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Medicine and Torture: Bad Bedfellows
Handcuffs sit at the foot of a chair used for interrogation inside a cell in the maximum security Camp 5 at Camp Delta on May 9, 2006 in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images.U.S. Medical Personnel and Interrogations: What … Continue reading
Kos : The Newspaper Execs’ Hissy Fit
Newspaper, aka the “Dinosaur Blog.” Graphic from Exhibit 5a. The industry’s woes are self-inflicted, and its continued arrogance and superiority complex continue to blind its executives from potential solutions in a world where quite frankly, they are no longer quite … Continue reading
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Tagged Blogosphere, Creative Commons, Google, Intellectual Property, Journalism, Mainstream Media, News Aggregators, Newspapers
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Danny Glover : Barack Obama Must Support the Global Struggle Against Racism
Danny Glover. This should be a moment for the United States to rejoin the global struggle against racism, the struggle that the Bush administration so arrogantly abandoned. I hope President Obama will agree that the United States must participate with … Continue reading
Texas Republican to Asian-Americans : Please Simplify Your Names
Texas Rep. Betty Brown, R-Terrell, made the remark during House testimony on Tuesday. Photo from the Houston Chronicle. Here’s a classic Texas story! It was published by the Houston Chronicle and is being circulated by the Huffington Post. — Jeff … Continue reading
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Tagged Asian-Americans, Republican Party, Texas, Texas Legislature, Voting Rights
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Pittsburgh Cop Killer Egged on by Alex Jones, Right Wing Conspiracy Media
Alex Jones broadcasting from Austin’s KLBJ.Richard Poplawski’s photo from MySpace. Poplawski was a neo-Nazi wannabe who railed against blacks, Jews, ‘Zionists,’ and gun control. And like many members of the far-right fringe, he allegedly visited Jones’ Web sites and posted … Continue reading
Music Video : Arlo Guthrie is (Still) Changing His Name to Chrysler
I’m Changing My Name to ChryslerPerformed by Arlo Guthrie. Lyrics by Tom Paxton. “Corporate welfare-the enormous and myriad subsidies, bailouts, giveaways, tax loopholes, debt revocations, loan guarantees, discounted insurance and other benefits conferred by government on business-is a function of … Continue reading
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Tagged Arlo Guthrie, Corporate Corruption, Music Video, Musicians, Wall Street Bailout
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Time Warner Singles Out Geek-Rich Austin for Metered Broadband Trial
Penny-pinching broadband. Graphic from DVICE.com Austin is not a city that takes its broadband lightly. It’s home to supercomputers, digital media studios and online gaming companies. Thanks to that, it’s now a microcosm for a battle against consumption-based broadband attempts … Continue reading
‘Wherever they’s a fight so hungry people can eat, I’ll be there.’
Jane Darwell as Ma Joad and Henry Fonda as Tom Joad.Above the din, Ma Joad’s voice still confident, clearBy Pierre Tristam / April 7, 2009 Homeless camps now sprawl instead of developments. Unemployment numbers are spilling off front pages into … Continue reading
Rudd: Put the War Budget Into Peace, Diplomacy, Law, and Sustainable Energy Development
Mark Rudd.Pacifism and The Military-Industrial-University Complex: Interviewing Mark RuddBy Bob Feldman / The Rag Blog / April 7, 2009 Mark Rudd was the chairman of the Columbia University chapter of Students for a Democratic Society [SDS] at the time of … Continue reading
The Torture Party
Cartoon by Ralph Solonitz / The Rag Blog
Cuba: Encouraging Artists to Criticize the System
Cuba’s Minister of Culture Abel Prieto in Havana during an interview he granted La Jornada. Photo: Pablo Espinosa.Cuba urges artists to be critical in order to defend the utopia, Abel Prieto saysBy Pablo Espinosa A CubaNews translation. Edited by Walter … Continue reading
Washington Retraining Programs Unfunded Until July
And it’s reasonable to speculate that this is happening across the country. It says everything about national priorities that we put billions into bailing out financial institutions, some of which are demonstrably corrupt, but those individuals who need funding for … Continue reading
