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Lamar W. Hankins : Natural Gas and the Perils of Fracking
Light my fire. Images from the documentary film, Gasland.The perils of fracking:Protecting our waterfrom natural gas production By Lamar W. Hankins / The Rag Blog / March 29, 2011 Anyone who drinks water has a stake in the production of … Continue reading
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Tagged Documentary Film, Environment, Fracking, Gasland, Natural Gas, pollution
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Jordan Flaherty : Race and Politics in Rural Louisiana
Image from The Louisiana Justice Center.Race and politics in rural Louisiana town The Black mayor of Waterproof, Louisiana has spent nearly a year behind bars without bail. By Jordan Flaherty / The Rag Blog / March 29, 2011 NEW ORLEANS … Continue reading
Ted McLaughlin : Lies, Damned Lies, and Republicans
You lie. Graffiti art by Banksy.Our ‘true and false’ test:Exposing more Republican liesBy Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / March 29, 2011 Since the heyday of the Reagan administration the Republican Party has been making the rules for the … Continue reading
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Tagged Economy, Federal Budget, Reaganomics, Republican Party, Ted McLaughlin
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Lamar W. Hankins : Ted Poe is the Bully with the Booming Voice
U.S. Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX). Photo from zimbio.Politico Ted Poe:The bully with the booming voice By Lamar W. Hankins / The Rag Blog / March 24, 2011 The recent article in The New York Times (picked up this past Sunday … Continue reading
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Tagged Congress, Criminal Justice, Houston, Lamar W. Hankins, Ted Poe, Texas Politics
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Paul Krassner : My Encounter with Owsley
Owsley ‘Bear’ Stanley, left, with the Grateful Dead’s Jerry Garcia in 1969. Photo by Ho / Reuters. “Investigative satirist” and former Realist editor Paul Krassner will join Thorne Dreyer on Friday, April 1, for a Rag Radio April Fool’s Special. … Continue reading
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Tagged Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia, LSD, Owsley Stanley, Paul Krassner, Psychedelic Rock, Psychedelics, Sixties, Summer of Love
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Jonah Raskin : The Last Great California Hunter
Wild boar photographed on Cottontail Creek Road in the hills behind Cayucos, California. Photo from goingslo’s photostream / Flickr.Tooch Colombo: The last great California hunter By Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / March 23, 2011 Tooch Colombo isn’t like … Continue reading
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Tagged American Indians, California, Hunters, Jonah Raskin, Native Americans, Nature
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BOOKS / Carl Davidson : The Mondragon Cooperatives and 21st Century Socialism
Five books with radical critiques:The Mondragon Cooperatives and twenty-first century socialism By Carl Davidson / The Rag Blog / March 23, 2011 From Mondragon to America: Experiments in Community Economic Development by Greg MacLeod (UCCB Press, 1997) The Myth of … Continue reading
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Tagged Basque Country, Books, Carl Davidson, Cooperative Movement, Labor, Mondragon Cooperatives, Socialism, Spain
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Rick Ayers : Letter to a Young Teacher
Helping students to learn their own power. Image from Art Smart.The ritual of the pink slip:Letter to a young teacher By Rick Ayers / The Rag Blog / March 22, 2011 So my nephew Malik, a fabulous renaissance man who … Continue reading
Joshua Brown : Life During Wartime: Multiple Choice
Political cartoon and verse by Joshua Brown / The Rag Blog / March 21, 2011. CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE. The Rag Blog
Marc Estrin : Sweeping the Elephant Under the Rug
Sweeping it under the rug. Graffiti by Banksy.Sweeping the elephantunder the fiery rug The fact is, Mr. President and others, nuclear energy is not clean. It is filthy. And lethal. Even without an accident. By Marc Estrin / The Rag … Continue reading
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Tagged Marc Estrin, Nuclear Accidents, Nuclear Contamination, Nuclear Power
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Jordan Flaherty : Challenging Louisiana’s ‘Crime Against Nature’ Law
Harassment of New Orleans sex workers. Photo from ColorLines.Justice Dept. calls law discriminatory:Victims fight Louisiana’s repressive‘Crime Against Nature’ statute Legal action comes with increased scrutiny from the federal government over the conduct of the New Orleans Police Department. By Jordan … Continue reading
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Tagged Discrimination, Jordan Flaherty, Law Enforcement, Louisiana, New Orleans, Police Repression, Sex Crimes, Sex Workers, Transgenders
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Harvey Wasserman : End Nuclear Power Before It Ends Us
Environmental activists, wearing ghost masks to symbolize victims of a nuclear meltdown, demonstrate near the Presidential Palace in Manila, Philippines, Tuesday March 15, 2011. Photo from AP.End nuclear power before it ends us For 25 years the nuclear industry has … Continue reading
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Tagged Chernobyl, Energy, Harvey Wasserman, Japan Earthquake, Natural Disasters, Nuclear Accidents, Nuclear Power, World History
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