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Accessing history in the digital age
Three hundred issues of The Rag are now available in a digital format. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | May 8, 2016 Those of us who came of age in the ’60s remember library research as a visit … Continue reading
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METRO | Do the right thing, and be proud of your mistakes
I cherish my time at The Texan but don’t ask me to choose it over my time at The Rag. By Steve Russell | The Rag Blog | January 26, 2016 AUSTIN — The Rag started in 1966 in reaction … Continue reading
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Stormy Weather: A Rag Blog interview with Bryan Burrough, author of ‘Days of Rage’
“The underground is not a place but a way of life. You can be underground most anywhere, from the Upper West Side of Manhattan to Hermosa Beach, California.” — Bryan Burrough By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | June … Continue reading
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Tagged Bernardine Dohrn, Bill Ayers, Books, Bryan Burrough, Days of Rage, Interview, Jonah Raskin, Marilyn Buck, Radical Activists, Rag Bloggers, Sixties, Weather Underground
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Rag Radio
RAG RADIO:Driving in the Left Lane! with host Thorne DreyerCutting-edge alternative journalism, politics, and culturein the spirit of the Sixties underground press. KEEP TUNED IN WITH RAG RADIO!Listen to it here: FIND PODCASTS OF ALL RAG RADIO SHOWS BELOW Rag … Continue reading
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Listen to earlier shows on Rag Radio: 08-10-2010: Satirist and Realist Editor Paul Krassner: Take Two 08-03-2010: Satirist and Realist Editor Paul Krassner 07-20-2010: Activist Carl Davidson on U.S. Social Forum 07-13-2010: Former Diplomat Col. Ann Wright on Gaza Flotilla … Continue reading
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California Supremes on Prop. 8 : The Return of Separate But Equal
Demonstrators placed signs on a statue of Lincoln in front of San Francisco City Hall on May 26, 2009, after the California Supreme Court ruling upholding Prop. 8. Photo by Paul Sakuma. In reality, the point of the Court’s muddled … Continue reading
True Fiction, Dept. : San Angelo Mayor Quits to be With Gay Alien Lover
(Former) San Angelo Mayor J.W. Lown, in a photo with (and autographed by) U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson. Photo from jwloan.comSan Angelo Mayor springs a Hell of a surprise on his townBy Richard Connelly / May 21, 2009 See ‘Texas … Continue reading
What’s in a Name? ‘César Chávez Blvd’ and Dallas’ Own Border Fence
Supporters of renaming a Dallas street for César Chávez crowd a City Planning Commission meeting at Dallas City Hall.Dallas: Latino Heroes Need Not Apply right-wing, anti-immigrant forces… dig in their heels and draw their own border fence to block Latino … Continue reading
Texas Republican to Asian-Americans : Please Simplify Your Names
Texas Rep. Betty Brown, R-Terrell, made the remark during House testimony on Tuesday. Photo from the Houston Chronicle. Here’s a classic Texas story! It was published by the Houston Chronicle and is being circulated by the Huffington Post. — Jeff … Continue reading
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Tagged Asian-Americans, Republican Party, Texas, Texas Legislature, Voting Rights
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Death at Three Mile Island : The Corporate Media’s Iron Curtain
Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station, 1979. Thirty years after the Pennsylvania melt-down, a Soviet-style Iron Curtain has formed between the corporate media and the alternatives, with nuclear power at its center. By Harvey Wasserman / April 1, 2009 Chernobyl … Continue reading
