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Bruce Melton : Climate Change Texas: The Worst-Case Scenario is Happening
Austin, Texas, Late Summer 2011: This is not autumn in Central Texas. These are cedar trees (juniperus Asheii). The fall leaf drop does not begin here until about mid-October and extends through the first of the year. These cedar trees … Continue reading
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Tagged Bruce Melton, Climate Change, Climate Science, Environment, Global Warming, Texas Drought, Texas Wildfires
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Danny Schechter : Special Ops Now Define Expanding Wars
Special Ops warrior. Image from Military Pictures.Special Ops now definethe Pentagon’s expanding wars These Special Ops units often operate outside the chain of command and, as they become institutionally stronger, tend to dominate military decision making. By Danny Schechter | … Continue reading
Harry Targ : ‘Plausible Deniability’ Since the Eisenhower Years
President Eisenhower (shown here as Supreme Allied Commander, Dec., 28, 1944) projected competing images of Imperial America. Photo from AP.On plausible deniability:U.S. foreign policy since the Eisenhower years By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / February 15, 2012 I … Continue reading
Jack A. Smith : Are Labor and the Democrats in an Abusive Relationship?
President Obama and the AFL-CIO’s Trumka: Putting on a happy face? Photo from AP.An abusive relationship?The labor movement and the Democrats A union movement that has tethered itself to the Democratic Party since the mid-1930s won’t be directly critical because … Continue reading
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Tagged Democratic Party, Jack A. Smith, Labor History, Labor Unions
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Lamar W. Hankins : A Week of Invective over Birth Control and Women’s Health
New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan, head of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. The group was infuriated by Obama’s decision. Photo by Seth Wenig / AP.A week of invective:The Catholic bishops, women’s health,and American politics By Lamar W. Hankins | … Continue reading
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Tagged Birth Control, Catholic Church, Lamar W. Hankins, Women's Health
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RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Brad Kittel Builds ‘Tiny Texas Houses’
“Tiny Texas House” builder Brad Kittel at the KOOP studios in Austin, Friday, February 10, 2012. Photo by Roger Baker / The Rag Blog. ‘Sustainablity through salvage’: Brad Kittel builds ‘Tiny Texas Houses’ By Thorne Dreyer / The Rag Blog … Continue reading
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Tagged Brad Kittel, Rag Radio, Salvage Mining, Sustainability, Thorne Dreyer, Tiny Texas Houses
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Harvey Wasserman : We May Yet Lose Tokyo
Cleanup at Fukushima. U.S. experts said they were not getting accurate details of the scope of the Fukushima disaster after reactors melted down last year. Photo from AP / Daily Mail.(Not to mention Alaska and Georgia)We may yet lose Tokyo … Continue reading
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Tagged Fukushima, Harvey Wasserman, Nuclear Accidents, Nuclear Power
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Dirk Nelson : Walking the Walk at Wall Street
This photo of an Occupier at Zuccotti Park (Liberty Square) was taken several weeks after the footage of police brutality was posted on YouTube and elsewhere. Considering the government’s treatment of the citizenry, the government’s attitude toward the banks and … Continue reading
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Tagged Dirk Nelson, Economic Democracy, Occupy Movement, Occupy Wall Street, Social Action
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Richard Raznikov : As Benign as Lucifer
Locked water tap in Kipsaraman, Kenya. Image from oxfam.org.uk.As benign as Lucifer:The privatization of water By Richard Raznikov | The Rag Blog | February 9, 2012 Beginning about 20 years ago, it dawned on the bankers and some major corporations … Continue reading
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Tagged Drought, Natural Resources, Privitazation, Richard Raznikov, Water, Water Rights, World Bank
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BOOKS / Ron Jacobs : David Gilbert’s ‘Love and Struggle’
David Gibert’s Love and Struggle:A brother with a furious mind By Ron Jacobs / The Rag Blog / February 8, 2012 Also see Mumia Abu-Jamal’s review of David Gilbert’s Love and Struggle on The Rag Blog. [Love and Struggle: My … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, David Gilbert, Love and Struggle, Political Prisoners, Revolutionary Movements, Ron Jacobs, SDS, Sixties, Weather Underground
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