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THEATER | Brechtomania!
Why Marxist playwright Bertolt Brecht is theater’s hottest old name By Moira Herbst | Portside | September 7, 2014 The playwright, theorist and poet Bertolt Brecht is known worldwide as a giant of modern theater. But until recently, few theaters … Continue reading
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Tagged Bertolt Brecht, Epic Theater, Marxist Art, Moira Herbst, Playwrights, Radical Theater, The Threepenny Opera, Theater
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Lies and war!
U.S. administrations ever since Truman have justified aggressive foreign policies by lying and distorting the realities behind complex international relationships. By Harry Targ | The Rag Blog | September 4, 2014 Post-modernists talk about “discourses,” “narratives,” “tropes,” and verbal “deconstructions.” … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Harry Targ, Rag Bloggers, Truman Doctrine, U.S. Foreign Policy, U.S. Imperialism, World History
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It’s time to speak out for Gaza
Why have American politicians and editorial boards been silent in the face of extreme violence? By Marilyn Katz | The Rag Blog | September 3, 2014 The latest seven-week war in Gaza is over. More than 2,000 people are dead … Continue reading
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Neighbors come together to build the village
Small-town Sebastopol, California, sets 10-day festival to ‘shape common spaces in a way that promotes beauty and community.’ By Shepherd Bliss | The Rag Blog | September 3, 2014 SEBASTOPOL, California — Village Building Convergence (VBC) activists and their supporters … Continue reading
METRO PODCAST | Thorne Dreyer : Broadus Spivey & Jesse Sublett hold forth on ‘Homer Maxey’s Texas Bank War’
Rag Radio features the literary odd couple of lawyer Spivey and musician-writer Sublett and their true tale of West Texas legal chicanery, ‘Broke Not Broken.’ Interview by Thorne Dreyer | The Rag Blog | September 2, 2014 Joining us on … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin Attorneys, Austin Musicians, Broadus Spivey, Broke Not Broken, Homer Maxey, Interview, Jesse Sublett, Lubbock, Metro, Nonfiction, Podcast, Rag Radio, Texas Banking, Thorne Dreyer, True Crime
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Britain’s ‘Bad Girls’ is a gripping, gritty gals-behind-bars series
Strong English cast and writers make this popular prison series compelling television. By Alan Waldman | The Rag Blog | September 1, 2014 [In his weekly column, Alan Waldman reviews some of his favorite films and TV series that readers … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Waldman, Bad Girls, British Television, Criticism, Prison Drama, Rag Bloggers
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METRO | Steve Russell : Voting for change
I guess my attitude towards elections could be taken as evidence that my purity has been compromised. Maybe the old cat has been belled. By Steve Russell | The Rag Blog | August 27, 2014 “Would you rather vote for … Continue reading
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Ferguson: Living through the replay
We seem repeatedly surprised by the anger generated by educational inequity, vanished jobs, income disparities, lost affordable housing, and racial and ethnic profiling. By Mercedes Lynn de Uriarte | The Rag Blog | August 26, 2014 Like many other Americans, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1967 Race Riots, American History, American Society, Cultural Stereotypes, Ethnic Studies, Ferguson, Kerner Commision, Mainstream Media, Mercedes Lynn de Uriarte, New America Media, Racial Profiling, Rag Bloggers, Sixties, Texas Board of Education, UT School of Journalism
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SPORT | Former Dodger GM’s exile from baseball: Was justice done?
Despite Al Campanis’ historic racist remark, he was a proud and honorable man who was mistreated by pro baseball’s self-righteous moral guardians. By Murray Polner | The Rag Blog | August 26, 2014 I often think of Al Campanis, a … Continue reading
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Tagged Al Campanis, Branch Rickey, Jackie Robinson, Major League Baseball, Murray Polner, Nightline, Racism, Rag Bloggers, Sports
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METRO PODCAST | Thorne Dreyer : Hip-hop duo Riders Against the Storm, Austin Band of the Year
Austin’s acclaimed husband-and-wife hip-hoppers, Riders Against the Storm, performed on Rag Radio and rapped with us about their unique vision. Interview by Thorne Dreyer | The Rag Blog | August 24, 2014 Our guests on Rag Radio are the hip-duo, … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin Music Awards, Austin Musicians, Chaka, Hip Hop, Interview, Metro, Podcast, Qi Dada, Rag Bloggers, Rag Radio, RAS, Riders Against the Storm, Thorne Dreyer
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The forms of violence and the meanings
of Ferguson
From police violence to economic despair, to lack of political representation, to cultural rationales for state violence, the basic characteristics of American society are uncovered. By Harry Targ | The Rag Blog | August 21, 2014 In addressing violence, researchers, … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Ferguson, Harry Targ, Michael Brown, Police Violence, Poverty, Racism, Rag Bloggers, Violence
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The third time in Iraq is not the charm
The do-nothing Congress has to date done nothing. In better and more rational times there would already be a roaring debate. By Steve Russell | The Rag Blog | August 20, 2014 In my clearest memory of Iraq War I, … Continue reading
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Tagged Beheadings, Genocide, Iraq War, ISIS, Kurds, Peshmerga, Rag Bloggers, Steve Russell, Terrorism, U.S. Foreign Policy, Yazidis
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