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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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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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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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Rick Perry and the Texasdeath penalty smokescreen By Lamar W. Hankins / The Rag Blog / October 11, 2011 The new documentary Incendiary: The Willingham Case works at two levels. It focuses on what happens when supposedly expert witnesses in … 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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West Coast-based journalist/activist Jonah Raskin reports on the first day of Occupy Austin, where “1,500 youthful demonstrators, aging protesters, and ageless rabble-rousers” gathered outside Austin City Hall to voice their anger about Wall Street greed and a variety of social … Continue reading
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he New Anti-Corporate Movement Comes to Austin, Texas By Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / October 8, 2011 [West Coast author, journalist, and Rag Blog contributor Jonah Raskin attended the first day of Occupy Austin, held outside Austin City … Continue reading
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he New Anti-Corporate Movement Comes to Austin, Texas By Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / October 8, 2011 AUSTIN — Occupy Austin attracted the young who found it new and wonderful, and the old who found it familiar and … Continue reading
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Rag Radio : Progressive Texas State Legislator Elliott Naishtat
Texas State. Rep. Elliott Naishtat (D-Austin) on Rag Radio at the KOOP studios in Austin, Friday, Sept. 30, 2011. Photos by Alan Pogue / The Rag Blog.Progressive Texas legislator Elliott Naishtat on Rag Radiowith Thorne Dreyer. Listen to it here:Progressive … Continue reading
