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Jack A. Smith : Big Brother’s Getting Bigger
Another sign of the times. Image from City Limits.Our civil liberties under attack:Big Brother’s getting even bigger Abuses of civil liberties are taking place with increasing frequency, but the public outcry has mainly been muted, an enticement for the authorities … Continue reading
BOOKS / Ron Jacobs : Vijay Prashad on the Arab Spring
Manipulating the Arab uprising:Rebellious spring, murderous winter By Ron Jacobs | The Rag Blog | April 18, 2012 [Arab Spring, Libyan Winter by Vijay Prashad (2012: AK Press); Paperback;168 pp.; $14.95.] The last 20 or so months have certainly been … Continue reading
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Tagged Arab Spring, Books, Middle East, Ron Jacobs, Vijay Prashad
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INTERVIEW / Jonah Raskin : Judy Gumbo Albert, Yippie Girl
Judy Gumbo Albert. Photo illustrations by James Retherford / The Rag Blog.Yippie Girl:A Rag Blog interviewwith Judy Gumbo Albert By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | April 17, 2012 After all these years, she still calls herself “Yippie Girl.” … Continue reading
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Tagged Interview, Jonah Raskin, Judy Gumbo Albert, Sixties, Yippies
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Danny Schechter : Adbusters’ ‘Battle for the Soul of Occupy’
Graphic from AdBusters.Here we go again:Battle for the ‘soul’ of Occupy AdBusters‘ latest communiqué is offered up almost like a new commandment from the mountaintop of political purity. By Danny Schechter | The Rag Blog | April 17, 2012 Perhaps … Continue reading
Marilyn Katz : Israel Needs a New Narrative
Israeli soldiers guard Palestinians protesting the relocation of an Israeli road gate in Beit Iksa in the occupied West Bank, on March 22, 2012. Photo by Ahmad Gharabli / AFP / Getty Images.Israel needs a new narrative Casting Jews as … Continue reading
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Tagged Israel, Marilyn Katz, Middle East, Netanyahu, Palestinian Occupation, West Bank, Zionism
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Lamar W. Hankins : ‘Truth, Lies and Afghanistan’
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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Tagged Afghanistan, Endless War, Imperialism, Lamar W. Hankins, Lt. Col. Daniel Davis, Military, U.S. Foreign Policy
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Thorne Webb Dreyer and Sarito Carol Neiman : Bon Voyage, Doctor Keister
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
Tom Miller : Moving West, Writing East
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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Tagged Arizona, Journalists, Memoir, Sothwest, Tom Miller, Writers
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RAG RADIO / Thorne Webb Dreyer : Jim Hightower and the ‘Populist Moment’
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
Steve Russell : Traveling by Water
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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Tagged Caribbean, Native Americans, Oceans, pollution, Spirituality, Steve Russell, Travel
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MUSIC / Ron Jacobs : A ‘New Kind of Lonely’
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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Tagged Bluegrass, I See Hawks in LA, Music, Rock 'n Roll, Ron Jacobs
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