Thorne Webb Dreyer, Editor

SEARCH
RECENT POSTS
ALICE EMBREE / MAY DAY! MAY DAY!
April 30, 2026
ALICE EMBREE / HISTORY / Where on earth was The Rag?
April 23, 2026
JAN LANCE / RETIREES / Senior Solidarity
April 2, 2026
DAVE ZIRIN / CULTURE / Bad Bunny Steals the Show
February 10, 2026
CARL DAVIDSON / POLITICS / SUMMING UP THE YEAR 2025
January 16, 2026
ARCHIVES
Category Archives: RagBlog
Accurately (If Crudely) Characterising the Commute
From The Group News Blog Dear President Bush: Thanks for pullin’ my ass outta the fire. Yours, Scooter. By the way, your hands smell like…Oh my God! GASOLINE!!! Ain’t this a bitch? I get all busy for a day, hunkered … Continue reading
Posted in RagBlog
Leave a comment
Signs of a Sick Society
Kansas Shoppers Step Over Dying WomanBy ROXANA HEGEMAN,APPosted: 2007-07-04 09:37:01 WICHITA, Kan. (July 4) – As stabbing victim LaShanda Calloway lay dying on the floor of a convenience store, five shoppers, including one who stopped to take a picture of … Continue reading
Posted in RagBlog
Leave a comment
Racism – Alive, Well, and Spreading in Amerikkka
Injustice in Jena: Black Nooses Hanging from the “White” TreeBy BILL QUIGLEY In a small still mostly segregated section of rural Louisiana, an all white jury heard a series of white witnesses called by a white prosecutor testify in a … Continue reading
Posted in RagBlog
Leave a comment
Join the CAMEO Party
Campus Anti-War Movement to End the Occupationspresents July 4th Anti-War Picnic! JOIN CAMEO IN ZILKER PARKWeds July 4th at 5:30pmFor Food and Festivities TO SUPPORT INDEPENDENCE -FOR OCCUPIED COUNTRIES AND -FROM A 2-PARTY POLITICAL SYSTEM antiwarcampus@yahoo.com All tyranny needs to … Continue reading
Posted in RagBlog
Leave a comment
Inflation – P. Spencer
Inflation – Suspicions Confirmed The federal government claims that inflation is low and fairly stable at present. Do you believe that? If inflation rises, this is supposed to be an indication that the economy is running too “hot”. The standard … Continue reading
Posted in RagBlog
Leave a comment
Killing All of Us Slowly – Corn, Again
How the rising price of corn made Mexicans take to streetsby Jerome TaylorJuly 02, 2007, The Independent (UK) Mexico was ablaze in late January. Just two months after the election of Felipe Calderon as Mexico’s President, protests had broken out … Continue reading
Posted in RagBlog
Leave a comment
Everyday Life in Baghdad
Compulsory picnic in progress A familiar face. Could it be?? YES!! My cousin …………!! I haven’t seen her for so long. She leaves her car and hurries towards me. “Hello Habibti! How are you doing??” We sit in my car … Continue reading
Posted in RagBlog
Leave a comment
Bring Back Common Sense on Immigration
Two Centuries and Counting: The Political Paranoia Over ImmigrationBy PETER QUINN It’s hard to listen to the hard-line rhetoric that has killed immigration reform and not undergo a sense of deja vu. Despite the nostalgia around places like Ellis Island, … Continue reading
Posted in RagBlog
Leave a comment
Led By Morons – Another Episode
Bristish Prime Minister denies Iraq terror linkBy James TweedieJul 1, 2007, 14:32 Britain’s Prime Minister Gordon Brown claimed on Sunday that British foreign policy had nothing to do with the latest attempted terror attacks. Two car bombs failed to detonate … Continue reading
Posted in RagBlog
Leave a comment
Opposing North Amerikkkan Imperialism
Venezuela Strengthens Ties to Russia and Belarus with Chavez VisitSaturday, Jun 30, 2007By: Chris Carlson – Venezuelanalysis.com Mérida, June 30, 2007 (venezuelanalysis.com)— Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez arrived in Moscow Thursday and in Minsk, the capital of Belarus, Friday as part … Continue reading
Posted in RagBlog
Leave a comment
















