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Sarah Jaffe : ‘Mama Grizzlies’ and the New Tea Party ‘Feminism’
‘Mama Grizzlies’:The Tea Party and its claims to feminism By Sarah Jaffe / October 11, 2010 It all started with Sarah Palin. Or did it? Maybe it started a few months earlier, when Hillary Clinton downed a shot of whiskey … Continue reading
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Tagged Electoral politics, Feminism, Mama Grizzlies, Republican Party, Right Wing Extremists, Sarah Palin, Tea Baggers, Tea Party
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‘One Nation’ March Shows the Tough FightAhead for the Emerging Progressive Majority By Carl Davidson / The Rag Blog / If you wanted to know what a dynamic and emerging progressive majority of Americans looked like, the place to be … Continue reading
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Terry Townsend : John Coltrane and the Jazz Revolution
Trane photo used on jacket of The John Coltrane Quartet: Visit to Scandanavia. Image from Seattle Blogs.‘A force which is truly for good’:John Coltrane and the jazz revolution By Terry Townsend / October 7, 2010 “You can play a shoestring … Continue reading
Bernardine Dohrn : The Obsolute and Dangerous Federal Grand Jury
The curious, mysterious, obsolete anddangerous federal Grand Jury By Bernardine Dohrn / The Rag Blog / October 7, 2010 I was subpoenaed to a federal grand jury in May of 1982 in New York City. It has left me as … Continue reading
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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
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Carl Davidson : Mondragon Diaries V: Innovation and Transformation
Image from Mondragon website.Mondragon Diaries, Day FiveInnovation and transformationtowards a third wave futureBy Carl Davidson / The Rag Blog / October 6, 2010 “The world has not been given to us simply to contemplate it, but to transform it. And … Continue reading
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Tagged Basque Country, Carl Davidson, Cooperative Movement, Europe, Socialism, Spain, Workers Cooperatives
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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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