Category Archives: Rag Bloggers

Rabbi Arthur Waskow : Burn Their Books, Mayor Bloomberg

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

People’s Library at Occupy Wall Street. Photo by David Shankbone / Flickr. NYPD apparently destroys ‘American cultural history’ More than 5,000 books in the Occupy Wall Street library were reportedly thrown away when police moved in to remove protesters from … Continue reading →

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Kate Braun : Tie Up Loose Ends During Waning Crescent Moon

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Waning crescent moon. Photo by Ed Euthman / Flickr.Moon Musings:Waning Crescent Moon(November 19 – 22, 2011) By Kate Braun / The Rag Blog / November 16, 2011 The waning crescent moon is a good moon phase to use to tie … Continue reading →

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Susan Van Haitsma : Anti-War GI’s March in Killeen Vets Day Parade

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Representatives of IVAW and Under the Hood Cafe marched in the Killeen Veterans Day Parade. Photo by Susan Van Haitsma / The Rag Blog.The burdens of war:Anti-war GI’s on Veterans Day By Susan Van Haitsma / The Rag Blog / … Continue reading →

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SPORT / Dave Zirin : The World Joe Paterno Made

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Penn State fans. Image from The Big Lead.Fan culture, rape culture,and the world Joe Paterno made The pain might run deeply in Happy Valley but the cancer runs deeper. By Dave Zirin / The Rag Blog / November 14, 2011 … Continue reading →

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Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman : Post-Buckeye Election Protection?

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Political cartoon by Steve Bell / About.com.Can we transform labor’s Buckeye victoryinto a new era of election protection? By Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / November 14, 2011 The crushing defeat Ohio’s working people dealt 1% … Continue reading →

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Ellen LaConte : When Too Big to Fail is Too Big Not To

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

“Blick auf den Planeten Erde” by Heikenwaelder Hugo, Austria / Wikimedia Commons.When too big to failis too big not to Where bailout theory comes a cropper, no matter who’s doing or who’s receiving the bailout, is when it ignores the … Continue reading →

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Paul Beckett : Naked ALEC and the Right Wing Conspiracy

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Graphics from the Center for Media and Democracy.ALEC Naked:More news from the ‘vastright wing conspiracy’ By Paul Beckett / The Rag Blog / November 10, 2011 MADISON, Wisconsin — It’s all we needed! Another dimension of the “vast right-wing conspiracy” … Continue reading →

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Josefina Castillo and Judith Rosenberg : Women and Fair Trade

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

The Women and Fair Trade festival. Image from the group’s website.Sustaining indigenous traditions:The Women and Fair Trade Festival The people want fair markets, not ‘free trade.’ By Josefina Castillo and Judith Rosenberg / The Rag Blog / November 10, 2011 … Continue reading →

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Bruce Goldberg : Carl Oglesby Occupies Heaven

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Carl Oglesby. Photo by Jennifer Fels / AP / The Guardian.Occupy Heaven:The Memorial for Carl Oglesby By Bruce Goldberg / The Rag Blog / November 10, 2011 Born of a working class family in Akron, Ohio, Carl Oglesby grew to … Continue reading →

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Robert Jensen : Angus Wright and the ‘Fire Next Time’

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Angus Wright. Screen grab from Vimeo.The fire next time is now:Environmental historian Angus Wright’scall for a planetary patriotism By Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / November 9, 2011 Angus Wright has a way of saying things we may not … Continue reading →

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Harry Targ : Building a New Society

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Paul Goodman. Image from Zeitgeist Films / Sam Falk for The New York Times.Moving the vision forward:Building a new society Although the times are so different from the 1960s, perhaps the vision of community that animated our thinking then may … Continue reading →

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Joan Wile : Granny Votes ‘Yea’ on ‘Wall Street’ Youth

Posted on November 8, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

General Assembly at Occupy Wall Street in New York. Photos by Caroline Schiff / Flickr.A ‘granny-report’ from Occupy Wall Street:Discouraged about today’s youth?Fuggeddaboudit!!! I left the meeting with a singing heart. I absolutely believe these marvelous young justice-seekers will change … Continue reading →

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