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Fighting Back in Hard Times: The Power of Organized Labor Action

Posted on June 30, 2009 by RagBlog

Laid-off Republic Windows and Doors factory worker Maria Gonzalez holds a picket sign outside the factory in December 2008 in Chicago, Ill. About 250 workers demanded severance and vacation pay owed to them.The Legacy Lives OnBy Kari Lydersen / June … Continue reading →

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Honduran Coup Leaders Reportedly Trained at U.S. Army School in Georgia

Posted on June 29, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Reported Honduras coup leader General Romeo Vasquez trained at the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation at Fort Benning, Georgia.Key leaders of Honduras military coup trained in U.S. The Georgia-based U.S. military school is infamous for training over 60,000 Latin … Continue reading →

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Military Coup : Resistance and Repression in Honduras

Posted on June 29, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Demonstrator outside the Presidential Palace following the kidnapping of President Zelaya of Honduras. (Top) Photo from Orlando Sierra / AFP / Getty. (Below) Photo from Reuters.Resistance and Repression in Honduras People are taking the streets in Honduras despite incredibly hostile … Continue reading →

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Health Care in Venezuela

Posted on June 29, 2009 by RagBlog

New Venezuelan clinic built by community with funds given from municipality. When communities build projects such as this, they provide some labor and serve as the contractor — thus allowing a lot to be done at lower costs than usual.Health … Continue reading →

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Singin’ on Sunday: Austin’s Cold Sun

Posted on June 28, 2009 by RagBlog

Cold Sun live in the Palmer Auditorium, circa 1971.Cold Sun: Austin’s Lost Psychedelic VisionariesBy Patrick Lundborg [To hear Cold Sun, click here.] The story of how Austin, Texas was transformed from a sleepy little college town into a world- renowned … Continue reading →

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The Mexican Dilemma: Biofuel or Food?

Posted on June 28, 2009 by RagBlog

Street vendor in Mexico City. Critics of biofuels say they push up the cost of food.Mexico’s gamble on biofuelsBy Alberto Najar / June 26, 2009 Mexican authorities intent on tackling the issues surrounding the production of biofuels are faced with … Continue reading →

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Still Not Much Concrete Evidence of Iranian Election Fraud

Posted on June 27, 2009 by RagBlog

Tehran, August 19, 1953.Tehran, June 13, 2009. See also, In a micro-blogging world, caution needed on macro of #iranelection by Maha Zimmo, below. AJAX REDUX: US Heavy Meddle in IranBy Nima Shirazi / The Rag Blog / June 26, 2009 … Continue reading →

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The Foundation of the US: God and Guns?

Posted on June 27, 2009 by RagBlog

I didn’t exactly come away from my studies of early American history believing that God and guns were founding principles. It’s a fair perversion of those principles that this fellow exhibits. And I’d bet he has thousands (or millions?) who … Continue reading →

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Juan Cole : Michael Jackson, Islam and the Middle East

Posted on June 26, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Michael Jackson. Photo from Getty Images. Michael Jackson was deeply hurt and humiliated by the experience [of his 2005 trial], and his withdrawal to Bahrain and search for a different tradition of spirituality may well have come out of that … Continue reading →

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Mark Sanford : GOP in Trouble, Pants-Down

Posted on June 26, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford takes the oath of office for a second term in 2007 with his wife, Jenny, and sons (from left) Marshall III, Landon, Bolton and Blake. Lessee, that’s two oaths down and counting. Photo by Mary … Continue reading →

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Solar Powered Flight: The Potential of Renewable Energies

Posted on June 26, 2009 by RagBlog

Solar Impulse planeSolar plane to make public debutBy Jonathan Amos / June 26, 2009 Swiss adventurer Bertrand Picard is set to unveil a prototype of the solar-powered plane he hopes eventually to fly around the world. The initial version, spanning … Continue reading →

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Bad Boy Mark Sanford, and the Freedom Fighters from Martin Jr. High

Posted on June 25, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, no longer MIA, fesses up. Photo by Mary Ann Chastain / AP.Modern-day Freedom Fighters On June 4, the state Supreme Court ruled 5-0 against Gov. Sanford, finding that he must apply for the $700 million … Continue reading →

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