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Howard Wooldridge : Rocky Mountain High / 1
Howard “Cowboy” Wooldridge and Misty fight marijuana prohibition in Colorado.Misty and me:Fighting pot prohibition in Colorado Governor Hickenlooper moaned that tourism would decline or, if more tourists came, they would be the ‘wrong sort of people.’ What a muffin-head he … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 Elections, Amendment 64, Cannabis, Colorado, Drug Law Reform, Howard Wooldridge, Marijuana, Prohibition
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David McReynolds : After the Truce in Gaza
Political cartoon by Paul Jamiol / Jamiol’s World / Informed Comment.EdgeLeft:After the truce in Gaza This was not only a victory for Hamas, but also for Israel, which achieved at one stroke a deep division between the two sides of … Continue reading
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Tagged David McReynolds, Gaza, Gaza Truce, Hamas, Israel, Middle East, Netanyahu, Palestinian Occupation, Peace Movement
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VERSE / Margery Parsons : Surfing in Gaza
Surfer in Gaza. Image from Common Dreams.Surfing in Gaza The children of Gazapacked in campslike anchovies in tingo down to the beachto swim, and to surf.There is nothing timid about the way they take the waveson their boardshome-made with scraps … Continue reading
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Tagged Gaza Blockade, Gaza Strip, Margery Parsons, Palestinian Occupation, Poetry, Surfing
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Harry Targ : Class, Gender, and Division in Capitalism
Art from race class and gender.Similarities and differences: The political economy of capitalism Creating divisions among male and female workers and workers of different races and ethnic backgrounds has often weakened workers’ struggles to achieve economic justice. By Harry Targ … Continue reading
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Tagged 21st Century Socialism, Capitalism, Class Warfare, Harry Targ, Political Economy, War on Women
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Alan Waldman : Saskatchewan Sitcom ‘Corner Gas’ is Highly Original and Really Funny
Waldman’s film and TVtreasures you may have missed: Canadian comic, writer, and actor Brent Butt (his real name) has created a brilliant tiny-town sitcom named Corner Gas that’s justifiably a massive hit north of the border. By Alan Waldman | … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Waldman, Canadian Television, Corner Gas, Criticism, Vintage Television
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Lamar W. Hankins : ‘Death with Dignity’ Defeated
Image from WNYT.com.‘Death with Dignity’ defeated:Freedom denied by Massachusetts voters If I decide that it is time for my life to come to an end for reasons important to me, that should be my decision. By Lamar W. Hankins | … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 Elections, Assisted Suicide, Death with Dignity, Health Care, Lamar W. Hankins, Massachusetts
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Robert Jensen : What Starts at UT… Accelerates Destruction?
Image from Latinitas.UT motto modification:What starts here…accelerates destruction? While UT administrators may be heartfelt in their belief that ‘we are driven to solve society’s issues,’ most of the so-called solutions that are generated ignore or intensify the fundamental problems of … Continue reading
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Tagged Academia, Capitalism, Ecology, Global Crisis, Higher Education, Robert Jensen, Social Criticism, University of Texas
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Alice Embree / Terry DuBose : Defend the Soldiers’ Right to Heal
Under the Hood contingent at Veterans Day Parade, Killeen, Texas, Saturday, November 10, 2012. Photo by Susan Van Haitsma / The Rag Blog. Defend the right to heal: Veterans’ Day parade in Killeen As the deployments wind down from this … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Embree, Anti-War Vets, Fort Hood, IVAW, Malachi Muncy, Susan Van Haitsma, Terry DuBose, Under the Hood, Veterans Day
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Jim Simons : Judge Bill Kilgarlin Was a Different Kind of Friend
Judge William Wayne Kilgarlin. Image from the Tarlton Law Library, University of Texas at Austin.Bill Kilgarlin:A different kind of friend On the Texas Supreme Court he showed his values and commitments had not changed and Texas was better for it. … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Kilgarlin, Deaths, Jim Simons, Judiciary, Liberal Democrats, Texas History, Texas Politics, Texas Supreme Court
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Tom Hayden : Sticking It to Wall Street
The fallen bull. Image from Tumblr.A legacy of Occupy: Sticking it to Wall Street The Occupy movement energized a vanguard of voters to become more populist in their demands. By Tom Hayden | The Rag Blog | November 15, 2012 … Continue reading
RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Interviews with Activist David MacBryde; Author Jan Reid
Berlin-based activist David MacBryde in the KOOP studios in Austin, Texas, Friday, November 9, 2012. Photo by Tracey Schulz / Rag Radio. Inset photo below, from left: Rag Radio’s Tracey Schulz and Thorne Dreyer and guest David Macbryde. Photo by … Continue reading
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Tagged Ann Richards, Austin History, Biography, David MacBryde, European Politics, Frieda Werden, Germany, Interview, Jan Reid, Podcast, Rag Radio, Sixties, The Rag, Thorne Dreyer
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