Category Archives: RagBlog

Larry Piltz :
VERSE | TRUE HOMELAND

Posted on July 24, 2017 by Thorne Dreyer

TRUE HOMELAND Why is this sweet world we live in so torn between chaos and Zen with extremes at either end like enemies and lifelong friends starvation and stock dividends a young child’s death yet love transcends are we really … Continue reading →

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Alan Waldman :
TELEVISION | ‘800 Words’ is a fun Aussie-Kiwi comedy-drama

Posted on July 24, 2017 by Thorne Dreyer

The top-watched series features enjoyable characters & situations with an Aussie family trying to fit in to a New Zealand town. By Alan Waldman | The Rag Blog | July 24, 2017 [In his Rag Blog column, Alan Waldman reviews … Continue reading →

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David P. Hamilton :
NATO: An obituary

Posted on July 23, 2017 by Thorne Dreyer

Who will follow the capitalist class clown car into future military adventures to protect the profits of fossil energy tycoons? By David P. Hamilton | The Rag Blog | July 23, 2017 PARIS — NATO died recently. Over the past … Continue reading →

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Henry Mecredy :
BOOKS | Tracy Kidder: ‘The Soul of a New Machine’ revisited

Posted on July 23, 2017 by Thorne Dreyer

It’s a fine tale of a product development project that unfolds in secrecy, in a mild paranoia born of corporate competition. By Henry Mecredy | The Rag Blog | July 22, 2017 Hands, that the rod of empire might have … Continue reading →

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Thorne Dreyer :
The life and times of leftist journalist
Jack A. Smith (1934-2017)

Posted on July 20, 2017 by Thorne Dreyer

Including a personal memoir from the former Guardian editor, plus the Rag Radio interview. By Thorne Dreyer | The Rag Blog | July 20, 2017 Below, see “Jack A. Smith: My life and times at The Guardian,” originally published by … Continue reading →

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The Rag Blog :
METRO EVENT | A ‘tale of two rebel cities’ with Steve Early & Nick Licata on July 27

Posted on July 18, 2017 by Thorne Dreyer

Learn how Seattle and Richmond, California, became models for municipal action in the Trump era. Steve Early and Nick Licata will also share a “tale of two rebel cities” with host Thorne Dreyer on Rag Radio, Friday, July 28, 2-3 … Continue reading →

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Lamar W. Hankins :
Hypocrisy: Outrage over Russian meddling, but what about the U.S.’ global history?

Posted on July 15, 2017 by Thorne Dreyer

Overthrowing elected governments is the most extreme form of interference in election results. By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | July 15, 2017 Hypocrisy seems to be as much a part of American life as apple pie or … Continue reading →

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Alice Embree :
METRO | Demonstrators say ‘No’ to Trumpcare; Seven arrested outside Sen. Cornyn’s office

Posted on July 12, 2017 by Thorne Dreyer

Austin protesters vote with their feet against a bill that would be disastrous for health care and a bonanza for wealth care. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | July 12, 2017 AUSTIN — On Thursday, July 6, more … Continue reading →

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Alice Embree :
METRO | Alice Kresensky Cunningham
(July 14, 1935 – June 23, 2017)

Posted on July 10, 2017 by Thorne Dreyer

As part of a faith-based social justice ministry, Cris played a sustaining role for many movement activists and groups. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | July 10, 2017 AUSTIN — Cris Cunningham died on June 23, 2017, in … Continue reading →

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David P. Hamilton :
Emmanuel Macron, ‘centrist’ revolutionary

Posted on June 20, 2017 by Thorne Dreyer

He combined social liberalism — covering all the identity politics bases — with neoliberal economics. By David P. Hamilton | The Rag Blog | June 21, 2017 PARIS — Emmanuel Macron has totally changed the landscape of French politics. Previously, … Continue reading →

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Chellis Glendinning :
Psychohistory in the Age of Trump

Posted on June 20, 2017 by Thorne Dreyer

Comparisons between Nazi Germany and Trump´s U.S.-in-process abound these days. By Chellis Glendinning | The Rag Blog | June 21, 2017 CHUQUISACA, Bolivia — As befits the times, I have been studying Nikolaus Wachsmann´s KL: A History of the Nazi … Continue reading →

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Lamar W. Hankins :
American culture: Appropriated, revised,
and invented

Posted on June 20, 2017 by Thorne Dreyer

There is virtually no part of our culture that is not borrowed from somewhere else. By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | June 20, 2017 To paraphrase something the musicologist Charles Seeger once said (as reported by his … Continue reading →

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