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INTERVIEW / Jonah Raskin : Novelist Beverly Gologorsky Was Shaped by Sixties, Feminism, and The Bronx
Novelist Beverly Gologorsky. Photo by Marion Ettlinger. An Interview with Beverly Gologorsky: Novelist and long-time activist’s new book shouts its presence “Working people are as ubiquitous as Blue Jays. When they fly they’re beautiful.” By Jonah Raskin / The Rag … Continue reading
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Tagged Beverly Gologorsky, Books, Feminists, Interview, Jonah Raskin, Novelists, Peace Movement, Rag Bloggers, Sixties, Stop Here, The Bronx, Vietnam War
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BOOKS / Nina Herencia : Are We Hearing You Well, Mariann?
Are we hearing you well, Mariann? New poetry and drawings from the Wizard By Nina Herencia | The Rag Blog | November 6, 2013 Mariann Wizard has published two books this month; the second one, Hempseed Food: The REAL … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin Authors, Books, Cristina Herencia, Mariann G. Wizard, Poetry
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INTERVIEW / Jonah Raskin : Oral Historian Margaret Randall on Che and the Cuban Revolution
Margaret Randall, Berkeley, California, March 23, 2011. Photo © Scott Braley. Interview with Margaret Randall: Feminist, poet, and oral historian of Che, Fidel, and the Cuban revolution “Che, even on his early motorcycle adventure through Latin America, was deeply affected … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Che Guevara, Cuban Revolution, Feminists, Fidel Castro, Interview, Jonah Raskin, Margaret Randall, Oral Historians, Rag Bloggers
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BOOKS / Ivan Koop Kuper : Vicki Ayo’s ‘Boys From Houston’ Documents a Thriving ’60s Music Scene
Vicki Welch Ayo’s ‘Boys From Houston‘ describes a thriving ’60s music scene The book is a real eye-opener for those who would have never believed that the city once known as ‘Baghdad on the Bayou,’ referring to its oppressive climate … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Boys From Houston, Houston History, Houston Music Scene, Ivan Koop Kuper, Sixties, Sixties Music, Vicki Welch Ayo
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Thorne Dreyer : Houston Was an Unlikely ’60s Hotbed
The staff of Space City!, Houston’s late ’60s-early ’70s underground newspaper. Cover photo — from the paper’s June 8, 1971, issue — by Jerry Sebesta. Image from Wikimedia Commons. Boys From Houston:Bayou city was unlikely ’60s hotbed Houston may not … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin History, Books, Boys From Houston, Houston History, KKK, Margaret Webb Dreyer, Montrose, Pacifica, Peace Movement, Sixties, Space City, Thorne Dreyer, Vicky Welch Ayo
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BOOKS / Ron Jacobs : Incarceration Complex: ‘Beyond Walls and Cages’
Incarceration complex:The desire to imprison Walls and Cages provides example after example of how central the business of incarceration is to the U.S. power elites in the twenty-first century. By Ron Jacobs | The Rag Blog | August 7, 2013 … Continue reading
BOOKS / Ron Jacobs : Crary’s ’24/7′: Wake Up Little Susie!
Wake up little Susie:We’re in trouble deep Crary’s book provides a historical survey of capitalism’s growing encroachment on individual human life. By Ron Jacobs | The Rag Blog | July 30, 2013 [24/7: Late Capitalism and the Ends of Sleep … Continue reading
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Tagged 24/7, Books, Capitalism, Jonathan Crary, Philosophy, Political Economy, Ron Jacobs, Sleep
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BOOKS / Ron Jacobs : ‘Fire and Flames’ is History of German Autonomist Movement
‘Fire and Flames’:Spontis, squats, and West Germany The squats served as living spaces and community meeting places. By 1973, they would become the site of some of the fiercest street battles ever seen in postwar Frankfurt. By Ron Jacobs | … Continue reading
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Tagged Autonomist Movement, Books, Fire and Flame, German New Left, Ron Jacobs, Squatters, West Germany, World History
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BOOKS / Alan Wieder : Thai Jones Draws ‘A Radical Line’
Generations in the struggle:A ‘retro-review’ of Thai Jones’ A Radical Line Throughout A Radical Line the progressive fights of Thai Jones’ extended families, Weather Underground and earlier, are connected to the collective struggle against class disparity, racism, and the Viet … Continue reading
BOOKS / Ron Jacobs : Smith’s ‘Nuclear Roulette’ Makes the Case for ‘No Nukes’
Gar Smith makes the case: ‘No Nukes’ is still the right call The collection of facts, figures, and overall documentation of the industry’s lies, foibles, miscalculations, and just plain duplicity should insure the addition of more to the ranks of … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternative Energy, Books, Environment, Gar Smith, No Nukes, NRC, Nuclear Industry, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Roulette
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BOOKS / Ron Jacobs : Albert Camus and the Liberal Dilemma
Algerian Chronicles: Albert Camus and the liberal dilemma These writings do much toward describing the plight of the Algerian people, but suffer from an inability to acknowledge, much less examine, the root cause for their situation. By Ron Jacobs | … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Camus, Algeria, Algerian Chronicles, Books, Existentialism, French Colonialism, Literature, Ron Jacobs, Self-Determination
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BOOKS / Jonah Raskin : Blake Slonecker’s ‘New Dawn’ Tells the LNS Story
A New Dawn for the New Left: Blake Slonecker’s valuable history of LNS “By distributing a common news packet to underground outlets, LNS enabled local rags to cover national and international news to an unprecedented degree, curbing their isolation and … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternative Media, American History, Blake Slonecker, Books, Jonah Raskin, LNS, New Left, Sixties, Underground Press
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