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THORNE DREYER / JOURNALISM / Central to the new Rag’s voice is to retain the levity of the original
By Thorne Dreyer / The Rag Blog / December 1, 2025 Since editors Ava Hosseini and Kira Small — with the help of managing editor Grant Lindberg — started their seemingly modest endeavor to resurrect the underground newspaper, The Rag, that … Continue reading
ALICE EMBREE / MEDIA / A new Rag for a new generation
By Alice Embree / The Rag Blog / November 6, 2025 Many of us have worked to keep The Rag flag flying since the 2005 reunion. It’s hard to believe that was 20 years ago. We’ve kept Rag history alive … Continue reading
ALICE EMBREE / APPEAL / Help Mariann Garner-Wizard Vasquez Heal
By Alice Embree/ The Rag Blog / March 12, 2025 Mariann Garner-Wizard Vasquez has been living in Central America for several years. I’ve known Mariann for sixty years. She was part of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), fighting segregation … Continue reading
ALICE EMBREE | LATIN AMERICA | The First 9/11: Fiftieth anniversary of the coup in Chile
September 11, 2023, marks the fiftieth anniversary of the 1973 military coup in Chile. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | September 10, 2023 The Austin Committee for Human Rights in Chile began after the coup. It is where … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Embree, Chile, Latin American History, Military Coups, Salvador Allende
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ALICE EMBREE | BOOKS | ‘The Ad Hoc Livers’ by Jim Simons
Simons’ book is a great trip down memory lane with a few name changes to protect the not-so-innocent. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | April 17, 2023 Jim Simons’ novel, Ad Hoc Livers, is now available on Amazon … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Embree, Austin Fiction, Book Review, Books, Jim Simons, Texas Writers
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ALICE EMBREE | HISTORY | ‘Defending Dissidents: The Austin Law Commune’
They came to the aid of an ever-growing community of dissidents who needed to be defended in courts of law. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | November 29, 2022 AUSTIN — In the midst of the national upheaval … Continue reading
ALICE EMBREE | REMEMBRANCE | Scott Pittman: March 23, 1940 – July 31, 2022
A former UT-Austin activist, Scott settled in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he devoted himself to the teaching of Permaculture. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | November 28, 2022 Many people knew Scott Pittman in Austin as a … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Embree, Austin Activist, Obituary, Permaculture, Rag Bloggers, Remembrance, Scott Pittman
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THE RAG BLOG | BOOKS | Honorees Thorne Dreyer, Alice Embree to make presentation at Texas Book Festival Nov. 5 in Austin
By The Rag Blog | The Rag Blog | Oct. 28, 2022 Thorne Dreyer, author of Making Waves: The Rag Radio Interviews and Alice Embree, who wrote the feminist memoir, Voice Lessons, will give a presentation at the Texas Book … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Embree, Books, Making Waves, Texas Book Festival, Thorne Dreyer, Voice Lessons
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ALICE EMBREE | BOOKS | Ellen Cassedy’s ‘Working 9 to 5: A Women’s Movement, a Labor Union, and the Iconic Movie’
The 9 to 5 group in Boston used daring theatrical tactics and dogged leafleting and more, and helped to inspire the movie, ‘9 to 5’ which is also discussed in this book. Listen to Alice Embree and Thorne Dreyer interview … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Embree, Clerical Workers, Ellen Cassedy, Labor Movement, Rag Bloggers, Working 9 to 5
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THE RAG BLOG : BOOKS | Thorne Dreyer’s ‘Making Waves’ and Alice Embree’s ‘Voice Lessons’ chosen for Texas Book Festival
By The Rag Blog / September 8, 2022 Thorne Dreyer and Alice Embree are among a group of almost 300 American authors, many of them nationally known bestselling writers, who were announced at an “author reveal” event on September 7, … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Embree, Making Waves, Rag Bloggers, Texas Book Festival, Thorne Dreyer, Voice Lessons
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