Category Archives: RagBlog

Image from John Gushie. ohn ColtraneChicago 1965Gelatin Silverby Ted Williams image from Seattle Blogs Pharoah Sanders. Photo from Axiom Images. Archie Schepp. Image from 123Nonstop John coltrane quartet. Photo by Herb Snitzer / jazz.com JohnColtrane.com “You can play a shoestring … Continue reading →

Conscientious Objection in Colombia By Val Liveoak I had lunch this week with Alejo, I can say his name without worrying that he’ll be moved up higher on a target list because he, and the group he works with, the … Continue reading →

OPPOSING EQUAL RIGHTS IN AMERICA By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / September 25, 2010 The fight for equal treatment for all Americans by their government has been a long and hard-fought battle, and it still has not been … Continue reading →

Roger Baker, The Rag Blog’s resident economist and peak oil expert speculates that we may be facing a similar global peak in world food production. He analyses global food production trends, which are moving in the wrong direction — and … Continue reading →

Ross continues his remarkable reporting from Mexico City (“El Monstruo”) with the revelation that the next Mexican Revolution may already be upon us. “Don’t look now,” he says, “but the long-awaited resurgence of the Mexican Revolution has already begun.” There … Continue reading →

Sonny Carl Davis is an actor (“I’ve had little roles in big films and big roles in little films, and continue to act when they let me”), a musician, and a screenwriter. He played a red neck entrepreneur in Texas … Continue reading →

Anarchist organizer scott crow — one of the founders of New Orleans’ Common Ground Collective — tells a remarkable and very personal tale of post-Katrina desperation, racism, and white vigilante violence. Adapted for The Rag Blog from a draft of … Continue reading →