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BOOKS | The doctor is sick
A review of Susan Reverby’s new book about former leftist fugitive Dr. Alan Bergman. Co-Conspirator for Justice: The Revolutionary Life of Dr. Alan Bergman by Susan M. Reverby (2020: University of North Carolina Press; $30) By Jonah Raskin | The … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Liberation Army, Books, Brinks Robbery, Dr. Alan Berkman, Jonah Raskin, Marilyn Buck, Rag Bloggers
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ANALYSIS | Vote by mail in Texas: Do it!
In the courts, the issue continues to be a roller coaster ride. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | June 5, 2020 AUSTIN — In this ongoing pandemic and national uprising over the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, … Continue reading
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ANALYSIS | Rioting reflections, again
‘A riot is the language of the unheard.’ — Martin Luther King By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | June 1, 2020 SONOMA COUNTY, Calif — I have not actually been in the streets protesting over the past week … Continue reading
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Tagged 2020 Riots, Analysis, George Floyd, Jonah Raskin, Police Brutality, Rag Bloggers
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VERSE | Three poems
SUPPLY CHAIN DISRUPTION WE ARE RUNNING OUT of hugs, kisses, cuddles (personal contact) and our world has now turned virtual/digital Like being told you can ONLY have online banking or that your credit card has been hacked The lack of … Continue reading
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POLITICAL CARTOON | Diversionary attack
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Tagged Donald Trump, Joshua Brown, Life During Wartime, Political Cartoon
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FEATURE | New Left leader continued idealistic path with worker-owned company
SDS veteran Paul Millman retires after decades leading Vermont cooperative. By Allen Young | The Rag Blog | May 25, 2020 BRATTLEBORO, Vt. — “So what are you going to do when you grow up?” That’s a question asked, in … Continue reading
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Tagged Allen Young, Cooperative Movement, Paul Millman, Rag Bloggers, SDS, Sixties Radicals, Workers Cooperatives
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VERSE | Enchanted Rock: Native American Heritage
Enchanted Rock Native American Heritage So he sat on Enchanted Rock with me and played his flute – gently, slowly… Heat and the rock and the green of the day made the slow flight of turkey vultures hold sway We … Continue reading
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VERSE | The Wrens of Consciousness
The Wrens of Consciousness Fittingly and unfailingly in flits and a flash tiny and so brash flirting with bright dusk still time enough to busk a spring wren couple fly in and out and to wisp branch tips and alight … Continue reading
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OPINION | Biden our time?
A reply to David P. Hamilton about the 2020 election. By Jay D. Jurie | The Rag Blog | May 20, 2020 Trump wants to turn Washington upside down — that was his first message and his winning message. We … Continue reading
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BOOKS | ‘Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties’
A new book by two stellar ex-SDS members, Mike Davis and Jon Wiener. By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | May 20, 2020 SONOMA COUNTY, Cal. — To really get the most from this huge history about the City … Continue reading
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Tagged Jon Wiener, Jonah Raskin, Los Angeles, Mike Davis, Movement History, Rag Bloggers, Set the Night on Fire
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OPINION |We have a binary choice in November
A second Trump administration would be an existential crisis for democracy, the planet. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | May 19, 2020 I signed a letter with Rag Blog editor Thorne Dreyer and 75 other founders and early … Continue reading
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Tagged 2020 Elections, Alice Embree, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Rag Bloggers, SDS
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