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ALICE EMBREE : ABORTION RIGHTS | Austin and Roe v. Wade’s backstory
This fight didn’t start in a courtroom and it will not end there. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | June 25, 2022 AUSTIN — The Supreme Court decision was telegraphed on May 1st and moved across the weeks … Continue reading
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Tagged Abortion Rights, Alice Embree, Austin, Judy Smith, Rag Bloggers, Roe v. Wade, The Janes, The Rag
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ALICE EMBREE : LEFT HISTORY | The Rag v. Regents
The Board of Regents did not love ‘The Rag’ and Austin’s underground newspaper did not love the Board of Regents. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog |June 17, 2022 In 2016, former staffers held a reunion to commemorate the … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Embree, George Vizard, Texas Board of Regents, The Rag, U.S. Supreme Court, Underground Press
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ROBERT C. COTTRELL : BOOKS | Thorne Dreyer’s ‘Making Waves: The Rag Radio Interviews’
‘Making Waves’ is a significant work, displaying dexterity through penetrating discussions. By Robert C. Cottrell | The Rag Blog | June 1, 2022 Followers of The Rag Blog should be thoroughly delighted with the release of a vital new volume, … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Books, Briscoe Center, Making Waves, Rag Radio, Rag Radio Interviews, Robert C. Cottrell, Thorne Dreyer
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LAMAR W. HANKINS : SUPREME COURT | Of rights and liberties in the U.S.
How Alito gets the facts wrong about abortion history. By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | May 18, 2022 The Ninth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, part of the original Bill of Rights, reads: The enumeration in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Abortion Rights, Justice Samuel Alito, Lamar W. Hankins, Rag Bloggers, Roe v. Wade, U.S. Supreme Court
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ALLEN YOUNG : NEWS COMMENTARY | Federal anti-lynching law passed,
at last
From a young age, I knew that racism was wrong, as my parents helped me learn that important lesson. By Allen Young | The Rag Blog | May 6, 2022 When I was a child, I saw a photograph of … Continue reading
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Tagged Allen Young, Anti-Lynching Law, Emmett Till, Lynching, Racism, Rag Bloggers, Vigilante Justice
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JOSHUA BROWN : POLITICAL CARTOON | Majority rule
Previous installments are archived athttp://www.joshbrownnyc.com/ldw.htm
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Tagged Abortion, Joshua Brown, Life During Wartime, Political Cartoon, Rag Bloggers, Supreme Court
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JAMES RETHERFORD: BOOKS | Judy Gumbo’s ‘Yippie Girl’
Combating authoritarian repression with absurdist political theatre. By James Retherford | The Rag Blog |April 29, 2022 Listen to Thorne Dreyer‘s interview with ‘Yippie Girl’ Judy Gumbo on Rag Radio, here. As Kris Kristofferson sorta said, “[S]he’s a walkin’ contradiction, … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, James Retherford, Judy Gumbo, Rag Bloggers, Sixties, Yippies
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ALICE EMBREE : DOCUMENTARY FILM | The Wobblies are coming to town
The Industrial Workers of the World, also known as the Wobblies, are coming to Austin. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog |April 28, 2022 Listen to Thorne Dreyer and Alice Embree‘s Rag Radio interview with labor historian Jane Little … Continue reading
JONAH RASKIN : MEMOIR | One organizer, two cities: Jon Melrod’s ‘Fighting Times,’ from Madison to Racine
Jon Melrod recalls those heady days in his new memoir. By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | April 7, 2022 The Port Huron Statement (PHS), which was written by Tom Hayden — with help from Al Haber and others … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Fighting Times, Jon Melrod, Jonah Raskin, Labor Organizing, Memoir, Rag Bloggers, SDS
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ROBERT C. COTTRELL : PERSONAL REMEMBRANCE | Todd Gitlin, RIP
He was always fiercely independent and intelligent. By Robert C. Cottrell | The Rag Blog | March 24, 2022 Listen to Thorne Dreyer’s two classic Rag Radio interviews with Todd Gitlin from July 19, 2013, and August 16, 2013. Listen … Continue reading
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Tagged Deaths, New Left, New Left Critics, Obituary, Rag Bloggers, Robert C. Cottrell, SDS, Todd Gitlin
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THE RAG BLOG : BOOKS | ‘Exploring Space City!’ at Houston’s Printing Museum
Presentations from historian John Moretta and the book’s editors. By The Rag Blog | March 10, 2012 HOUSTON – Houston’s Printing Museum is presenting a panel discussion – with a pop-up exhibit – of the New Journalism Project’s new book, … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Exploring Space City!, Houston Events, Rag Bloggers, The Printing Museum
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HARRY TARG : WAR AND PEACE | Reflections on the War in Ukraine
By Harry Targ | The Rag Blog | March 10, 2012 Many of us in the peace movement have had useful conversations (and debates) stimulated by the war on Ukraine. We are discussing the causes of the invasion of Ukraine … Continue reading
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Tagged CodePink, Harry Targ, NATO, Neo-fascism, Rag Bloggers, Russian Invasion, Ukraine
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