Tag Archives: Books

Jonah Raskin : Pancake and Rye in ‘Marijuanaland’

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Pancake and Rye in ‘Marijuanaland‘ By Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / September 5, 2011 Longtime Rag Blog contributor Jonah Raskin, author of Marijuanaland: Dispatches from an American War, will sign books at a Rag Blog Happy Hour, Friday, … Continue reading →

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Robert Jensen : Will Potter and ‘Green is the New Red’

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from TreeHugger.Green is the New Red:An interview with Will Potter By Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / July 27, 2011 For centuries, the arbitrary use of power by the state against dissidents has been a key threat to … Continue reading →

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BOOKS / Thomas McKelvey Cleaver : Goodbye to the Joys of Browsing

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Browsing: A dying art? Image from Herald Sun.The dying art of browsing?Saying goodbye to Borders By Thomas McKelvey Cleaver / The Rag Blog / July 26, 2011 SAN FERNANDO VALLEY, California — It was too bad to find out that … Continue reading →

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BOOKS / Rick Ayers : Marable’s Malcolm Bio Hits and Misses

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Malcolm X in 1964. Photo by Marion S. Trikosko for U.S. News & World Report / Wikimedia Commons.Malcolm X and the right of resistance:Dr. Marable’s book fills in gapsbut misses on Malcolm’s core vision By Rick Ayers / The Rag … Continue reading →

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BOOKS / Tony Bouza : Manning Marable’s ‘Malcolm X’

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Manning Marable’s Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention The Malcolm he depicts is unquestionably, accurately, and thoroughly the Malcolm I knew. By Tony Bouza / The Rag Blog / July 11, 2011 [Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention by Manning … Continue reading →

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BOOKS / Christine Shearer : How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Merchants of Doubt:How a handful of scientistsobscured the truth Naomi Oreskes and Erik Conway uncover the history of a small group of Cold War scientists and advisers who battled anything, including scientific research, that might threaten their vision of American … Continue reading →

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Ellen LaConte : A Really Scary Story for Stephen King

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Time to be scared straight?Dear Stephen King:An open letter to one American who really could scare the rest of us into action By Ellen LaConte / The Rag Blog / June 6, 2011 I’ve been participating in an email discussion … Continue reading →

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BOOKS / Paul Buhle : ‘Climbin’ Jacob’s Ladder’

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Climbin’ Jacob’s Ladder:The Jack O’Dell Story By Paul Buhle / The Rag Blog / May 31, 2011 [Climbin’ Jacob’s Ladder: The Freedom Movement Writings of Jack O’Dell, edited by Nikhil Pal Singh (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2010), Hardcover; 298 … Continue reading →

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BOOKS / Jonah Raskin : Wachsberger’s ‘Insider Histories’ of the 60’s Underground Press

Posted on May 3, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Keeping the Sixties alive:Ken Wachsberger’s ‘Insider Histories‘ arepassionate essays about the underground press By Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / May 3, 2011 [Insider Histories of the Vietnam Era Underground Press, Part I, edited by Ken Wachsberger; (Michigan State … Continue reading →

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BOOKS / Karen Lee Wald : Cuba From the Other Side

Posted on April 10, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Voices From the Other Side:Keith Bolender’s oral historyof terrorism against Cuba By Karen Lee Wald / The Rag Blog / April 10, 2011 [Voices From the Other Side: An Oral History Of Terrorism Against Cuba by Keith Bolender (Pluto Press, … Continue reading →

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BOOKS / Lewis Wallace : Jordan Flaherty Chronicles Post-Katrina Resistance

Posted on April 7, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Jordan Flaherty’s Floodlines:Community and resistance in New Orleans By Lewis Wallace / The Rag Blog / April 7, 2011 See ‘Jena Six activist convicted, faces decades in prison’ by Jordan Flaherty, Below. [Floodlines: Community and Resistance from Katrina to the … Continue reading →

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BOOKS / Carl Davidson : The Mondragon Cooperatives and 21st Century Socialism

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Five books with radical critiques:The Mondragon Cooperatives and twenty-first century socialism By Carl Davidson / The Rag Blog / March 23, 2011 From Mondragon to America: Experiments in Community Economic Development by Greg MacLeod (UCCB Press, 1997) The Myth of … Continue reading →

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