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Book Ends : Writers Salinger and Zinn Made a Difference
“The Man in the Books,” by Andre Martins de Barros / Found Shit.Two writers who changed us:J. D. Salinger and Howard ZinnBy Carl R. Hultberg / The Rag Blog / January 29, 2010 It is impossible to predict whose writing … Continue reading
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Tagged Alienation, American History, Authors, Books, Carl R. Hultberg, Deaths, Historians, Howard Zinn, J. D. Salinger, Literature, Political Activists, Writers
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People’s Historian : The Singular Legacy of Howard Zinn
Historian and activist Howard Zinn, 1922-2010.How the great Howard ZinnMade all our lives better No American historian has had a more lasting positive impact on our understanding of the true nature of our country… By Harvey Wasserman / The Rag … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Authors, Books, Deaths, Harvey Wasserman, Historians, Howard Zinn, Leftists, People, Political Activists
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BOOKS / Pulitzer: A Life in Politics, Print, and Power
Who wants yesterday’s papers?Today’s biographers and cultural critics! By Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / January 26, 2010 [Pulitzer: A Life in Politics, Print, and Power, by James McGrath Morris. Published by HarperCollins, February 2010; hardcover, 576 pp; $29.99.] … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Biography, Books, Jonah Raskin, Joseph Pulitzer, Journalism, Newspapers
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BOOKS / Mike Roselle and Jeffrey St. Clair : Two From the Green Hard Core
Mike Roselle and Jeffrey St. Clair:Green activism from the front lines By Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / January 24, 2010 [Tree Spiker: From Earth First! to Lowbagging: My Struggles in Radical Environmental Action by Mike Roselle. Published by … Continue reading
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Tagged Activism, Authors, Books, Environmental Groups, Green Movement, Greenpeace, Harvey Wasserman, Nature
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Jonah Raskin : Tom Hayden, Abbie Hoffman’s Ghost, and ‘Dirty Water’
Bill Sharpsteen’s Dirty Water:How a community took on City Hall and won By Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / January 14, 2010 [Dirty Water: One Man’s Fight to Clean Up One of the World’s Most Polluted Bays, by Bill … Continue reading
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Tagged Abbie Hoffman, Books, Community Organizing, Environment, pollution, Social Activism, Tom Hayden
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David McReynolds : Gaza ‘Footnotes’ and Israel’s Legacy
“The people were afraid. There was no shouting there. No screaming.” Families look for their relatives after a massacre in the Gaza Strip in 1956. Illustration from Footnotes in Gaza by Joe Sacco.Times’ review of graphic novel suggestsshifting attitude towards … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, David McReynolds, Gaza, Graphic History, Israel, Middle East, War Crimes
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BOOKS/ Jonah Raskin : Michael Pollan’s ‘Food Rules’
We can decide what we want to eat!Michael Pollan: America’s new Food CzarBy Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / January 8, 2010 [Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual, by Michael Pollan. (Penguin, Trade Paperback, December 29, 2009, 112 pp, $11.00.] … Continue reading
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Tagged Agriculture, Books, Cuisine, Diet, Food, Jonah Raskin, Nutrition, Whole Foods
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BOOKS / Jonah Raskin : Chinua Achebe’s ‘British-Protected Child’
Chinua Achebe’s sharp and inspiring essays:The Education of a British-Protected Child By Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / January 4, 2010 [The Education of a British-Protected Child: Essays, by Chinua Achebe. (Knopf, October 6, 2009, 172 pp., $24.95)] Here’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, Books, Jonah Raskin, Literary Criticism, Literature, Nigeria, Nonfiction
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Harry Targ : Season for Hope, Season for Struggle
‘I swear it’s not too late’Turn! Turn! Turn!By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / December 19, 2009 Turn, Turn, Turn (chorus) To Everything (Turn, Turn, Turn)There is a season (Turn, Turn, Turn)And a time for every purpose, under Heaven … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Chanukah, Folk Music, Harry Targ, Lyrics, Peace Movement, Scripture, Social Change
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Jonah Raskin : 40 Years Later: The Assassination of Fred Hampton
Black Panther leader Fred Hampton in 1969. Photo by Paul Sequeira.I will never forget…The assassination of Fred Hampton I protested in New York with hundreds of other people, all of us outraged… I was arrested and beaten on 51st Street … Continue reading
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Tagged African-American, Black Panthers, Black Power, Books, COINTELPRO, Jonah Raskin, Police Brutality, Police Repression, SDS, Sixties
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BOOKS / The Great Turning : From Empire to Earth Community
The Great Turning: Moving in a radical new direction By Alex Knight / The Rag Blog / November 25, 2009 We stand at a critical moment in Earth’s history, a time when humanity must choose its future. As the world … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Capitalism, Climate Change, Community, Imperialism, Progressive Movement, Revolution, Social Change
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Matthew Hoh and Vietnamistan : Déjà vu all Over Again
A bright and shining lie:Hoh’s Afghanistan and John Paul Vann’s VietnamBy Richard Lee / The Rag Blog / November 8, 2009 I just got a copy of diplomat Matthew Hoh’s resignation letter from a friend in Canada. I don’t get … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Books, Matthew Hoh, U.S. Foreign Policy, Vietnam, World History
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