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Ice Shelf Collapse : Accelerated Global Warming
The UN’s Rajendra Pachauri UN climate chief warns of ‘accelerated melting’ of ice caps AFP / March 26, 2008 / The Rag Blog Brussels — The head of the UN intergovernment climate change body on Wednesday voiced strong concern at … Continue reading
War Profiteer Hall of Shame
AGED ARSENAL. Lt. Col. Amanuddin surveyed 42-year-old Chinese ammunition from AEY that arrived in crumbling boxes at his Afghan police post. Photo by Tyler Hicks / New York Times.Defense Contractor Provides Shoddy ArmsBy Paul Kiel / March 27, 2008 Courtesy … Continue reading
Rag Blog Sports : Baseball Honors Frank Robinson at Civil Rights Game
Hall of Famer Frank Robinson will be honored for his contributions to civil rights and to the betterment of baseball. Photo by Jacquelyn Martin / AP.Beacon Awards salute trailblazersBy Justice B. Hill / March 26, 2008As it did a year … Continue reading
There Is No Crime Here
It is ludicrous to prosecute any of this. Saddam knew he was about to get toasted and murdered – why wouldn’t he want to recruit a couple of prominent US politicians to his cause? Fuck the US government for pursuing … Continue reading
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Portland High School Students Protest Recruitment
Some remarkable local protests last week targeted miliary recruiting. High school students in Portland, OR left school and marched on City Hall, demanding answers from the Mayor. Why are recruiters all over the high schools? Grandmothers for Peace went to … Continue reading
Sara Paretsky on Feminism, Social Action and Detective Fiction
Sara Paretsky on her work and her politics.By Matthew Rothschild [This interview with mystery writer/social activist Sara Paretsky first ran in the March issue of The Progressive. The Rag Blog.] I’m not a voracious reader of detective novels, but I … Continue reading
Hot Shots and Classic Takes
Willie Nelson and John Belushi. Photo by Stephanie Chernikowski / The Rag Blog
As Long As It Is Legal Tender
Boutique businesses for money launderingFrom Joe Bageant’s Blog. Joe, I have just read your essay Dead Man Shopping. Your writing simply dazzles. I wish you could enjoy the temperate climes of California. I wonder why certain writers, like Joan Didion … Continue reading
His Overwhelming Grace and Exasperated Wrath
God Damn America, Especially PennsylvaniaBy Greg Palast The kids were snoozing so I drove along the back roads skirting the Lackawanna River on a dawn hunt for black coffee and a newspaper. I think even Norman Rockwell would have found … Continue reading
Stay the Same – Get Left Behind
Blogger Michael Lewis. “Getting Free”From Michael Lewis’ Hayduke Blogs. I’m reading a book, by James Herod, called Getting Free: Creating an Association of Democratic Autonomous Neighborhoods. You can read it, and others online, download a .pdf copy or send the … Continue reading
Raging Grannies Mourn the Dead in Iraq
Raging Grannies mourn at midnight in Palo Alto, California, on March 21, 2008. Members of the Raging Grannies Action League were mourning the loss of life and limb in the Iraqi War. Photo by Pam Walton who is producing a … Continue reading
Forcing the Candidates to Get Serious About Ending the Wars
Anti-war Campaigners Have To Change Electoral TacticsBy Naomi Klein and Jeremy Scahill Neither Clinton nor Obama has a real plan to end the occupation of Iraq, but they could be forced to change position 25/03/08 “The Guardian” — — ‘So?” … Continue reading
