Thorne Webb Dreyer, Editor
RECENT POSTS
Category Archives: RagBlog
:
METRO | Sustainability as solidarity
Imagining a new eco-political ideology for the American Left. By Scott Squires | The Rag Blog | December 7, 2016 AUSTIN — In the middle of a sweaty crowd blocking traffic on the Congress Street Bridge Wednesday night, November 9, … Continue reading
:
Reflection on the election: The Yippie
Puke-In of 1972
‘They can’t beat us. We’re having too much fun.’ — Stew Albert By Ken Wachsberger | The Rag Blog | December 6, 2016 I’m trying to be positive but I’ll be honest. I get queasy sometimes. Trump called himself the … Continue reading
:
Fidel Castro, ¡presente!
For half a century Cuba stood as a beacon for other countries suffering from poverty and neocolonial domination. By Margaret Randall | The Rag Blog | November 29, 2016 Fidel Castro, longtime leader of the Cuban Revolution, died on November … Continue reading
Posted in RagBlog
Tagged Cuban Revolution, Deaths, Fidel Castro, Margaret Randall, Neocolonialism, Obituary, Rag Bloggers
Leave a comment
:
Remembering Richard Jehn
Richard Jehn, 1950-2016, was the founding editor of ‘The Rag Blog’ in May 2006. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | November 28, 2016 Richard Jehn, founding editor of The Rag Blog, passed away on November 2, 2016, at … Continue reading
Posted in RagBlog
Tagged Alice Embree, Deaths, Environmental Activists, Obituaries, Rag Bloggers, Rag Reunion, Richard Jehn, The Rag Blog, Whatcom Watch
9 Comments
:
Vultures over Havana
Fidel Castro and the Castration of U.S. Latin American policy. By James McEnteer | The Rag Blog | November 28, 2016 When Fidel Castro died in his sleep at 90 on November 25 in Havana, American news consumers might have … Continue reading
:
METRO | It’s time for a ‘migra’ watch
By Elaine J. Cohen | The Rag Blog | November 27, 2016 AUSTIN — ICE out of Austin, an immigrant-led activist group, and the Austin Sanctuary Network met together for the first time at Wildflower Unitarian Church on November 22, … Continue reading
:
Los indígenas del Oceti Sakowin
Por Chellis Glendinning | The Rag Blog | 23 de noviembre, 2016 La oposición a un oleoducto La oposición a un oleoducto ha reunido a los pueblos y comunidades indígenas de todas partes de Estados Unidos. Havasupai, del Gran Cañón; … Continue reading
:
Reflections on the election
Even the Cato Institute believes that the election was Clinton’s loss, not Trump’s win. By Mike Davis | The Rag Blog | November 17, 2016 We should resist the temptation to over-interpret Trump’s election as an American Eighteenth Brumaire or … Continue reading
Posted in RagBlog
Tagged 2016 Elections, Donald Trump, DonkeyHotey, Election Analysis, Mike Davis, Presidential Elections, Rag Bloggers
1 Comment
:
METRO | Fight against the Dakota Access Pipeline reaches Austin
Allies of the ‘water protectors’ collect provisions for the harsh winter. By Omar Rodriguez Ortiz | The Rag Blog | November 16, 2016 AUSTIN — People started arriving in the morning with non-perishable food, heavy winter clothing, boots, sleeping bags, … Continue reading
:
TELEVISION | ‘Endeavor’ is compelling Oxford-based prequel to ‘Inspector Morse’
Ancient university town is the site of many murders and other shady goings-on for a bright, young policeman to solve. By Alan Waldman | The Rag Blog | November 16, 2016 [In his Rag Blog column, Alan Waldman reviews some … Continue reading
Posted in RagBlog
Tagged Alan Waldman, British Television, Criticism, Endeavor, Murder Mysteries, Rag Bloggers
Leave a comment
:
The undead
Is Trump an improvised, rough-at-the-edges avatar of the Nixon coalition? Ask Pat Buchanan. By Mike Davis | The Rag Blog | November 10, 2016 I finally think I’ve understood why we’re so obsessed with zombies. The discarded shroud, the rustling … Continue reading
Posted in RagBlog
Tagged 2016 Elections, Donald Trump, Mike Davis, Pat Buchanan, Presidential Election, Rag Bloggers, Richard Nixon
7 Comments
:
The election is over and life goes on
The clouds may be gray, but today we begin the struggle to fight against regression into the past. By Jack A. Smith | The Rag Blog | November 10, 2016 It is a gray overcast day in upstate New York. … Continue reading
Posted in RagBlog
Tagged 2016 Elections, Donald Trump, Jack A. Smith, Neofascism, Presidential Elections, Rag Bloggers, Trump Resistance
5 Comments
