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BOOKS / Doug Ireland : Martin Duberman’s Dual Bio of Deming and McReynolds

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

A Saving Remnant:Two lives of courage and commitment Barbara Deming and David McReynolds were ‘out’ pioneers of the left. By Doug Ireland / The Rag Blog / March 9, 2011 [A SAVING REMNANT: The Radical Lives of Barbara Deming and … Continue reading →

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BOOKS | John McMillian’s ‘Smoking Typewriters’

Posted on February 21, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

The curious case of the 1960s underground press. By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | February 21, 2011 John McMillian, author of Smoking Typewriters, will appear at BookPeople, 603 N. Lamar Blvd, Austin, at 7 p.m., Friday, Feb. 25, … Continue reading →

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BOOKS / Harry Targ : The Struggle Continues in the Global South

Posted on February 16, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

The struggle continues:People’s history and the Global South Vijay Prashad’s book reframes world history from a ‘bottom-up’ perspective. By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / February 16, 2011 From the streets to the classroom I am teaching a course … Continue reading →

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BOOKS / Robert Jensen: The Commons as Kinder-and-Gentler Capitalism

Posted on December 20, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

All That We Share isn’t enough:The Commons as kinder-and-gentler capitalism? By Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / December 20, 2010 [All That We Share: A Field Guide to the Commons/How to Save the Economy, the Environment, the Internet, Democracy, … Continue reading →

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BOOKS / Harry Targ : David Harvey’s ‘The Enigma of Capital’

Posted on December 7, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

What now?Economic and political crisis in 2010 By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / December 6, 2010 So where shall we start our revolutionary anti-capitalist movement? Mental conceptions? The relation to nature? Daily life and reproductive practices? Social relations? … Continue reading →

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BOOKS / Danny Schechter : Villains Galore! A Bankster Dozen

Posted on December 4, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Bankster graphic from ANU News.Villains galore!Good holiday reads aboutthe great economic crisis By Danny Schechter / The Rag Blog / December 4, 2010 Back in 2007, just as the markets began their meltdown, I started writing a book I called … Continue reading →

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Jonah Raskin : Historian Eric Foner: A Contemporary View of America’s Past

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Historian Eric Foner. Photo from Wikimedia Commons.A Rag Blog interview:Lincoln biographer Eric Fonertells history from the bottom upBy Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / November 29, 2010 The award-winning American historian, Eric Foner, has often written about the Republican … Continue reading →

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Harvey Wasserman : Afghanistan and Orwell’s Perpetual War

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from Opinione.Keeps the wheels of industry turning:Afghanistan is about perpetual war By Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / November 28, 2010 The war in Afghanistan is about perpetual war, not Afghanistan. It’s about preventing democracy in the United … Continue reading →

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BOOKS / Gary Chason : Glenn Jones’ Novel is Paranoiac Psychedelic Memoir

Posted on November 15, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

A dark psychedelic flashback:‘Why Are We in Texas?’ By Gary Chason / The Rag Blog / November 15, 2010 [Why Are We in Texas? A novella by Glenn Jones (Lulu.com, 2010); Softcover; 93 pp.; $14. Also available as an electronic … Continue reading →

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BOOKS / Rabbi Arthur Waskow : Marge Piercy: Science Fiction as Prophetic Vision

Posted on November 7, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Marge Piercy’s ‘He, She and It’:Science fiction as prophetic vision By Rabbi Arthur Waskow / The Rag Blog / November 7, 2010 [He, She and It by Marge Piercy (Knopf, 1991); Hardcover; 446 pp.] Marge Piercy’s novel He, She and … Continue reading →

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BOOKS / Jonah Raskin : Schneir’s ‘Final Verdict’ on Rosenbergs Offers No Such Thing

Posted on November 6, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Walter Schneir’s ‘Final Verdict’:New book on Rosenbergs fails to deliverBy Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / November 6, 2010 [Final Verdict: What Really Happened in the Rosenberg Case by Walter Schneir; Preface and Afterword by Miriam Schneir (Melville House, … Continue reading →

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Tom Miller: Travel Writing, Expatriates, and Vengeful Saguaros

Posted on November 5, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Travel writer. Graphic from Ephemerist.Travel writing, expatriates, and vengeful saguaros Be skeptical of writers who talk of snow-capped peaks, bustling marketplaces where the beadwork is always intricate, and shy but friendly natives. By Tom Miller / The Rag Blog / … Continue reading →

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