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SPORT / World Cup in South Africa : ‘Neoliberal Trojan Horse’?
Thousands of residents from the township of Oukasie, 60 miles north of Johannesburg are marching [on March 21, 2010]… to bring attention to the plight of impoverished areas of the country… They argue it is wrong for the government to … Continue reading
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Tagged African National Congress, Dave Zirin, Poverty, Social Protest, South Africa, Sports, World Cup
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Audience members listen to a translation through headphones as U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at Cairo University on June 4. Radio Free Europe. Saturday, June 5, 2010CONNECTING THE DOTS: THEORY AND HISTORYHarry Targ The Bewildering Array of Crises The magnitude … Continue reading
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Lefty John Ross, a former New York beatnik, has taken on a daunting task with his new history of Mexico City. Nobody has successfully told the story of this monster of a metropolis in one volume, but John effort is … Continue reading
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SS Exodus 1947 after British takever. Banner says “HAGANAH Ship EXODUS 1947.” Image from Wikimedia Commons. Pool photo by Uriel Sinai Is the Gaza flotilla the “Exodus ’47” story again, roles reversed? By Rabbi Arthur Waskow / The Rag Blog … Continue reading
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Fort Hood’s Eric Jasinski was court martialed and is being denied benefits after he went AWOL to seek treatment for serious PTSD. after he was “stop-lossed” by the army. His case is representative of a growing number of soldiers returning … Continue reading
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Dahr Jamail : Eric Jasinski, the Army, and PTSD
Eric Jasinski at benefit for Under the Hood Cafe, May 24, 2010. Photo by Alice Embree / The Rag Blog.Ft. Hood’s Eric Jasinski:PTSD soldier punished by army Jasinski’s case is representative of a growing number of soldiers returning from the … Continue reading
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Tagged Anti-War GIs, Dahr Jamail, Eric Jasinski, Fort Hood, Mental Health, PTSD, U.S. Military
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El Monstruo, or “The Monster,” a work by lefty John Ross, published last fall by Nation Books, is ostensibly a history of Mexico City. As such, faces an insurmountable challenge. Founded in 1325 and today with a population of about … Continue reading
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Nelson Mandela’s group of “Elders” — including six former winners of the Nobel Peace Prize — condemned Israel’s attack on the Gaza aid flotilla as “completely inexcusable” and called the three-year blockade of Gaza “one of the world’s greatest human … Continue reading
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Textbooks and the Confederacy : Teach the Whole Story
Image from photobucket.Texas textbooks:Let’s teach the truth about the Confederacy By Michael Lind / June 2, 2010 ‘Our new government is founded upon… the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man.’ — Alexander Stephens, Vice … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Austin, Civil War, Confederacy, Education, Public Schools, Sam Houston, Slavery, Texas, Texas History, Textbooks
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Mandela, Tutu, and ‘The Elders’ : Peace Leaders Condemn Israeli Attack
Former South Africa president Nelson Mandela is shown with The Elders Saturday, three years after launching the group in Johannesburg. Photo from AP.‘The Elders’:Peace leaders, Nobel laureatesDeplore Gaza flotilla attack See ‘German activists contest Israeli version,’ and ‘Media Criticism: Reporting … Continue reading
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Tagged Desmond Tutu, Direct Action, Gaza, Israel, Jimmy Carter, Media Criticism, Nelson Mandela, Palestinian Blockade, Peace Movement
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This new Michael Caine vigilante revenge vehicle “thrills and titillates without any socially redeeming value.” And it does it with hints of “Reefer Madness.” But the film echoes recent events in the news — in Kingston, Jamaica, where police have … Continue reading
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What is Harry Brown trying to tell us? By Ed Felien / The Rag Blog / May 30, 2010 It was 95 degrees and I thought I’d take the afternoon off and slip into an air-conditioned theater and watch Michael … Continue reading
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