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BOOKS | Ken Carpenter’s ‘Borderlands Boy’
Ken’s whole adult life has been that of a man of unflinchingly high principle. By Jim Simons | The Rag Blog | May 11, 2018 AUSTIN — It is said that senior citizens, as we are called, see our lives … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin Activists, Books, Borderlands Boy, Greg Calvert, Jim Simons, Ken Carpenter, LGBT, Memoir, Rag Bloggers
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PHOTO ESSAY | Rag-tag far-right group met by wall of noise in Austin
By Thorne Dreyer | The Rag Blog | August 24, 2018 AUSTIN — A flimsy contingent of far-right activists and representatives from white nationalist groups, numbering at most three dozen, was totally drowned out by at least 500 noisy counter-demonstrators … Continue reading
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Tagged Anne Lewis, Austin Activists, James Retherford, neo-Nazis, Photo Essay, Rag Bloggers, Thorne Dreyer, White Supremacists
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METRO | Rev. Bob Breihan (1925-2017) was a courageous fighter for social justice
He opened the Methodist Student Center to an alternative view of the world during a period of tremendous upheaval. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | November 13, 2017 Listen to Thorne Dreyer‘s hour-long Nov. 29, 2013 Rag Radio … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Embree, Austin Activists, Austin History, Methodist Student Center, Metro, Obituaries, Rev. Bob Breihan, Sixties, Social Justice
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METRO | The fan-shaped destiny of R. Paul Pipkin (1946-2017)
Paul was my sounding board, devil’s advocate, ‘camerado,’ goad, fount of naughty ideas, and sympathetic ear. By Mariann Wizard | The Rag Blog | August 23, 2017 SAN IGNACIO, Cavo, Belize — There was a notorious news photo from a … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin Activists, Church of Satan, Communist Party, Deaths, Green Party, Mariann G. Wizard, Metro, Paul Pipkin, Rag Bloggers, Remembrance, SDS
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METRO | Sustainability as solidarity
Imagining a new eco-political ideology for the American Left. By Scott Squires | The Rag Blog | December 7, 2016 AUSTIN — In the middle of a sweaty crowd blocking traffic on the Congress Street Bridge Wednesday night, November 9, … Continue reading
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METRO | It’s time for a ‘migra’ watch
By Elaine J. Cohen | The Rag Blog | November 27, 2016 AUSTIN — ICE out of Austin, an immigrant-led activist group, and the Austin Sanctuary Network met together for the first time at Wildflower Unitarian Church on November 22, … Continue reading
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The murder of George J. Vizard IV
George, a Ragstaffer and leading force in the Austin left, was found dead in the cold locker of an Austin convenience store in 1967. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | July 27, 2016 Rag Blog associate editor Alice … Continue reading
Posted in Metro, Rag Reunion 2016, RagBlog
Tagged Alice Embree, Austin Activists, Austin History, George Vizard, Mariann G. Wizard, Metro, Rag Bloggers, Rag Reunion 2016, SDS, Sixties, The Rag, Underground Press
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METRO | Remembering David MacBryde, philosopher, activist, and friend
A sweet man of peace, The Rag Blog’s David MacBryde passed away in Berlin, Wednesday, September 9. AUSTIN — I lost a dear friend last Wednesday and The Rag Blog lost its “man in Berlin.” David MacBryde, a warm and … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin Activists, David MacBryde, German Activists, Hugh Grady, Metro, New Left, Obituary, Rag Bloggers, Remembrance, SDS, Sixties, The Rag, Thorne Dreyer, UT-Austin
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METRO | Feminism is alive and well in Austin
The Women’s Community Center of Central Texas builds on work that the women’s movement in Austin has done over the decades. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | January 19, 2015 AUSTIN — Feminism is alive and well in … Continue reading
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My friend Davey Brinn
The first time I remember his face it had a smile directed toward me and I smiled back. From then on, when we saw each other we smiled. By Ken Wachsberger | The Rag Blog | October 16, 2014 My … Continue reading
METRO | Steve Russell : Voting for change
I guess my attitude towards elections could be taken as evidence that my purity has been compromised. Maybe the old cat has been belled. By Steve Russell | The Rag Blog | August 27, 2014 “Would you rather vote for … Continue reading
