Category Archives: RagBlog

World Hunger Spiralling Out of Control Because of Capitalist Profit System

Posted on September 18, 2009 by RagBlog

Copyright: WFP/Rein Skullerud.UN reports 1 billion of the world’s people going hungryBy Jerry White / September 18, 2009 For the first time in history, more than one billion people, or nearly one in every 6 inhabitants of the planet, are … Continue reading →

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Conspiracy Nation : Barack Obama and the Right-Wing Demagogues

Posted on September 18, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Illustration by Gino Barzizza / The Indypendent.Conspiracy Nation: Right-wing demagogues reach out to a supposedly beleagured white middle class, telling them they are being squeezed by parasitic traitors from above and below. By Chip Berlet / September 18, 2009 Even … Continue reading →

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The Tea Party Parade: Shouting at Phantoms

Posted on September 18, 2009 by RagBlog

Mark Williams speaking during a Tea Party Express rally at the Cape Buffalo Grille in Dallas, Texas, on Sept, 4, before heading to Washington, D.C. Photo: Matt Nager.Working Class ZeroBy Timothy Egan / September 16, 2009 The first nine years … Continue reading →

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If There Is a Future of Peace for Humankind, It Will Come From the Artists

Posted on September 16, 2009 by RagBlog

Subject: Why Music? Welcome address to freshman class at Boston Conservatory given by Karl Paulnack, pianist and director of music division at Boston Conservatory. “One of my parents’ deepest fears, I suspect, is that society would not properly value me … Continue reading →

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B. Lee: ‘Let Us Not Become the Evil We Deplore’

Posted on September 15, 2009 by RagBlog

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What Really Did Bother People About Obama’s Education Speech?

Posted on September 13, 2009 by RagBlog

Indoctrination and Education: Who’s Really Brainwashing Our Children?By Nima Shirazi / The Rag Blog / September 13, 2009 Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us out of war. – Maria Montessori, physician … Continue reading →

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Losing or Giving Up the Fight Against Racism?

Posted on September 13, 2009 by RagBlog

US president Barack Obama: has he gone back on pledges made to black America? Photo: Michael Reynolds/EPA.Obama’s big silence: the race question: Has the president turned his back on black America?By Naomi Klein / September 12, 2009 Americans began the … Continue reading →

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Juan Cole’s Tale of Two (Not So Regular) Joes

Posted on September 12, 2009 by RagBlog

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Thousands March Against Their Own Self-Interest

Posted on September 12, 2009 by RagBlog

When you see this happening, you just know that big insurance has already won the battle. Health care reform in Amerikkka is a pipe dream. Joe Bageant tried to help me understand why so many vote against their own self-interest, … Continue reading →

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We’re Number Thirty-Seven

Posted on September 12, 2009 by RagBlog

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Foodie Friday: Food Is Power

Posted on September 11, 2009 by RagBlog

Graphic from the Environmental Working Group.The Carbon TradeBy Janet Gilles / The Rag Blog / September 11, 2009 Seventy percent of the farm subsidy goes to just a small number of states in the upper Mississippi River basin, where farmers … Continue reading →

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‘Is Our Children Learning?’

Posted on September 11, 2009 by RagBlog

Manhattan Charter School students watch the National Address to Students on Educational Success by U.S. President Barack Obama September 8, 2009 in New York City. Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images.Lesson Plans, 2009By Timothy Egan / September 9, 2009 You’re in third … Continue reading →

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