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Mike Davis : Protest in the Driver’s Seat
Image from the Schumin Web.Chevy to the levee:Protest in the driver’s seat This is the ultimate American way: protesting in a car (or on a bike) while obeying the law. The possibilities for serene family tourism are endless and mind-boggling. … Continue reading
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Tagged Mike Davis, Occupy Wall Street, Peace Movement, Police Brutality, Social Protest, Transportation
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Lamar W. Hankins : Judge Ken Anderson Still Can’t Tell the Truth
Former Williamson County prosecutor Ken Anderson, now a county judge, shown before testifying about his role in the murder trial of Michael Morton. Photo by the Texas Tribune / KUT News.Judge Ken Anderson still can’ttell the truth about the Morton … Continue reading
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Tagged Criminal Justice, Ken Anderson, Lamar W. Hankins, Michael Morton, Texas Courts
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Steve Russell : Will Rogers on Occupy Wall Street
Get the point? Image of Will Rogers from the Will Rogers Museum.Will Rogers on Occupy Wall Street By Steve Russell / The Rag Blog / November 23, 2011 It’s all right to let Wall Street bet each other millions of … Continue reading
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Tagged Banking, Occupy Wall Street, Steve Russell, Will Rogers
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FILM / Jonah Raskin : Eastwood’s Biopic of Kinky Hoover
Former FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, the subject of Clint Eastwood’s new biopic, is shown here in a still from a 1936 documentary, You Can’t Get Away With It.Kinky Hoover:Clint Eastwood’s biopic of the FBI director Eastwood presents Hoover as … Continue reading
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Tagged Clint Eastwood, COINTELPRO, FBI, Film, J. Edgar Hoover, Jonah Raskin, Leonardo DiCaprio
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Harvey Wasserman : Stop the Attack on Iran
Bumper sticker on a car in Texas. Photo by Zereshk / Wikimedia Commons.Our future depends on stopping an attack on IranBy Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / November 21, 2011 The global Occupy Movement has come to life just … Continue reading
SPORT / Dave Zirin : The Redemption of Tim Tebow?
One of the hottest items on the sports marketing scene is the Tebow number 15 jersey with “Jesus” on the back.Tebow redeemed?Tim Tebow is awful,but he finds a way to win He’s not awful in the turgid unwatchable way that, … Continue reading
Harry Targ : Higher Education, Capitalism, and the ‘Paterno Effect’
Virtual Penn State Nittany Lion by Avatar Sculptor Cheen Pitney / Cheen Pitney’s Peacefools.The ‘Paterno effect’:Thinking about capitalism,higher education, and moral repugnance By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / November 21, 2011 “And when I think of all the … Continue reading
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Tagged Campuses, Capitalism, Harry Targ, Higher Education, Joe Paterno, Penn State, Political Economy, World History
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Ted McLaughlin : Playing the Debt Blame Game
Chart from brillig.com.With forgetful elephants…Playing the debt blame game By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / November 20, 2011 The Treasury Department admitted this week that the national debt of this country has, for the first time, topped $15 … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Economy, National Debt, Ted McLaughlin
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FILM / David McReynolds : Clint Eastwood’s ‘J. Edgar’
Clint Eastwood’s J. Edgar It is precisely because Eastwood has made the sexual angle central to the film, without playing games with it, that the film is so powerful. By David McReynolds / The Rag Blog / November 17, 2011 … Continue reading
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Tagged Clint Eastwood, David McReynolds, FBI, Film, J. Edgar Hoover
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Mike Davis : Ten Immodest Commandments
Following in Charlton Heston’s immodest footsteps.Ten immodest commandments What, indeed, have I learned from my fumbling-and-bungling lifetime of activism? By Mike Davis / The Rag Blog / November 17, 2011 A friend in Canada recently asked me if the Sixties’ … Continue reading
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Tagged FDR, Mike Davis, Occupy America, Occupy Wall Street, Sixties, Social Change
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Bill Freeland : With ‘Occupy,’ the People are the Point
Image from Addicting Info.‘Occupy America’: The people are the point By Bill Freeland / The Rag Blog / November 17, 2011 The “Occupy” movement, which began as a small gathering in a private park near Wall Street in New York … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Freeland, Civil Rights Movement, Economic Crisis, Occupy America, Occupy Wall Street, Sixties
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