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We hear a lot today about free trade and free enterprise, which, according to The Rag Blog’s Ted McLaughlin, are today’s code words for unregulated capitalism. “In a capitalist society such as ours the wealth will be redistributed to the … Continue reading
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Michael Winship : Rick Perry’s Texas Tall Tales
Pecos Perry? Art from vintage childrens book via saltycotton / Flickr. ‘Emperor in a fig leaf’: Rick Perry’s tall tales of Texas By Michael Winship / Truthout / August 28, 2011 Although born and raised in a small town in … Continue reading
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Texas’s Hidden History Revisited—Part 3: The 1827-1836 Years Under Mexican Rule (section 1) The hidden history of Texas Part 3: The 1827-1836 Years Under Mexican Rule By Bob Feldman / The Rag Blog / August 16, 2011 [This is the … Continue reading
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The Rag Blog Presents : Carl Davidson on Mondragon and Workers’ Cooperatives
CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE The Rag Blog, Rag Radio, and the New Journalism ProjectPresent Noted Writer and Political Activist Carl Davidson:‘Mondragon and the Workers’ Cooperative Movement’A Multi-Media Presentation Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011, 7-10 p.m.At 5604 Manor Community Center,5604 Manor … Continue reading
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Common Dreams : President Ricky Perry, Aggie
Ricky Perry, Cadet, 1972… President Ricky? Cadet, cheerleader… Aggie By Common Dreams / The Rag Blog / August 15, 2011 Sure Michele Bachmann and Sarah Palin are batshit crazy. But Rick Perry as a brown-shirted cadet and cheerleader at Texas … 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
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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
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