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Alice Embree : ‘Fierce Women’ March in San Antonio
Photo by Carlos Lowry / The Rag Blog.International Women’s Day:‘Fierce women’ keeping the faith By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | March 5, 2012 See gallery of photos by Carlos Lowry and Susan Van Haitsma, Below. SAN ANTONIO — … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Embree, Carlos Lowry, Feminism, International Women's Day, San Antonio, Social Action, Susan Van Haitsma
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David P. Hamilton : Guatemala’s Perez Molina Wants to Legalize all Drugs
Guatemalan President Otto Pérez Molina, left, with his Defense Minister Ulises Ansueto Giron, during a ceremony in Guatemala City in January. Photo from AFP / Tico Times.Otto Perez Molina and the Drug War Perez Molina surprised everyone by announcing that … Continue reading
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Tagged Central America, David P. Hamilton, Drug Legalization, Drug Violence, Drug War, Guatemala, Latin America, Perez Molina
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Richard Raznikov : The Privatization of Everything
Gobbling up the Commons. Cartoon by Ahmed Abdallah / 3arabawy.On the verge:The privatization of everything Does anyone have to ask what happens to law enforcement and the judicial system once the state agrees to keep private prisons at 90% of … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Commons, Democracy, Political Philosophy, Privatization, Richard Raznikov
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Jack A. Smith : Will Israel Bomb Iran?
Will Israel strike? Image from Gestetner Updates.Bombing Iran:Will they or won’t they? Iran insists it is not producing or about to produce nuclear weapons… Israel is known to possess at least 200 nuclear weapons and delivery systems. By Jack A. … Continue reading
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Tagged Iran Attack, Israel, Jack A. Smith, Middle East, Nuclear Weapons, U.S. Foreign Policy
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Harry Targ : Social Movements and the Forces of Reaction
Image from KXL.com.Progressive social movements andthe reactionary forces that oppose them By Harry Targ | The Rag Blog | February 29, 2012 “Of course, Big Labor’s coercion of employees into paying union dues to subsidize its political agenda isn’t new, … Continue reading
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Tagged ACORN, Harry Targ, Labor Movement, Planned Parenthood, Reactionary Politcs, Right to Work, Social Movements
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BOOKS / Robert Jensen : Belén Fernández Dresses Down Thomas Friedman
The emperor’s messenger has no clothes:Belén Fernández dresses down Thomas Friedman By Robert Jensen / Truthout / January 28, 2012 [The Imperial Messenger: Thomas Friedman at Work, by Belén Fernández (Verso, 2011); 240 pp., $16.95. Published by Verso in its … Continue reading
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Tagged Belén Fernández, Books, Imperialism, Journalists, Robert Jensen, Thomas Friedman
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Bob Feldman : Disenfranchising Black Voters in Texas, 1890-1920
Poll Tax Receipt, January 30, 1908; digital image from the University of North Texas Libraries.The hidden history of Texas Part IX: 1890-1920/3 — Disenfranchising black voters in Texas By Bob Feldman / The Rag Blog / February 28, 2012 [This … Continue reading
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Tagged African-American History, Bob Feldman, Poll Tax, Racism, Texas History, White Supremacy
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Lamar W. Hankins : ALEC and the Right Wing Agenda
Graphic from alecwatch.org.The ALEC agenda:How the right-wing moldslegislators to shill for corporations By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | February 28, 2012 “[Any law proposed by businessmen] ought always to be listened to with great precaution… It comes … Continue reading
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Tagged ALEC, Conservative Politics, Corporate Power, Lamar W. Hankins, Right Wing
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Ted McLaughlin : Dems are Better for the Stock Market
Chart from Bloomberg Businessweek.Against conventional wisdom:Stock market does better under Democrats By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / February 27, 2012 The Republicans claim to be the party that best benefits Big Business and Wall Street. And Wall Street … Continue reading
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Tagged Democratic Party, Economy, Stock Market, Ted McLaughlin, Wall Street
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BOOKS / Roger Baker : Richard Heinberg’s ‘The End of Growth’
Another ‘inconvenient truth’:Richard Heinberg’s The End of Growth “The central assertion of this book is both simple and startling: economic growth as we have known it is over and done with.” — Richard Heinberg, introduction to The End of Growth … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Global Economy, Peak Oil, Richard Heinberg, Roger Baker
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RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Bill Kirchen is a ‘Titan of the Telecaster’
Bill Kirchen performs at the KOOP Surfin’ 17-A-Go-Go benefit at Antone’s in Austin, Feb. 4, 2012. Photo courtesy Ted and Linda Branson / KOOP / The Rag Blog.Rag Radio:Commander Cody’s Bill Kirchenis a ‘Titan of the Telecaster’By Thorne Dreyer | … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin Musicians, Bill Kirchen, Commander Cody, Guitarists, Interview, Music History, Rag Radio, Sixties, Thorne Dreyer
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SPORT / Mariann G. Wizard : Enter the Dragon, Jeremy Lin
Jeremy fan at the Knicks game against the Toronto Raptors, Feb. 14, 2012. Photo by Mike Cassese / Reuters.Enter the Dragon:NBA lucks out in New Yearwith Knicks’ Jeremy Lin-sanity By Mariann G. Wizard | The Rag Blog | February 23, … Continue reading
