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Harry Targ : My Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela, 1918-2013. My Nelson Mandela Real historic figures get lionized, sanitized, and most importantly redefined as defenders of the ongoing order rather than activists who committed their lives to revolutionary changes… By Harry Targ | The Rag Blog | … Continue reading
Michael James : Back to Uptown, 1965-1966
Two men, Uptown Chicago, 1966. Photos by Michael James from his forthcoming book, Michael Gaylord James’ Pictures from the Long Haul. Pictures from the Long Haul: Back to Uptown: Bye-bye California, Chicago here I come, 1965-1966 I was glad to … Continue reading
Alan Waldman : ‘Last of the Summer Wine’ Has Kept Millions Laughing for 37 Years
Waldman’s film and TV treasures you may have missed: British national treasure, Roy Clarke, created and wrote all 295 episodes of this droll series about three elderly Yorkshiremen with too much time on their hands. By Alan Waldman | … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Waldman, British Television, Criticism, Last of the Summer Wine, Rag Bloggers, Roy Clarke, Vintage Television
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Alice Embree : Chile and the Politics of Memory
Me gustan los estudiantes. This painting by Austin’s Carlos Lowry is the cover art on the Fall 2013 NACLA Report on the Americas. The contradictions of Chile and the politics of memory The elections in Chile take place as the … Continue reading
Paul Krassner : A Tale of Two Alternative Media Conferences
Event organizer Larry Yurdin at the 1970 Alternative Media Conference at Goddard College. Yurdin, who later managed Pacifica radio station KPFT in Houston, also attended the 2013 conference. Image from goddard.edu. Returning to the scene… A tale of two alternative … Continue reading
RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Singer-Songwriter Slaid Cleaves in Interview and Performance
Slaid Cleaves in the studios of KOOP-FM in Austin, Friday, November 1, 2013. Photos by Roger Baker / The Rag Blog. Rag Radio podcast: Acclaimed Austin-based singer-songwriter Slaid Cleaves Slaid spins some yarns, tells how his study of philosophy, the … Continue reading
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Harry Targ : STEM and the Tyranny of the Meme
The STEM ‘crisis’ and the ‘fear of falling behind’ meme. The tyranny of the meme: Commies, the arms race, and now STEM The threats of the United States falling behind some fictional adversaries is a similar ‘meme’ to those that … Continue reading
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Tagged Arms Race, Cold War, Communist Threat, Educational Priorities, Harry Targ, Higher Education, Mitch Daniels, Purdue, Rag Bloggers, STEM Crisis
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BOOKS / Ron Jacobs : Marc Myers Tells Us ‘Why Jazz Happened’
‘Jazz, man, that’s where I’m at’: Chronicling the history of America’s music Myers provides the reader with a deep, rich, and broad perspective on the confluence of jazz and U.S. history in the decades following World War Two. By … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Books, Jazz, Marc Myers, Music Business, Popular Music, Rag Bloggers, Ron Jacobs
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Alice Embree : Anne Lewis’ New Website Brings Austin Movement History to Life
Filmmaker Anne Lewis’ new website is called Austin Beloved Community. ‘Austin Beloved Community’: Anne Lewis’ new website brings movement history to life ‘This was designed as cooperative and experimental. It’s really a community organizing art project.’ By Alice Embree | … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Embree, Anne Lewis, Austin Beloved Community, Austin History, Filmmakers, Interview, Movement History, Rag Bloggers, Websites
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INTERVIEW / Jonah Raskin : Novelist Beverly Gologorsky Was Shaped by Sixties, Feminism, and The Bronx
Novelist Beverly Gologorsky. Photo by Marion Ettlinger. An Interview with Beverly Gologorsky: Novelist and long-time activist’s new book shouts its presence “Working people are as ubiquitous as Blue Jays. When they fly they’re beautiful.” By Jonah Raskin / The Rag … Continue reading
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Tagged Beverly Gologorsky, Books, Feminists, Interview, Jonah Raskin, Novelists, Peace Movement, Rag Bloggers, Sixties, Stop Here, The Bronx, Vietnam War
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HISTORY / Bob Feldman : A People’s History of Egypt, Part 11, Section 2, 1945-1946
Henri Curiel was the leading figure in the Egyptian communist movement in the 1940s. A people’s history: The movement to democratize Egypt Part 11: 1945-1946 period/Section 2 — Egyptian communist groups grow and face government retaliation. By Bob Feldman | … Continue reading
David McReynolds : We Are All Wounded Veterans
March to alternative Armistice ceremony in Regents Park in London, November 11, 1938. Until the guns fall silent: We are all wounded veterans In the bad wars — which are the only wars we have fought for some time now … Continue reading
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Tagged Armistice Day, David McReynolds, Peace Movement, Rag Bloggers, Veterans Day, World Peace
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