Category Archives: Rag Bloggers

Harry Targ : Diplomatic Rejection at Cartagena Summit Reflects U.S. Decline

Posted on April 17, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Is U.S. image fading? President Obama on giant screen at Americas Summit in Cartagena, April 14, 2012. Photo by John Vizcaino / Reuters.Occupy Latin America:Changing relations in the hemisphere Latin America’s rejection of U.S. diplomatic dominance at the Cartagena, Colombia, … Continue reading →

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Lamar W. Hankins : ‘Truth, Lies and Afghanistan’

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Lt. Colonel Daniel Davis. Image from Eideard.‘Truth, Lies and Afghanistan’:Lt. Colonel Davis reveals futilityand folly of our war in Afghanistan By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | April 16, 2012 How quickly Americans lose interest in war when … Continue reading →

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Thorne Webb Dreyer and Sarito Carol Neiman : Bon Voyage, Doctor Keister

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Dr. Stephen R. Keister, 1921-2012.Dr. Stephen R. Keister, 1921-2012:Bon Voyage, Doctor Keister By Thorne Webb Dreyer and Sarito Carol Neiman / The Rag Blog / April 12, 2012 It seems the cancer always wins! Tomorrow I go to the Manchester … Continue reading →

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Tom Miller : Moving West, Writing East

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Welcoming Arizona rattlesnake: “Cowboys amble” — and, well, “snakes slither.”Moving West, writing East:The life of a writer in the Southwestof the 1960s and ’70sBy Tom Miller | The Rag Blog | April 12, 2012 I moved west to escape the … Continue reading →

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RAG RADIO / Thorne Webb Dreyer : Jim Hightower and the ‘Populist Moment’

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Rag Radio: Jim Hightower and the ‘populist moment’ By Thorne Webb Dreyer | The Rag Blog | April 11, 2012 Jim Hightower will headline a “Spring Song Fiesta” at Scholz Beer Garten in Austin on Sunday, April 15, from 1-9 … Continue reading →

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Steve Russell : Traveling by Water

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Mar Caribe: Traveling by water. Photo by Jefry Lagrange Reyes / Wikimedia Commons.Traveling by water “We pray in English so we understand each other; we pray in Indian so God understands us.” — Lakota elder By Steve Russell | The … Continue reading →

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MUSIC / Ron Jacobs : A ‘New Kind of Lonely’

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Bohemian hoedown:A New Kind of Lonely I See Hawks In LA create music that might best be described as a twenty-first century manifestation of that high lonesome sound first introduced to the world by Bill Monroe. By Ron Jacobs | … Continue reading →

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Danny Schechter : Sayonara to Mike Wallace and the End of an Era

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Mike Wallace hosting “CBS Morning News” in 1963. Photo from CBS Photo Archive / Getty Images.Sayonara to Mike Wallaceand the news era he led Mike Wallace turned the macho face-off into a personal signature that resembled nothing so much as … Continue reading →

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Mari Jo and Paul Buhle : Wisconsin’s Historic ‘Solidarity Sing Along’

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Solidarity Sing Along at the Wisconsin State Capitol. Photo from Solidarity Sing Along / Facebook. The historic Wisconsin ‘Solidarity Sing Along’ Dubbed the ‘longest continuously running singing protest in history,’ the Solidarity Sing Along is about to celebrate its 350th … Continue reading →

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Bob Feldman : Labor and Farmer Activism in Texas, 1890-1920

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Southern Pine Lumber Company workers at the company store, Diboll, Texas, about 1907. Photo courtesy of The History Center, Diboll. Image from Texas Beyond History.The hidden history of Texas Part IX: 1890-1920/5 — Labor and farmer activism By Bob Feldman … Continue reading →

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Harry Targ : Culture and the Cuban Experience

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

The Cuban band Sierra Maestra was formed at the University of Havana in 1976.Economics, politics, and culture:The Cuban experience Culture can be revolutionary when it expresses pain, implies a better life, and extends the experiences of some to others… By … Continue reading →

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Harvey Wasserman : Two New U.S. Nukes in Big Trouble

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Georgia’s Vogtle nuclear plant faces big challenges. Image from io9.America’s two new nukesare on the brink of death The financial pitfalls of what may be America’s last two proposed reactor projects may write the final epitaph for an industry whose … Continue reading →

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