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Bernardine Dorhn: Never the Good Girl, Not Then, not Now An Interview with The Rag Blog By Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog Bernardine Dohrn will be Thorne Dreyer‘s guest on Rag Radio on KOOP 91.7-FM (and streamed live on … Continue reading
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OCCUPY AMERICA By David Van Os / The Rag Blog / October 18, 2011 The young people who started and grew the Occupy Wall Street movement have given their country and the world an incredible gift. We should all thank … Continue reading
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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 an ingredient to do its … Continue reading
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Suzanne Goldenberg : Perry Officials Alter Environmental Report; Scientists Rebel
Texas Governor Rick Perry. Censorship of scientists’ report sparks revolt. Photo by Evan Vucci / AP / The Guardian.Rick Perry officials doctorscientists’ environmental report Scientists ask for names to be removed after mentions of climate change and sea-level rise are … Continue reading
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400 richest Americans having more wealth than half of all Americans combined – Amy Goodman
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Rag Radio : Activist/Journalist Jonah Raskin, Author of ‘Marijuanaland’
Jonah Raskin, photographed at a Rag Blog Happy Hour at Maria’s Taco Xpress in Austin, Texas, Friday, Oct. 7, 2011, after appearing on Rag Radio with Thorne Dreyer. Photos (above and below) by James Retherford / The Rag Blog.Activist/journalist Jonah … Continue reading
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Tagged Authors, Cannabis, Drug Law Reform, Jonah Raskin, Journalists, Marijuanaland, Rag Blog, Rag Radio, Thorne Dreyer
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Robert Creamer : Why the Occupy Wall Street Movement Frightens the Right
Sign from Occupy Wall Street. Image from We Know Memes.Five reasons the Occupy Wall Streetmovement really frightens the right By Robert Creamer / Progressive America Rising / October 12, 2011 The Occupy Wall Street movement really frightens the Right Wing. … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 Elections, Occupy Wall Street, Progressive Movement, Right Wing Politics, Robert Creamer, Tea Party
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Five Reasons the Occupy Wall StreetMovement Really Frightens the Right By Robert CreamerProgressive America Rising via HuffPost The Occupy Wall Street movement really frightens the Right Wing. It is not frightening to the Right because of Congressman Eric Cantor’s feigned … Continue reading
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Born on Death Row By Steve Russell Capital punishment, the saying goes, means that those without the capital get the punishment, and over 35 years of labor in criminal law has yet to show me a case that disproves it. … Continue reading
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Finding democracy in unexpected— and radically green — places By Ellen LaConte / The Rag Blog / October 12, 2011 [This post is adapted from Ellen LaConte’s article in the Fall/Winter 2011 issue of the international journal, Green Horizon.] “Our … Continue reading
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Finding Democracy in Unexpected—and Radically Green—Places by Ellen LaConte (This post is adapted from LaConte’s article in the Fall/Winter 2011 issue of the international journal Green Horizon. (www.green-horizon.org) ) Our capacity for democracy grows from our connection with nature. As … Continue reading
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