Category Archives: RagBlog

In case you missed them. These pictures of Rick Perry as an Aggie cadet and as a Texas A&M student, decked out in lettered cardigan (with Reveille at his feet), are absolutely priceless.

Sarito Carol Neiman provides some valuable perspective on Rick Perry and his “Texas Miracle.” One gem: a New York Times columnist in 2003 reported that one manufacturer — notorious for its Dickensian record on workers safety — said they’d only … Continue reading →

Attorney Raznikov, who was involved in the Free Speech Movement at Berkeley in 1964, remembers how the news reporting distorted the events in which he participated. He then looks at the recent London “riots” and, in examining their underlying causes, … Continue reading →

A Word From Our Sponsor(s) By Richard Raznikov / The Rag Blog / August 17, 2011 The first time I personally experienced the unreliability — i.e. lies — of the media was as a freshman at U.C. Berkeley in October … Continue reading →

The hidden history of Texas Part 2: The 1821-1826 years under Mexican rule By Bob Feldman / The Rag Blog / August 16, 2011 [This is the second installment of Bob Feldman’s new Rag Blog series on the hidden history … Continue reading →

New Film ‘The Help’ Whitewashes the Civil Rights Struggle into a Heartstring-tugging Hallmark Card By Julianne Escobedo Shepherd / AlterNet / August 14, 2011 This week, disgusted by The Help’s revisionist history, scholar and pundit Melissa Harris Perry began livetweeting … Continue reading →

Writer and progressive organizer Carl Davidson looks at the summer rebellions in the impoverished communities in London and other industrial centers of the UK — as well as the Arab spring uprisings — and, taking into account our current situation, … Continue reading →

hey, marilyn From august through Black augustthe drum beat usall black and blueand back againwhere we liveinside shadowswith you * Here on the sad fuming planet comes a laughing ghostbeloved fugitiveour first anniversary spun from these burning strands our sensitive … Continue reading →

Nature bats last: Notes on revolution and resistance, revelation and redemption by Robert Jensen [An edited version of this talk was presented to the Veterans for Peace conference in Portland, OR, on August 4, 2011.] My title is ambitious and … Continue reading →

ROTC Resurgent By Jay D. Jurie Carrying an upside-down U.S. flag tacked onto a short wooden pole, a student at the head of a column of anti-Vietnam war students marching onto a University practice field was tackled by several pro-war … Continue reading →

Texas became part of the State of Coahuila and Texas in 1824. Image from the Texas State Library and Archives Commission.Texas’s hidden history:Part 1: The pre-1821 years By Bob Feldman / The Rag Blog / August 9, 2011 [This is … Continue reading →