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“Trevor Loudon and the Right-wing Propaganda Machine” By Jay D. Jurie / The Rag Blog / Until I came across the KeyWiki blog (KeyWiki.org) I didn’t know I had my very own “Wiki” page. When I went to “my” page … Continue reading →

Kate, our resident observer of the stars and the seasons, tells us that Lammas is a fire festival known as First Harvest, Harvest Home, and Lughnasadh. It is a time for thanksgiving, sacrifice, and celebration. And, as always, she advises … Continue reading →

CAB POVERTY BE ELIMINATED ? By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / July 26, 2010 Poverty is one of those social evils that has been around as long as civilization. It seems like there has always been a societal … Continue reading →

CAB POVERTY BE ELIMINATED ? Poverty is one of those social evils that has been around as long as civilization has been. It seems like there have always been a societal division into those who have and those who don’t … Continue reading →

A People’s Folk Music History of the United States If you’re a Rag Blog reader who’s into either urban protest folk music or anti-corporate country music, you might be interested in listening for free to “A People’s Folk Music History … Continue reading →

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Poet and political prisoner Marilyn Buck has been released from a prison hospital in Texas after serving 25 years of an 80-year sentence for crimes related to her actions in support of the black liberation movement. Buck was diagnosed with … Continue reading →

Chief Wahoo — the cartoonish logo of the Cleveland Indians — is arguably the most racist logo in sports, with its “ridiculous, buck-toothed profoundly offensive caricature of a single-feathered native.” With the departure of Lebron James from the Cavaliers — … Continue reading →

Beat poet, humanist, political mystic, rock star… Tuli Kupferberg is dead at 86. When writer Carl R. Hultberg, only 16 at the time, first saw Tuli and the Fugs at the Players Theatre on MacDougal Street in the Village in … Continue reading →

If you find yourself in a hole, Ed Felien tells us, then stop digging. Unfortunately the Obama administration just keeps digging us deeper into the Afghanistan hole as it pursues a doomed strategy. And it’s a strategy that could also … Continue reading →