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Dave All en Courtesy off icial website of Rockin’ Dave All en Larry Kane. Photo by Glenn Pitts Cover sHoot From bubbLe puppy’s 1969 aLbum “a gatHering oF promises” roy Cox, rod prinCe in baCk, todd potter in Front, and … Continue reading
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Bob Wing : The Battlelines Are Drawn in the South
Demonstrator at Moral Monday protest, Raleigh, N.C. Image from newsobserver.com. The battlelines are drawn:Right-wing neo-secession or a third Reconstruction? In this war for the heart and soul of the U.S., the battle for the South stands front and center. By … Continue reading
RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : ChannelAustin’s 40 Years of Groundbreaking Free Speech TV
Linda Litowsky, Executive Director of ChannelAustin, in the studios of KOOP-FM, Austin, Texas, August 2, 2013. Photo by Roger Baker / The Rag Blog. Rag Radio podcast: Linda Litowsky, Stefan Wray & Anita Stech on Austin’s pioneering free speech cable … Continue reading
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From left: Linda Litowsky, Anita Stech, Rag Radio’s Thorne Dreyer, and Stefan Wray. Photo by Roger Baker / The Rag Blog.
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Beverly Baker Moore : May Day Memories, or Consciousness-Raising Through Vegetables
Rally during May Day demonstrations, Washington, D.C., 1971. Image from Waging Nonviolence. May Day memories, orConsciousness-raising through vegetables The cop riding shotgun stayed behind the wheel while his out-of-control buddy leapt out screaming. He was all blown up, beet-red in … Continue reading
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EXTRA : Rag Blog Editor Dreyer Does it in Public this Friday!
Poster art by James Retherford / The Rag Blog. The banner, designed by famed comix artist Gilbert Shelton, is from the original Rag, Austin’s legendary underground newspaper published from 1966-1977. Rag Blog editor Thorne Dreyer just keeps getting older! “Growing old … Continue reading
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RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Prof Jay D. Jurie & Texas NAACP Pres Gary Bledsoe on Trayvon Martin
Central Florida Prof. Jay D. Jurie, left, and Gary Bledsoe, president, Texas NAACP. Rag Radio podcast:The Rag Blog‘s Jay D. Jurie andAustin attorney Gary Bledsoeon the legacy of Trayvon Martin They discuss the trial, racial profiling, the ‘stand your ground’ … Continue reading
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Detroit By Norman Pagett / The Rag Blog / July 26, 2013 While numerous explanations and opinions are being bandied around concerning the demise of Detroit, few are prepared to accept the brutal truth that it represents the reality that … Continue reading
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