Category Archives: RagBlog

The Beats are back! Allen Ginsberg biographer and former Yippie activist Jonah Raskin profiles and interviews Jack Kerouac scholar Gerald Nicosia as three new Beat movement-inspired movies are in the works, including Walter Salles’ version of Jack Kerouac’s “On the … Continue reading →

Theologian and social critic Gary Dorrien http://www.utsnyc.edu/Page.aspx?pid=351 will speak on “Breaking the Oligarchy” to keynote a weekend gathering on economic justice and faith.  Dorrien, an Episcopal priest and professor at Union Theological Seminary and Columbia University, is a frequent speaker … Continue reading →

Bill Neiman — a leader in the movement to conserve natural resources and restore the heath of the environment in Texas — was Thorne Dreyer’s guest on Rag Radio, Friday, April 13, originally broadcast on KOOP-FM in Austin. Neiman is … Continue reading →

Beginning with words from Joseph Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness” — “The horror! The horror!” — Mike Hanks takes us first through the darkness — the horror and futility of the U.S. drug war in Mexico — and then we move … Continue reading →

A figure of PRI candidate Enrique Pena Nieto, at rally kicking off his presidential campaign in Guadalajara, March 30, 2012. Photo by Edgard Garrido / Reuters.The Mexican presidential election:A veteran, a smile, and an image By Philip L. Russell / … Continue reading →

Presidential frontrunner Francois Hollande of the French Socialist Party. Image from Jegoun.net.The French presidential election:Francois Hollande offersan opportunity for the Left By David P. Hamilton / The Rag Blog / Voting in this year’s French presidential election begins on April … Continue reading →

tdreyer@austin.rr.com A VETERAN, A SMILE AND AN IMAGE March 30 marked the official start of the Mexican presidential campaign. Prior to that date candidates were officially prohibited from campaigning. The campaign lasts for 90 days, followed a one-round election on … Continue reading →

The French presidential election and Francois Hollande. Voting in this year’s French presidential election begins on April 22nd and will provide an important opportunity for the left. In the first round, there will be candidates representing ten political parties, half … Continue reading →

Here We Go Again in The Battle for The “Soul” of OccupyFear of Co-optation Leads to Self-Destructive Polemics By Danny Schechter Perhaps my problem is that I live in too many worlds at the same time, while many political eras … Continue reading →