Category Archives: Rag Bloggers

Bernardine Dohrn and Bill Ayers : Come to Chicago!

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Graphic by Dave Wittekind / Dave’s Ink / The Rag Blog. An open invitation:Come to Chicago Occupy this/Occupy that!NATO/G8: May 18-21, 2012 By Bernardine Dohrn and Bill Ayers | The Rag Blog | March 8, 2012 The tiny fraternity of … Continue reading →

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Jim Rigby : The Flag by the Pulpit

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from encountering love.The flag by the pulpit What does it mean when we tell preachers not to be political, but place a flag by the pulpit as though the flag were not itself a political statement? By Jim Rigby … Continue reading →

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BOOKS / Rick Ayers : Gilbert’s Memoir Helps Us Understand Our History

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Love and Struggle:David Gilbert’s memoir helps usunderstand our history and the world today By Rick Ayers / The Rag Blog / March 7, 2012 [Love and Struggle: My Life with SDS, the Weather Underground and Beyond, by David Gilbert. (Oakland, … Continue reading →

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Harry Targ : Political News as Commodity

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Screenshot of Rachel Maddow reporting on the phony ACORN media sting during her MSNBC show. Image from Democurmudgeon.What sells is legitimate:Political news is a commodityBy Harry Targ | The Rag Blog | March 6, 2012 “The public version of Andrew … Continue reading →

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Danny Schechter : Exit Snow and Breitbart: End of an Era?

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Is it the end of an era?Exit Olympia Snow and Andrew Breibart By Danny Schechter / The Rag Blog / March 6, 2012 There was an eerie synchronicity in the pending resignation of veteran Maine Senator Olympia Snowe, a Republican … Continue reading →

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Alice Embree : ‘Fierce Women’ March in San Antonio

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

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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David P. Hamilton : Guatemala’s Perez Molina Wants to Legalize all Drugs

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

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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Richard Raznikov : The Privatization of Everything

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

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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Jack A. Smith : Will Israel Bomb Iran?

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

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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Harry Targ : Social Movements and the Forces of Reaction

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

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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BOOKS / Robert Jensen : Belén Fernández Dresses Down Thomas Friedman

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

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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Bob Feldman : Disenfranchising Black Voters in Texas, 1890-1920

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

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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