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ELECTION 2012 / Jonah Raskin : A View from California
“California Dreaming.” Art by Tom Horner / Dribble. Inset image below from San Francisco Sentinal.A view from California:Which way the wind blows Obama’s reelection is only the beginning. The hard work of transforming the nation lies ahead By Jonah Raskin … Continue reading
Bruce Melton : Extreme Weather like Sandy Caused by Arctic Warming
Seaside Heights Amusement Park, Jersey Shore. Image from underthemat.Superstorm Sandy:Research shows how Arctic warmingdirectly causes extreme weather Climate change plain and simple: Arctic Sea ice melt caused Superstorm Sandy. And things are starting to get crazy with this ongoing string … Continue reading
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Tagged Bruce Melton, Climate Change, Climate Science, Environment, Extreme Weather, Global Warming, Superstorm Sandy
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Jack A. Smith : The Left and the ‘Lesser Evil’ Dilemma
Graphic from Liberation News.For whom should the left vote? Many progressives now view Obama as the ‘lesser evil,’ but worry he will sell them out once again. By Jack A. Smith | The Rag Blog | November 5, 2012 There … Continue reading
David McReynolds : In Defense of Independent Politics / 1
Dynamic duo: Does the answer lie elsewhere? Image from Gulf Business.EdgeLeft:In defense of independent politics / 1 What is certain is that neither candidate is willing to make a real break with the military/industrial complex which dominates this country. By … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 Elections, David McReynolds, Socialism, The Left, Third Party Politics
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Steve Russell : Citizens United and ‘Scandalgate’
Richard Nixon: “I am not a crook!”Scandalgate The Citizens United case has put us in a situation where Watergate is such small potatoes that it’s almost quaint. By Steve Russell | The Rag Blog | November 2, 2012 Luke Russert, … Continue reading
RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Historian Martin Duberman on ‘Howard Zinn: A Life on the Left’
Martin Duberman. Image from Lambda Literary.Rag Radio podcast:Historian Martin Duberman discusseshis new biography of Howard Zinn By Rag Radio | The Rag Blog | November 1, 2012 Historian Martin Duberman discussed his new book, Howard Zinn: A Life on the … Continue reading
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Tagged Authors, Howard Zinn, Interview, Leftists, Martin Duberman, Podcast, Rag Radio, Thorne Dreyer
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Alan Waldman : Anglo-Welsh Sitcom ‘Gavin & Stacey’ is Wacky Gem
Waldman’s film and TV treasures you may have missed: Englishman James Corden and Welshwoman Ruth Jones wrote and performed in one of the freshest, wackiest TV comedies in years: the award-gobbling, Anglo-Welsh sitcom Gavin & Stacey By Alan Waldman | … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Waldman, British Television, Criticism, Gavin and Stacey, Vintage Television
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VERSE / Don Paul : Word Passed Down through Forbidden Radio
Don Paul and Chuck Kinder at Stanford, January 2002. Photo by April Smith.Word Passed Downthrough Forbidden Radio for Chuck Kinder and John Sinclair on their birthdays, October 2012 The voices beside your pillow, friends past midnight,Wailing from the River, whistling … Continue reading
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Tagged Chuck Kinder, Don Paul, John Sinclair, Literature, Poetry
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Harry Targ : The Real Romney Foreign Policy
Will the real Mitt Romney please stand up? Image from Foreign Policy.Unleashing the military:The real Romney foreign policy Military spending would grow in a Romney administration, especially because of ties to the neocons and a hawkish Congress which promotes military … Continue reading
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Tagged Foreign Policy, Harry Targ, Imperialism, Mitt Romney, Peace Movement, U.S. Military
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