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Robert S. Becker : The Environmental Rabble-Rousing of Diane Wilson
Environmental activist Diane Wilson in a still from the PBS documentary, Texas Gold.Eco-Outlaw Diane Wilson:The environmental rabble-rousing of an unreasonable woman By Robert S. Becker / OpEd News / June 21, 2011 Environmental activist and author Diane Wilson will be … Continue reading
Paul Beckett : A Perfect Day in Madison
A few of the 100,000 that hit the streets of Madison, Wisc., Saturday, March 12, 2011. Photo by Paul Beckett / The Rag Blog.Just ask 100,000 people!A Perfect Day in Madison, Wisconsin By Paul Beckett / The Rag Blog / … Continue reading
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Tagged Direct Action, Labor Unions, Madison, Paul Beckett, Reactionary Politcs, Scott Walker, Social Protest, Union Busting, Wisconsin
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Paul Beckett : The Wisconsin Revolution and Gov. Walker’s ‘Putsch’
Photo by Paul Beckett / The Rag Blog.Dispatch from Madison:Governor Walker’s putsch By Paul Beckett / The Rag Blog / March 11, 2011 [This is the second of Paul Beckett’s reports from Madison for The Rag Blog.] MADISON, Wisconson — … Continue reading
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Tagged Direct Action, Labor Unions, Madison, Paul Beckett, Reactionary Politcs, Scott Walker, Social Protest, Union Busting, Wisconsin
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Paul Beckett : Madison and the Revolution at Home
Photo by Paul Beckett / The Rag Blog.The revolution at home:Dispatch from the Madison front By Paul Beckett / The Rag Blog / March 8, 2011 MADISON, Wisconsin — My wife Kathie and I have been to the Capitol square … Continue reading
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Tagged Activism, Direct Action, Madison, Paul Beckett, Social Protest, Wisconsin
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David P. Hamilton : The 1969 Chuck Wagon Riot
Police riot at the Chuck Wagon on the University of Texas campus in Austin in November 1969. Photo by Alan Pogue / The Rag Blog.1969 in Austin:The famous Chuck Wagon police riot By David P. Hamilton / The Rag Blog … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Chuck Wagon Riot, David P. Hamilton, Direct Action, SDS, Sixties, Student Movement, The Rag, UT-Austin
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Mike Giglio : Egypt’s Facebook Rebel
Photo by Peter Macdiarmid / AP.Egypt’s Facebook rebel:Organizing the historic protests By Mike Giglio / The Daily Beast / January 31, 2011 In Egypt, a Facebook page administrator known only by the handle El Shaheeed, or Martyr, is one of … Continue reading
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Tagged Direct Action, Egypt, El Shaheeed, Facebook, Middle East, Political Organizing, Social Action, Social Media, Social Networking
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David Bacon : Students ‘Sin Papeles’ Work for DREAM Act
Latino students at the University of Virginia hold a silent march to support the DREAM Act. Photo courtesy Latino Student Alliance / University of Virginia.Students ‘sin papeles‘ defy deportation,urge Congress to support DREAM Act By David Bacon / The Rag … Continue reading
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Tagged Campuses, David Bacon, Direct Action, DREAM Act, Immigration, Student Activism
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Carl Davidson : Bearing Witness at the School of the Americas
Top: photo from Keep on Keepin’ On. Below: photo by Linda Panetta / SOA Watch.Bearing witness to torture and murderat Fort Benning’s School of the Americas By Carl Davidson / The Rag Blog / November 30, 2010 FORT BENNING, Georgia … Continue reading
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Tagged Carl Davidson, Direct Action, Latin America, Peace Movement, School of Americas, Social Action
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BOOKS / Alex Knight : Max Rameau’s ‘Take Back the Land’
Take Back the Land:Give root to democracy By Alex Knight / The Rag Blog / September 8, 2010 Take Back the Land: Land, Gentrification and the Umoja Village Shantytown, by Max Rameau (Nia Press, 2008); Paperback, 134 pp.; $12.95. I … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Knight, Books, Community Organizing, Direct Action, Gentrification, Homeless, Housing
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Alice Embree : Protesters Block Fort Hood Troop Deployment
Participants in the blockade action at Fort Hood, Texas, on August 23, 2010. Left to right: Iraq Veterans Bobby Whittenberg-James and Crystal Colon, Jeff Grant, Military Spouse Cynthia Thomas and Afghanistan Veteran Matthis Chiroux. Photo from Fort Hood Disobeys. Protesters … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Alice Embree, Anti-War Vets, Direct Action, Fort Hood, Iraq Occupation, Peace Movement, Political Protest
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John Ross : Epic Hunger Strike in the Land of the Hungry
Cayetano Cabrera of the Mexican Electricity Workers’ Union (SME). His hunger strike was the longest in Mexican history — but it ended in futility. Photo from Musicios y Politicos y Locos.Where Hunger is palpable:Mexican hunger strike sets recordBut electrical workers … Continue reading
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Tagged Direct Action, Hunger, John Ross, Labor Unions, Mexico, Strikes
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