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Jean Trounstine : Behind Bars and Blogging for Human Rights

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

Texas born, Johnny E. Mahaffey’s profile page at betweenthebars.org. Image from Between the Bars.Behind bars and blogging for human rights Martin Luther King Day reminds us about fighting for human rights. It might seem like an oxymoron, convicted criminals blogging for … Continue reading →

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Posted on January 17, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

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Bruce Melton : World Bank on Climate: ‘Turn Down the Heat’

Posted on January 17, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

Glacier melt. Photo by Dave Appleby / Flickr / Truthout.Is it really this bad?World Bank on climate:‘Turn down the heat’ Instead of working on climate pollution emissions reductions, we are now emitting more than was imagined in the 1998 worst-case … Continue reading →

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Posted on January 17, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

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Posted on January 17, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

Jaron Lanier and “digital Maoism” JARON LANIER – Photo by Robert Holmgren for Smithsonian Magazine January 2013 By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog / January 17, 2013 Internet visionary and guru, Jaron Lanier, was central to the early development … Continue reading →

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RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Black Feminist Author Beth E. Richie on Gender Violence and ‘Arrested Justice’

Posted on January 17, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

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Posted on January 16, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

Handgun control By Tony Bouza / The Rag Blog / January 15, 2013 MINNEAPOLIS — As a result of Roe v. Wade, welfare reform, and contraceptive availability, the population of young criminals you and I shaped through the hopelessness of … Continue reading →

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Posted on January 3, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

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Posted on January 3, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

The Hemorrhaging of America:From Charles Whitman in Austin to Adam Lanza in Newton By Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / Shortly after last Thanksgiving, I was asked to write a piece about 2012, the year just ending. I got … Continue reading →

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RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Interviews with Author John H. Slate & Singer-Songwriter Barbara K

Posted on December 20, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Author-archivist John H. Slate on Rag Radio, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012, in the studios of KOOP-FM in Austin, Texas. Photo by Carlos Lowry / The Rag Blog.Rag Radio podcasts:Lost Austin author John H. Slateand singer-songwriter/activist Barbara K By Rag Radio … Continue reading →

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Lamar W. Hankins : A Humanist Response to the Newtown Killings

Posted on December 18, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Photo by Whitney Curtis / Getty / The Guardian.A humanist respondsto the deaths at Newtown As a matter of public policy, there is no justification for allowing the widespread dispersal of semi-automatic weapons in the United States. They have done … Continue reading →

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Paul Buhle : Comix Artist Spain Rodriguez (1940-2012)

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Spain Rodriguez: Transforming comics. Image from CBLDF.The passing of a comix pioneer:Spain Rodriguez (1940-2012) By Paul Buhle / Dissent / December 12, 2012 In Trashman: Agent of the Sixth International, the signature saga of his early years, Rodriguez’s revolutionaries took … Continue reading →

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