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Interview with Tim DeChristopher, Utah Oil Lease Spoiler
In its final days, the Bush administration tried to sell drilling rights to Utah’s Red Rock Country. Student Tim DeChristopher purchased a chunk of that land in an act of civil disobedience.Modern-Day MonkeywrencherBy Martin Stainthorp / April 10, 2009 During … Continue reading
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
