ever-eager to be “born again.” Doug Zachary / The Rag Blog / June 3, 2008 [David Hamilton and Scott Trimble … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Business, Hillary, Liberalism, Obama, Presidential Campaign, The Left
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Mesmo’s Desert Digest : Seed and Ceremony
Petroglyphs from Willow Springs in northern Arizona. These engravings, made by Hopi Indians during ritual pilgrimages, depict the individual clan symbols of the pilgrims. Not all North American rock art is shamanistic in origin. This is especially true of rock … Continue reading
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Tagged Agriculture, Austin, Environment, Native Americans, Peace Movement, Sixties, Spirituality, Sustainability
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America, Incorporated, L.L.C.
we built this business up from scratchwith all the real estate we snatchedwe used resources down the hatchwith all the labor we could catchmythologized confabulatedself-congratulatedAmerica, Incorporated for a new place did real welllots of smokes and folks to sellway far … Continue reading
Rudi Dutschke Strasse : From Our Man in Berlin
Rudi Dutschke, then. Rudi Dutschke Strasse, now.Street Party Celebrates Memory of Sixties German ActivistBy David MacBryde / The Rag Blog / May 30, 2008 [David MacBryde was an Austin activist and a contributor to The Rag Blog’s historical precursor, The … Continue reading
The Little Oven, Port Angeles, Washington
My buddy Cora and I both started working at a little manufacturing plant in Port Angeles on exactly the same day, 3 May 2006. We got to know each other because we were relegated to sitting in the foyer while … Continue reading
Mesmo’s Desert Digest : From Austin to Crazy Horse
Mesmo’s desert homeboy. [This is the first installment of a regular feature coming from The Rag Blog’s new desert correspondent, Gerry, aka Mesmo. First: Getting to know you.] Hello all, I am Gerry, aka Mesmo, a septuagenarian desert rat from … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Music, Native Americans, Nature, Peace Movement, SDS, Spirituality, Sustainability
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