Tag Archives: George Vizard

ALICE EMBREE : LEFT HISTORY | The Rag v. Regents

Posted on June 16, 2022 by Thorne Dreyer

The Board of Regents did not love ‘The Rag’ and Austin’s underground newspaper did not love the Board of Regents. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog |June 17, 2022 In 2016, former staffers held a reunion to commemorate the … Continue reading →

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Alice Embree :
The murder of George J. Vizard IV

Posted on July 27, 2016 by Thorne Dreyer

George, a Ragstaffer and leading force in the Austin left, was found dead in the cold locker of an Austin convenience store in 1967. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | July 27, 2016 Rag Blog associate editor Alice … Continue reading →

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INTERVIEW / Jonah Raskin : Mariann Wizard’s Odyssey

Posted on June 21, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Above, Mariann Wizard at Threadgills, Austin, Texas, 2012. Photo by Gloria Badilla-Hill. Inset below: Mariann with former cable television commissioners, Jack Hopper and Tommy Wyatt, at ribbon-cutting ceremony to launch Austin’s public access TV. Mariann was the chair of the … Continue reading →

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Mariann Wizard :
Brandon Darby – ‘To Live Outside the Law You Must Be Honest’

Posted on January 7, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

If Darby had really been worried people he was working with were planning violence, he could have taken it up with other group members. But that would have required honest discussion. When there is no honesty on one side, discussion … Continue reading →

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