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Haiti Needs More Than Words from the U.S.
Haitian suburb. See video below. Haiti needs U.S. support for democracyBy Ansel Herz / The Rag Blog / May 1, 2009 Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stood on the floor of a textile factory in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, earlier this month … Continue reading
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Tagged Caribbean, Obama Administration, Poverty, United Nations, World Economy
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Ron Ridenour Reports on May Day in Cuba
On May Day Havana is a melting pot of labor solidarity. Photo: Bill Hackwell.May Day 2009 in CubaBy Ron Ridenour / The Rag Blog / May 2, 2009 Seventeen days after the first May Day of the revolution, May 17, … Continue reading
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May Day in Europe : Protesters Clash with Riot Police
Protesters throw stones at riot police during a May Day rally in Istanbul. Photo by Osman Orsal / Reuters.Giant demonstrations in France; battles with police in Turkey, Greece and Germany Protests reflect growing anger in Europe over unemployment and handling … Continue reading
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Tagged Direct Action, Europe, Labor Unions, May Day, Social Protest
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Texas Gov. Perry : Secessionist With His Hand Out
Tea partiers in Denton, Texas. Photo by josh Berthume / The Texas Observer.‘According to FEMA’s website, Texas has been the site of 13 “major disaster declarations” since Perry took office… since FEMA’s record-keeping began, Texas has received federal disaster assistance … Continue reading
Dick J. Reavis on Mark Rudd’s ‘Underground,’ and the 1969 SDS Split
Bernardine Dohrn, of the Radical Youth Movement faction of SDS — and later of Weatherman — addresses the SDS convention in Chicago in 1969, at which the Progressive Labor Party was “expelled.” Mark Rudd, author of Underground, is to Dohrn’s … Continue reading
Dana Cloud : Identifying the Real David Horowitz
David Horowitz, a prominent neo-conservative writer, activist and founder of the David Horowitz Freedom Center, claims that UC Irvine’s Muslim Student Union supports terrorism against Jews. Photo: Sandra Lee.The McCarthyism That Horowitz Built: The Cases of Margo Ramlal Nankoe, William … Continue reading
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Tagged Academic Freedom, Conservatives, Neocons, Red-Baiting, Texas, UT-Austin
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Honeybees Are Remarkable for Lots of Reasons
Honey bee nectaring on button willow.Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey, UC Davis Department of Entomology.Let’s Hear It for the BeesBy Leon Kreitzman / April 28, 2009 Gardeners know that plants open and close their flowers at set times during the … Continue reading
There Is More Than One Way to Interpret Ahmadinejad
On Ahmadinejad and Progressive MyopiaBy Nima Shirazi / The Rag Blog / April 29, 2009 Please see links to previous Rag Blog posts on this subject, Below. Whenever Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad makes a public appearance, the airwaves, papers, and … Continue reading
Drug Company Gifts to Doctors: Staunching the Flow
Group Advises Stopping Flow of Gifts to DoctorsBy Gardiner Harris / April 28, 2009 WASHINGTON — In a scolding report, the nation’s most influential medical advisory group said that doctors should stop taking much of the money, gifts and free … Continue reading
Swine Flu and the Monstrous Power of the Livestock Conglomerates
The nature of the livestock industry has been transformed dramatically. Photo by Oleg Popov / Reuters.The swine flu crisis lays bare the meat industry’s monstrous power The Mexico swine flu outbreak should alert us to a highly globalized industry with … Continue reading
Republicans Blocked Pandemic Preparedness from Stimulus Bill
Susan Collins brags that she led the fight to strip the stimulus bill of pandemic preparednes. Here she shares inanities with President Bush in 2008. Photo by Ron Sachs / Getty Images North America.GOP Know-Nothings Fought Pandemic Preparedness Every discussion … Continue reading
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Tagged Congress, Economic Stimulus, Public Health, Republican Party, Swine Flu
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