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Three swings and three misses
The news last week tells me it’s time to confess some doozies. By Steve Russell | The Rag Blog | February 12, 2019 My method of practicing the pundit trade is to own my errors, and the news last week … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Acosta, Donald Trump, Dr. David Shulkin, Jeffrey Epstein, Rag Bloggers, Ryan Zinke, Steve Russell, Steven Mnuchin
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A tale of baseball, socialism, and oil
The playful gist was that the Internationale would be the new national anthem played at baseball games. By Steve Rossignol | The Rag Blog | February 1, 2019 Rag Blog author Steve Rossignol recently retired as an IBEW electric worker. He … Continue reading
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Tagged Baseball, Rag Bloggers, Steve Rossignol, Texas History, Texas Socialism
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Bipartisan wars
(There’s no there there.) By Murray Polner | The Rag Blog | January 10, 2019 “Try to calm down, America. Whatever RussiaGate (and the Greater Middle East] ultimately turns out to be, it won’t be anything worth a single drop … Continue reading
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Tagged Bipartisanship, Murray Polner, Rag Bloggers, U.S. Foreign Policy, U.S. Imperialism
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An immodest proposal
Here’s a day when we can all say, ‘Liar, liar, pants on fire.’ By Dick J. Reavis | The Rag Blog | January 10, 2019 June 14 is Donald Trump’s birthday and it deserves celebration — as National Liars Day. … Continue reading
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Remembering Dennis Fitzgerald: Underground journalist and veteran activist
Fitzgerald was a founder of The Rag in Austin and Houston’s Space City! By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | December 17, 2018 Dennis Fitgerald passed away on December 9, 2018, in British Columbia, Canada, where he had lived … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Embree, Deaths, Dennis Fitzgerald, Obituary, Rag Bloggers, Space City, The Rag, Thorne Dreyer, Underground Journalist, Underground Press
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BOOKS | Mariann Wizard’s ‘Tempted
to Tell All’
This time-tested poet/activist writes with irony, outrage, ardor, and not a little humor. By Sharon Shelton | The Rag Blog | December 6, 2018 Mariann Garner-Wizard introduces her latest book of poetry, Tempted to Tell All, with a quote from … Continue reading
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Celebrating the life of Terry J. Dubose
Leader of Vietnam Vets Against the War will be honored on December 1 at Scholz Garten. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | November 20, 2018 AUSTIN — Terry J. Dubose passed away on October 29, 2018, at the … Continue reading
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METRO EVENT | DSA Presents: ‘It’s a Bailroom Blitz’ on Sunday, November 18
Javier Jara, Sacred Cowgirls, Bird Casino, and Maracatú Texas will perform. Event: DSA Presents: ‘It’s a Bailroom Blitz’ What: Concert and benefit When: Sunday, November 18, 2018, 6-11 p.m. Where: Spider House Ballroom Address: 2908 Fruth Street, Austin, TX 78705 … Continue reading
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‘The wish to find out’
Are there honest and independent observers still available to sort out the truth? By Murray Polner | The Rag Blog | September 19, 2018 I think blaming the Russians for hacking our 2016 elections may well be legitimate though I … Continue reading
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Give us bread, but give us roses
Remembering Glenn Scott, Loreto Espinoza, and Susan Duncan, sisters in solidarity. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | September 17, 2018 AUSTIN — In a short span of time three women I greatly admired passed from this life to … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Embree, Chile Committee, Glenn Scott, Loreto Espinoza, Obituary, Rag Bloggers, Remembrance, Renato Espinoza, Susan Duncan
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TELEVISION | ‘Republic of Doyle’ is a fun, Newfie, father-son, gumshoe series
Mystery, comedy, action and romance combine in this lively series set in far eastern Canada. By Alan Waldman | The Rag Blog | September 2, 2018 [In his Rag Blog column, Alan Waldman reviews some of his favorite films and … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Waldman, Canadian Television, Criticism, Rag Bloggers, Replublic of Doyle, Television
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Two global peace leaders pass
Uri Avnery and David McReynolds carried on the tradition of the great Eugene V. Debs. By Paul Buhle | The Rag Blog | August 25, 2018 Within just a few days, 94-year-old Uri Avnery and 88-year-old David McReynolds died. I … Continue reading
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Tagged David McReynolds, Deaths, Obituary, Paul Buhle, Peace Activists, Rag Bloggers, Socialism, Uri Avnery
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