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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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Battle of Algiers:White vigilantes and the police in Katrina’s aftermath By scott crow / The Rag Blog / September 8, 2010 “…within the war we are all waging with the forces of death, subtle and otherwise, conscious or not – … Continue reading
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Battle of Algiers: white vigilantes and the police in Katrina’s aftermath By scott crow / The Rag Blog / September 8, 2010 “…within the war we are all waging with the forces of death, subtle and otherwise, conscious or not … Continue reading
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David Corn : Republican Bob Inglis Blasts Tea Party’s Paranoia
Photo from Bossier (Louisiana) Tea Party demonstration. Image from Craig Considine.Tea Party takeover of the GOP:Republican Rep. Bob Inglis takes onRacism, paranoia, ignorance of the far right By David Corn / September 7, 2010 It was the middle of a … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Inglis, David Corn, Racism, Republican Party, Right Wing Extremists, South Carolina, Tea Baggers
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Glenn Smith reports on two seemingly coincidental events in Houston: a mysterious fire destroys all of the voting machines in Harris County in what is being investigated as arson; and a well-funded right wing group (TrueTheVote) emerges, making unfounded allegations … Continue reading
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By Dr. Stephen R. Keister / The Rag Blog / August 30, 2010 I cannot tolerate watching Fox News; however, the end results are apparent as the mainstream media continue to disseminate and replicate this drivel included in secondary coverage. … Continue reading
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David McReynolds, who was at the great March on Washington in 1963, and heard Dr. King declare that he had a dream, calls it a “proud moment” in history, and provides background on that momentous occasion from an insider. And … Continue reading
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