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JONAH RASKIN | THE SIXTIES | Avedon at the Met: the Chicago Seven and the Sixties
‘I wanted to see if I could reinvent what a group photo is,’ Avedon observed. By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | March 8, 2023 Looking at Richard Avedon’s black-and-white photos of the Chicago Seven which peered out at … Continue reading
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Tagged Chicago 7, Chicago 8, Dave Dellinger, Jerry Rubin, John Froines, Jonah Raskin, Lee Weiner, Photography, Rag Bloggers, Rennie Davis, Richard Avedon, Sixties, Sixties Radicals, Tom Hayden
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LAMAR HANKINS | ACTIVISM | Rules for troublemakers
My prison experiences caused me to understand how much I had taken on faith about administrators. By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | February 24, 2023 At age 78, I continue to see the value in and the … Continue reading
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Tagged Activism, Civil Rights, Lamar Hankins, Mano Amiga, Prison Conditions, Rag Bloggers, Saul Alinsky
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BRUCE MELTON | CLIMATE CHANGE | Winter storm Texas 2023, and climate change
Ice storm brought down the power lines and it’s cold, cold, cold. By Bruce Melton | The Rag Blog | February 9, 2023 Bruce Melton will be Thorne Dreyer‘s guest from 2-3 p.m. CST, February 9, 2013, on KOOP 91.7-FM … Continue reading
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Tagged 2223 Winter Storm, Austin Ice Storm, Bruce Melton, Climate Change, Global Warming, Rag Bloggers
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LAMAR HANKINS | SPORTS AND RELIGION | Offering up prayers for Damar Hamlin
When did God start taking sides in football games or bless the performances of various pious athletes? By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | February 8, 2023 Prayer seems to me a cry of weakness, and an attempt … Continue reading
ALLEN YOUNG | DOCUMENTARY FILM | ‘Surviving the Silence’: An upbeat but convoluted story about three strong women
The film compels the viewer to think about the injustice of anti-gay discrimination in the context of military service. By Allen Young | The Rag Blog | February 5, 2023 The documentary film Surviving the Silence is the intriguing story … Continue reading
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Tagged Allen Young, Documentary Film, Film, Gay Liberation, Gays in Military, LGBT, Rag Bloggers, The Rag Blog
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THORNE DREYER | REMEMBRANCE | Daniel Jay Schacht, July 4, 1945 – December 22, 2022
Danny was involved in a precedent-setting landmark case before the U.S. Supreme Court. By Thorne Dreyer | The Rag Blog | January 24, 2023 With tributes from friends John R. Herrera and Roger Baker In September 2015, our mutual friend … Continue reading
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Tagged Danny Schacht, Houston Activists, John Herrera, Obituary, Radical History, Rag Bloggers, Remembrance, Roger Baker, Sixties, Thorne Dreyer, U.S. Supreme Court
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BOOK TALK | With Thorne Dreyer and Don Carleton
Please join us for a 45-minute visit with Don Carleton, executive director of the Briscoe Center for American History at the University of Texas, and Thorne Dreyer, author of Making Waves: The Rag Radio Interviews. Making Waves was a selection … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Briscoe Center, Don Carleton, Making Waves, Thorne Dreyer
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Remembering Casey Hayden | in her own words
Casey Hayden wrote her own obituary and emailed it to a dear friend with instructions to share it with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). Casey’s friend gave The Rag Blog permission to … Continue reading
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Tagged Casey Hayden, Civil Rights Movement, Sandra Cason, SDS, SNCC, Stand-Ins, Students for Direct Action, Women's Liberation
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ALLEN YOUNG | BOOKS | The Activist’s Media Handbook
David Fenton’s ‘Lessons From Fifty Years as a Progressive Agitator.’ By Allen Young | The Rag Blog | January 14, 2023 Listen to Thorne Dreyer interview David Fenton and Allen Young on Rag Radio Friday, Jan. 20, 2023, from 2-3 … Continue reading
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ALICE EMBREE | HISTORY | ‘Defending Dissidents: The Austin Law Commune’
They came to the aid of an ever-growing community of dissidents who needed to be defended in courts of law. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | November 29, 2022 AUSTIN — In the midst of the national upheaval … Continue reading
ALICE EMBREE | REMEMBRANCE | Scott Pittman: March 23, 1940 – July 31, 2022
A former UT-Austin activist, Scott settled in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he devoted himself to the teaching of Permaculture. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | November 28, 2022 Many people knew Scott Pittman in Austin as a … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Embree, Austin Activist, Obituary, Permaculture, Rag Bloggers, Remembrance, Scott Pittman
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ELAINE COHEN : STORY | An Austin tale of memory, reflection, and healing
I felt it a place of camaraderie, of a Mediterranean aesthetic that was familiar. By Elaine Cohen | The Rag Blog | November 27, 2022 AUSTIN — I moved to Austin in the spring of 1997. South by Southwest was … Continue reading
