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Mike Giglio : Egypt’s Facebook Rebel
Photo by Peter Macdiarmid / AP.Egypt’s Facebook rebel:Organizing the historic protests By Mike Giglio / The Daily Beast / January 31, 2011 In Egypt, a Facebook page administrator known only by the handle El Shaheeed, or Martyr, is one of … Continue reading
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Tagged Direct Action, Egypt, El Shaheeed, Facebook, Middle East, Political Organizing, Social Action, Social Media, Social Networking
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The Bangles : Walk Like an Egyptian
Thanks to Tom Keough / The Rag Blog
Peter Finn : Drone Used in Austin Raises Privacy Issues
Wasp III drone — the kind used by Texas DPS in 2009 Austin police operation. Grab from KVUE.com / Austin.Drones over Austin:Law enforcement use of aerial dronesraises issues of privacy, civil liberties By Peter Finn / CommonDreams / January 24, … Continue reading
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Tagged Aerial Drones, Austin, Civil Liberties, Law Enforcement, Privacy, Surveillance
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Patricia Vonne Headlines Rag Blog Benefit Sunday at Jovita’s in Austin
CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE. Please join us this Sunday at Jovita’s Please join us Sunday, January 23, from 6:30-10 p.m., at Jovita’s, 1619 South First Street in Austin, for the Rag Blog Benefit featuring Latina rocker Patricia Vonne and … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Gina Chavez, Jovita's, New Journalism Project, Patricia Vonne, Rag Radio, The Rag Blog
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Bruce Melton, who writes regularly for The Rag Blog on issues of climate change, explains why recent occurrences of especially cold winter weather in no way contradict scientific theories about global warming. “On a warmer planet,” he tells us, “winter … Continue reading
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The Rag Blog and Rag Radio present acclaimed Latina rocker Patricia Vonne and folk-rock singer-songwriter Gina Chavez at Jovita’s, 1617 South First Street, Austin, Texas, on Sunday, Jan. 23, from 6:30-10 p.m. It’s a benefit for the New Journalism Project, … Continue reading
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Austin native Marilyn Buck — activist, poet, and long-time political prisoner — was released from prison last December after serving 25 years for crimes related to her actions in support of the black liberation movement in the late ’70s and … Continue reading
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Bruce Melton : It Is Colder Because It Is Warming
It is colder because it is warming Blizzards, no matter how cataclysmic, are still just weather. Climate is much, much bigger than weather. By Bruce Melton / The Rag Blog / January 12, 2010 Global warming refers to climate, not … Continue reading
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At The Rag Blog, we asked some of our old-school colleagues to share with us their unique experiences and adventures in the political and cultural movements of the radical Sixties, and Ray Reece obliges in spades! Ray combines the story … Continue reading
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