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Signs of a Sick Society, Episode XXXIX
And given my firm belief that the worst, by far, is yet to come, our generous and kind society should become really thoroughly fucked up in the coming days. It is clear that our government is generously responsible for a … Continue reading
Singin’ on Sunday: A Fragment of Ragged Beauty
Ragged Beauty: An Alternative to the Operations of PowerBy Chris Floyd / September 19, 2008 Here’s a fragment of ragged beauty — stripped to the bone, tarnished and stolen — etched on the Roman night almost 21 years ago to … Continue reading
The Country is a Deregulated Mess
‘It has become obvious that UNregulated business activity gravitates to the dark side’By Randy H. / The Rag Blog / September 18, 2008 I admit that I’ve vacillated back and forth between Democrat and Republican over the last 40 years. … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Capitalism, Deregulation, Republican Party
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Truth: Why Bother Anymore in This Nation?
Evil: It’s the New Good!By Mark Morford / September 10, 2008 Shut up and drink your high fructose corn syrup, sucker The devil isn’t evil, he just has lousy PR. Examples? They are legion. Here’s one the Powers That Be … Continue reading
Howard Zinn : ‘US Influence Is Declining, Its Power Is Declining’
Howard Zinn is the author of, most notably, A People’s History of the United States, a National-Book-Award-nominated text that investigates US history from the standpoint of the oppressed. Other books by Zinn include Declarations of Independence: Cross-Examining American Ideology and … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, American Society, Electoral politics, Imperialism, Politics
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Explaining the Results of US Presidential Elections
Why Rednecks May Rule the WorldBy Joe Bageant / September 7, 2008 During this US election cycle we are hearing a lot from the pundits and candidates about “heartland voters,” and “white working class voters.” What they are talking about … Continue reading
FILM : ‘WHY WE FIGHT’ — The Dominant Role of the Military in American Life
WHY WE FIGHT: ‘We must understand the underlying disease itself’By William Michael Hanks / The Rag Blog / September 5, 2008 One may scarcely witness the cascading events of the last decade without feeling a sense that something is going … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Film, Imperialism, Independent Film, Iraq Occupation, Iraq War, Military Industrial Complex, U.S. Military
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Gustav: Two Million People May Be Displaced
Waiting for the busAnother Journey Begins … Waiting in New OrleansBy Bill Quigley / August 30, 2008 In the blazing midday sun, hot and thirsty little children walk around bags of diapers and soft suitcases piled outside a locked community … Continue reading
Elections: This Is the Only World We’ve Got, Folks
We Have a Chance to Choose a Better RoadBy Caroline Arnold / August 24, 2008 Hope has two beautiful daughters. Their names are Anger and Courage; anger at the way things are, and courage to see that they do not … Continue reading
FILM: Katrina’s Children : ‘If You’re Quiet Enough… You Hear Things’
Children of Katrina Still Bear the Scarsby Leonard Pitts, Jr. / August 24, 2008 You cannot watch Laura Belsey’s movie without ruminating upon the myriad ways we fail our young. There are many wrenching scenes in Katrina’s Children but arguably … Continue reading
Jonathan Franzen : ‘I Just Called to Say I Love You’
Skull-with-cell-phone by Spazmat in downtown New York City. Photo by Ivan Corsa. /Global GraphicaCell phones, sentimentality, and the decline of public space.By Jonathan Franzen This article appears in full in the September/October 2008 issue of Technology Review. One of the … Continue reading
