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David P. Hamilton : What Occupy Wall Street Has Accomplished
Eat the Rich: Occupy Wall Street is made for TV.What the Occupy Wall Streetmovement has accomplished so far By David P. Hamilton / The Rag Blog / October 18, 2011 Plenty. 1. The implantation of the tactical innovation of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Anarchism, David P. Hamilton, Direct Action, Occupy Wall Street, Progressive Movement, Social Protest
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Lamar W. Hankins : Religion is the Elixir of Republican Politics
Religion as magic elixir. Image from Photobucket.Religion:The elixir of Republican politics By Lamar W. Hankins / The Rag Blog / October 18, 2011 An elixir is a substance taken to cure one’s ills, or it’s a substance used to carry … Continue reading
Ellen LaConte : Finding Democracy in Unexpected Places
Single-celled amoeba called dictyostelium gather together and turn themselves collectively into a new creature: slime mold. Image from National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).Finding democracy in unexpected— and radically green — places What if nature — life as we know … Continue reading
Steve Russell : ‘Chief’ Was Born on Death Row
The North Block entrance to Condemned Row at San Quentin. Image from Strong as an Ox.‘Chief’ Stankewitz:Born on death row Just as you can’t discuss federal Indian policy without recourse to history, it’s hard to understand Douglas Stankewitz and his … Continue reading
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Tagged American Indians, Capital Punishment, Criminal Justice, Steve Russell
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Steve Russell : ‘Chief’ Was Born on Death Row
The North Block entrance to Condemned Row at San Quentin. Image from Strong as an Ox.‘Chief’ Stankewitz:Born on death row Chief has now spent 33 years of his life on California’s death row, but virtually all of his life before … Continue reading
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Tagged American Indians, Capital Punishment, Criminal Justice, Steve Russell
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Ellen LaConte : Finding Democracy in Unexpected Places
Single-celled amoeba called dictyostelium gather together and turn themselves collectively into a new creature: slime mold. Image from National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).Finding democracy in unexpected— and radically green — places What if nature — life as we know … Continue reading
Lamar W. Hankins : Documenting Flawed Forensics and the Willingham Execution
Scene from Joe Bailey Jr. and Steve Mims’s Incendiary: The Willingham Case. Image from Truly Indie.Rick Perry and the Texasdeath penalty smokescreen Incendiary: The Willingham Case, a documentary film. It is both riveting and sickening to watch how, in Texas, … Continue reading
Harry Targ : Drones, Banks, and Multitudes
The multitudes: “Cry of the Masses” by Josef Vachal. Image from Express Tribune blogs.Sound bites:Drones, banks, and multitudes By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / October 11, 2011 In this age of tweets, sound bites, and shorthand references to … Continue reading
Jonah Raskin : Occupy Austin: This is Just the Beginning
Occupy Austin, Friday, Oct. 6, 2011. Photo from Occupy Austin.Occupy Austin:This is just the beginning By Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / October 10, 2011 See photo gallery below. [West Coast writer, activist, and Rag Blog contributor Jonah Raskin … Continue reading
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Tagged Activism, Corporate Profits, Jonah Raskin, Occupy Austin, Occupy Wall Street, Social Protest
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Bill Meacham : Mondragon: Reinventing Humanity
The Mondragon Corporation. “The present, however splendid it may be, bears the seeds of its own ruin if it becomes separated from the future.” — José María Arizmendiarrieta.Mondragon: Reinventing humanity It is a striking vision, and a welcome alternative to … Continue reading
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Tagged Basque Country, Bill Meacham, Existentialism, Labor, Mondragon, Philosophy, Workers Cooperatives
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Mark Naison : Wall Street and the Making of a Global Counterculture
Photo by Robert Johnson / Business Insider.The Wall Street occupations and themaking of a global counterculture The emergence of a global youth counterculture should be seen as a powerful complement to a global movement for freedom, democracy, and economic justice. … Continue reading
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Tagged Corporate Power, Counterculture, Direct Action, Mark Naison, Occupy Wall Street, Sixties, Social Protest
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Bill Meacham : Mondragon: Reinventing Humanity
The Mondragon Corporation. “The present, however splendid it may be, bears the seeds of its own ruin if it becomes separated from the future.” — José María Arizmendiarrieta.Mondragon: Reinventing humanity It is a striking vision, and a welcome alternative to … Continue reading
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Tagged Basque Country, Bill Meacham, Existentialism, Labor, Mondragon, Philosophy, Workers Cooperatives
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