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Social Change in America : Learning from History
Populist handbills. A flyer informing workers of a meeting that was to end in the Haymarket Riotof 1886. Police were called in when fighting broke out between striking workers and strikebreakers at the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company in Haymarket, Illinois. … Continue reading
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Tagged Economics, FDR, History, Labor, Labor History, Labor Unions, Left, Michelle Obama, Progressive Movement, Progressives
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Another Species Is Biting the Dust
Orangutan Populations Declining SharplyBy Michael Casey / July 5, 2008 BANGKOK, Thailand – – Orangutan numbers have declined sharply on the only two islands where they still live in the wild and they could become the first great ape species … Continue reading
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A Small Environmental Victory for Washington State
Depleted Uranium Activism Saves Washington! By Cathy Garger | July 3, 2008 In the June 30 issue of Tacoma’s The News Tribune, readers from Washington got to read the attack on Governor Gregoire in “Gregoire’s inaction cost jobs, say Tri-Cities … Continue reading
Drawn and Quartered
Peter Bromhead / Dominion-Post Wellington and Sunday-Star Times / Auckland, New Zealand.The Rag Blog / Posted July 5, 2008
Biofuels – Still Very Problematic
A handful of corn before it is processed. Photograph: Charlie Neibergall/APSecret report: biofuel caused food crisisBy Aditya Chakrabortty / July 4, 2008 Internal World Bank study delivers blow to plant energy drive Biofuels have forced global food prices up by … Continue reading
Fiddler Carmen Hilbert Brings Austin to Beijing
Carmen jams with a Texas touch BEIJING — From Wednesday to Sunday, Carmen Hilbert joins a collection of lone-star imports at her uncle’s restaurant, Tim’s Texas Roadhouse. Hilbert brings the music. With fiddle in hand and a guitarist for accompaniment, … Continue reading
Interview with an Outlaw Woman
Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz: Roots of ResistanceBy Andrej Grubacic Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz grew up in rural Oklahoma, daughter of a landless farmer and half-Indian mother. During the first two decades of the 20th century, her paternal grandfather, a veterinarian from a Scots-Irish … Continue reading
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Tagged Authors, History, Interview, IWW, Native Americans, New Left, People, SDS, Sixties, The Left, Weather Underground, Women, Women's Movement, Writers
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Photographer Dismissed for Showing GI Remains
An Iraqi boy watched, wide-eyed, as American soldiers searched for weapons and militants in Mosul after bombings. Photo by Eduardo Munoz / Reuters.IRAQ: Journalist Charges Censorship by U.S. Military in FallujahBy Dahr Jamail / July 3, 2008 SAN FRANCISCO — … Continue reading
Tom Hayden on Barack Obama and the Slippery Slope
Barack at RiskBy Tom Hayden / July 4, 2008 Call him slippery or nuanced, Barack Obama’s core position on Iraq has always been more ambiguous than audacious. Now it is catching up with him as his latest remarks are questioned … Continue reading
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Tagged African-American, Iraq Occupation, Iraq War, Obama, Peace Movement, Presidential Campaign
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I Have Added My Signature : Will You ??
A Declaration Of Independence From The Government Of The USABy Anonymous Through my signature below I hereby withdraw my consent to be ruled by the organization that has called itself the Government of the United States of America. A government … Continue reading
Quote of the Day
We are here to help each other get though this thing, whatever it is. Mark Vonnegut Thanks to Duncan Echelson / The Rag Blog
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John McCain : "He Did Not Tell the Truth"
Tran Trong Duyet claims no torture was carried out at Hoa Lo‘When John McCain was my captive’By Andrew Harding Tran Trong Duyet – a sprightly retiree and amateur ballroom dancer – must rank as one of John McCain’s more unlikely … Continue reading
