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Alan Waldman: ‘The Vice’ is a Gritty, Dark Cop Series About London’s Vice Squad
Waldman’s film and TVtreasures you may have missed: From 1999 to 2003, Ken Stott headed a strong cast as a police inspector battling prostitution, pornography, and other sex crimes. By Alan Waldman | The Rag Blog | August 20, 2013 … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Waldman, British Television, Criticism, Ken Stott, The Vice, Vintage Television
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Bruce Melton : Kick the Climate Deniers off the Island
The Greenwood Acres fishing pier on Lake Buchanan, west of Burnet, Texas. Photo by Bruce Melton / The Rag Blog. The climate science is certain: Time to kick the deniers off the island In just eight years, permanent climate conditions … Continue reading
BOOKS / Ivan Koop Kuper : Vicki Ayo’s ‘Boys From Houston’ Documents a Thriving ’60s Music Scene
Vicki Welch Ayo’s ‘Boys From Houston‘ describes a thriving ’60s music scene The book is a real eye-opener for those who would have never believed that the city once known as ‘Baghdad on the Bayou,’ referring to its oppressive climate … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Boys From Houston, Houston History, Houston Music Scene, Ivan Koop Kuper, Sixties, Sixties Music, Vicki Welch Ayo
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Thorne Dreyer : Houston Was an Unlikely ’60s Hotbed
The staff of Space City!, Houston’s late ’60s-early ’70s underground newspaper. Cover photo — from the paper’s June 8, 1971, issue — by Jerry Sebesta. Image from Wikimedia Commons. Boys From Houston:Bayou city was unlikely ’60s hotbed Houston may not … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin History, Books, Boys From Houston, Houston History, KKK, Margaret Webb Dreyer, Montrose, Pacifica, Peace Movement, Sixties, Space City, Thorne Dreyer, Vicky Welch Ayo
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Lamar W. Hankins : How George W. Bush Aided the Terrorists
Mission accomplished! Have Bush’s (and Obama’s) policies boosted terrorist recruitment? Photo from Reuters. How George W. Bush aided the terrorists(According to the government) Bush’s bogus war in Iraq; the atrocities at Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo, and “black site” prisons; waterboarding and … Continue reading
Ron Jacobs : Remembering the Resignation of ‘Nixon the Crook’
Front page of The Baltimore Sun, August 9, 1974. Let there be no question: Richard Nixon was a crook! He surrounded himself with men who did not believe in democracy but understood what compromise might be required to maintain and … Continue reading
Marilyn Katz : Detroit and the Myth of Black Misleadership
Pedestrian walks past graffiti in downtown Detroit. Photo by Spencer Platt / Getty Images. Image from Minnesota Public Radio. Detroit’s downfall:Beyond the myth of black misleadership How federal policy and Big Auto drove black blight and white flight. By Marilyn … Continue reading
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Tagged Automobile Industry, Cities, Detroit, Marilyn Katz, Urban Sprawl, White Flight
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Michael James : Fading Away: JFK in Mexico City, July 1962
JFK with Mexican President Lopez Mateos in Mexico City, July 29, 1962. Photo by Michael James from his forthcoming book, Michael Gaylord James’ Pictures from the Long Haul. Pictures from the Long Haul:Fading away: JFK in Mexico City, July 1962 At … Continue reading
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Tagged Adventure, JFK, Memoir, Mexican Culture, Mexico, Mexico City, Michael James, Motorcycle Trip, nostalgia, Pictures from the Long Haul, Sixties, Travel
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HISTORY / Bob Feldman : A People’s History of Egypt, Part 6, 1890-1917
Cairo street scene, early 1900’s. Image from mfish. A people’s history: The movement to democratize Egypt Part 6: 1890-1917 period — Early union-building and calls for economic reform. By Bob Feldman | The Rag Blog | August 13, 2013 [With … Continue reading
Alan Waldman: ‘As Time Goes By’ is a Timeless British Comedy Classic
Waldman’s film and TVtreasures you may have missed: Dame Judi Dench and deadpan Geoffrey Palmer head a very clever cast in this long-beloved series. By Alan Waldman | The Rag Blog | August 12, 2013 [In his weekly column, Alan … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Waldman, As Time Goes By, British Television, Criticism, Geoffrey Palmer, Judi Dench, Vintage Television
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FILM / Jonah Raskin : Reviewing ‘Fruitvale’ and Remembering the Panthers
Reviewing Coogler’s Fruitvale Stationand reflecting on the Black Panthers Fruitvale Station shows how far we’ve traveled since the days of the Panthers, and how little we’ve traveled. By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | August 12, 2013 The only … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Panthers, Bobby Seale, Film, Fruitvale Station, Huey Newton, Jonah Raskin, Oakland, Oscar Grant III, Police Brutality, Racial Profiling, Racism, Ryan Coogler
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Jack A. Smith : What’s Up With the Egyptian Coup?
A man in Tahrir Square with his face painted in Egyptian colors. Image from CNN. Egypt’s coup:Progressive or regressive? It is ironic that the military — formerly loathed for upholding the dictatorship for decades, then further reviled during its controversial … Continue reading
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Tagged Egypt, Egyptian Coup, Jack A. Smith, Middle East, Mohamed Morsi, Muslim Brotherhood
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