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RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Bobby Bridger on the Lasting Impact of Native American Culture
Singer/songwriter and author Bobby Bridger at the KOOP studios in Austin, March 9, 2012. Photo by Ken McKenzie-Grant / The Rag Blog.Rag Radio:Bobby Bridger discusses the lasting impactof Native American culture on our society By Rag Radio / The Rag … Continue reading
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Republican Roulette: Romney vs. The Rebels By Bill Freeland Super Tuesday has come and gone but Republicans are hardly any closer to selecting a nominee. Mitt Romney pulled out wins in three more states where he competed with his current … Continue reading
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Rag Blog : ‘Feed Your Head’ on April Fool’s Day!
Art by Jim Franklin; poster by James Retherford / The Rag Blog.‘Feed Your Head’ on April Fool’s Day:Legendary Austin Bands at Rag Blog Bash Go to the Facebook “Feed Your Head!” event page. “Old Skool” will be in session on … Continue reading
Brendan Smith and Jeremy Brecher : Labor’s Keystone Dilemma
Unions and the Keystone dilemma. Image from Kansas Watchdog.Dirty vs. green jobs:Labor’s Keystone dilemma Outside of Washington, the very same unions that support the pipeline are down in the trenches fighting for a transition to a green economy. By Brendan … Continue reading
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Tagged Environmental Activists, Green Jobs, Keystone XL Pipeline, Labor Unions
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Alice Embree reports from San Antonio on that city’s 22nd annual Women’s Day celebration, organized by a coalition of “fierce ‘mujeres’” from community and social justice organizations, including union organizers and advocates for reproductive choice and LGBTQ rights. The event, … Continue reading
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RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Rock Journalist Margaret Moser and Film Actor Sonny Carl Davis
Margaret Moser and Sonny Carl Davis with Rag Radio host Thorne Dreyer, left, at the studios of KOOP-FM in Austin, Friday, March 2, 2012. Photo by Tracey Schulz / Rag Radio.Rag Radio:Margaret Moser and Sonny Carl Davis discussthe film, Roadie, … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin Music Awards, Austin Musicians, Film, Margaret Moser, Meat Loaf, Rag Radio, Roadie, Sonny Carl Davis, SXSW, Thorne Dreyer
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Richard Raznikov : Battlefield America
Frontpagemag Battlefield America:‘We had to make some sacrifices…’ There are no more legal barriers to arrest without warrants, prison without lawyers, condemnation and even execution without trial. It is a situation so antithetical to what America has by law always … Continue reading
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Gasoline prices, the XL Pipeline, political nonsense, and oil speculators None of us like paying higher prices for gasoline. Some of us can’t afford the price increases we have seen the last few weeks and months to get to work … Continue reading
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International Women’s Day By Alice Embree / The Rag Blog / March 5, 2012 SAN ANTONIO — For the third year I traveled south from Austin to San Antonio to take part in their International Women’s Day march with others … Continue reading
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Olympia Snow and Andrew Breibart:Is it the end of an era? By Danny Schechter | The Rag Blog | March 5, 2012 There was an eerie synchronicity in the pending resignation of veteran Maine Senator Olympia Snowe, a Republican who … Continue reading
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Jim Hightower : The Keystone XL Flim-Flam
Valero refinery in Port Arthur, Texas. Image from Nation of Change.The Keystone XL flim-flam The dirty little secret that those pushing so urgently for building Keystone XL don’t want you to know is that the tar sands oil producers are … Continue reading
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Tagged Environment, Fossil Fuels, Jim Hightower, Keystone XL Pipeline, Oil Companies, Tar Sands Pipeline
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Richard Raznikov tells us that “all across the western world, there is enormous pressure… to ‘privatize’ everything.” Severing the connection between the public and the “management of and control over public resources and operations” is dangerous, he says. For instance, … Continue reading
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