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Bruce Melton : The Climate Change Drought Is Over / 3
Wind turbines on the mainland as seen from the backside of Padre Island National Seashore, at mile 25 on the four wheel drive only beach. Photo © Bruce Melton, 2012.The Climate Change awareness drought is overPart Three: It’s only pollution … Continue reading
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Shelley Seale : CultureMap Picks Austin’s Top Political Bloggers
CultureMap Austin‘s top political bloggers: Above, The Rag Blog‘s Thorne Dreyer, photo by James Retherford. Inset, below, from the top: Rachel Farris, photo by Wildhouse Photography; Harold Cook, courtesy of Harold Cook; and Katherine Haenschen, courtesy of BOR. All photos … Continue reading
Beyond Citizens United: Politics Is an Industry, Not Just A Campaign By Danny Schechter / The Rag Blog / June 5, 2012 NEW YORK — In theory, American elections traditionally get going after Labor Day, but, as we can see … Continue reading
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‘Flat-picking rabble-rouser’ David Rovics on Rag Radio
Amy Goodman called David Rovics ‘the musical version of Democracy Now!’ Singer/songwriter David Rovics on Rag Radio, Friday, June 1, 2012. Video produced and edited by Jeff Zavala and filmed by Grace Alfar of ZGraphix at the KOOP studios … Continue reading
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Jack A. Smith : 2012 Elections: ‘Another Fine Mess…’
Train car outside Cheyenne, Wyoming. Image from Big American Night.‘Another fine mess…’The 2012 elections won’t bring progressive change If Obama returns to the White House it will be to the same mess the U.S. finds itself in today. Should Romney … Continue reading
Jonah Raskin : Protest 101 at Sonoma State
Front page of the Sonoma State Star, May 14, 2012. Image from Shame on Sonoma State..Protest 101: A textbook case of campus unrest, 2012 Everyone in the crowd seemed relieved that no one had shouted, thrown a pie in Weill’s … Continue reading
Jay D. Jurie : Are We Colonized? A Response to Chris Hedges
Activist/journalist Chris Hedges speaks at Occupy Washington, DC, Freedom Plaza, Jan. 9, 2011. Photo by Scott Galindez / Occupy Washington, DC.‘Colonized by Corporations’:A Response to Chris Hedges Hedges says that corporations play the same role in the U.S. today that … Continue reading
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Tagged Chris Hedges, Colonialism, Imperialism, Jay D. Jurie, Journalists, Occupy Movement, Political Philosophy
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Danny Schechter : The Big Money That Is Sinking Democracy
Titanic: Iceberg ahead. Image from Luther, Out of Station.Iceberg ahead:The big money that is sinking democracy It is hard to wrap your head around the scale and immediacy of this danger. By Danny Schechter | The Rag Blog | May … Continue reading
Danny Schechter : Drones Don’t Talk Back
Predator drone crew at Creech AFB in Nevada. Image from Drone Wars UK.Robots ‘R’ Us:Military-style drones reportedon 63 bases in the USA By Danny Schechter / The Rag Blog / May 2, 2012 NEW YORK CITY — It’s easy to … Continue reading
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Tagged Aerial Drones, Danny Schechter, Drone Technology, Robots, U.S. Military
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Harry Targ : Take a Deep Breath!
Image from The Blog of Progress.Take a deep breath:How do we build our movements? The response of 2011 was spontaneous, passionate, daring, and electric in its transformational possibilities. By Harry Targ | The Rag Blog | April 25, 2012 Over … Continue reading
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Here We Go Again in The Battle for The “Soul” of OccupyFear of Co-optation Leads to Self-Destructive Polemics By Danny Schechter Perhaps my problem is that I live in too many worlds at the same time, while many political eras … Continue reading
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Danny Schechter : Adbusters’ ‘Battle for the Soul of Occupy’
Graphic from AdBusters.Here we go again:Battle for the ‘soul’ of Occupy AdBusters‘ latest communiqué is offered up almost like a new commandment from the mountaintop of political purity. By Danny Schechter | The Rag Blog | April 17, 2012 Perhaps … Continue reading
