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Suzy Khimm : Gerrymander This, Tom DeLay
Cartoon from The Hill, 2007.Tom DeLay’s legacy:Don’t mess with Texas Democrats DeLay may have done more to fuel the Texas Democratic comeback than anyone else. ‘It took somebody that really played the villain role,’ says [Matt] Angle. By Suzy Khimm … Continue reading
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Tagged 2010 Elections, Matt Angle, Suzy Khimm, Texas Democrats, Texas Politics, Tom Delay
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Rebellious Pixels : Right Wing Radio Duck (Video)
This is a re-imagined Donald Duck cartoon remix constructed from dozens of classic Walt Disney cartoons from the 1930s to 1960s. Donald’s life is turned upside-down by the current economic crisis and he finds himself unemployed and falling behind on … Continue reading
Hugh O’Shaughnessy: Former Guerrilla Rousseff Set to Lead Brazil
Dilma Rousseff: Brazil’s next president? Photo from Menas Associates.Brazil’s Dilma Rousseff:Former guerrilla in line to beworld’s most powerful woman By Hugh O’Shaughnessy / September 16, 2010 See ‘Female representation: A woman’s place… is in the government,’ Below. The world’s most … Continue reading
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Tagged Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, Hugh O'Shaughnessy, Latin America, Leftists, Revolutionary Movements, Socialism, Women
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Marcy Winograd : We Need a Green New Deal
Image from Conservation Value Notes.It’s time to retool our economy:The United States needs a Green New Deal What if our engineers, now building weapons, could build solar cities instead? By Marcy Winograd / September 15, 2010 My talented young cousin … Continue reading
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Tagged Ecology, Economic Recovery, Green Jobs, Marcy Winograd, New Deal, War Economy
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Dahr Jamail : Strong Evidence BP Is Spraying Toxic Dispersants
Dispersant remnant, June 26, 2010. Photo by Shirley Tillman / Truthout.Evidence mounts:BP spraying toxic dispersants The Tillmans and thousands of other fishermen and residents along the Gulf of Mexico are deeply concerned about local, state, and federal government complicity in … Continue reading
Evidence Mounts of BP Spraying Toxic Dispersants By Dahr Jamail / September 15, 2010 [The following dispatch from journalist Dahr Jamail, whose work has frequently appeared on The Rag Blog, was distributed by Truthout.] Shirley and Don Tillman, residents of … Continue reading
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