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MEDIA : The Press and the Atomic Bomb
Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 60,000 feet into the air on the morning of Aug. 9, 2008.63 Years Ago: Media Distortions Set Tone for Nuclear Age By Greg Mitchell / August 6, 2008 At this time … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Atomic Bomb, History, Media, Media Distortion, Military History, Nagasaki, Nuclear Weapons, The Press, World War II
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Phoenix Reporter Details McCain’s Sordid Political Past
Former John McCain cohort Charles Keating, Jr., right, glances at the cameras as he stops outside Federal court following a hearing in Los Angeles on Feb. 5, 1998. Photo by Susan Sterner / AP.‘He was known then for cavorting in … Continue reading
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Tagged Cindy McCain, History, McCain, Political Corruption, Political Scandal, Presidential Campaign
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Tom Hayden : Empire Through the Athens-Sparta Prism
Spartan Warriors by Howard Johnson.Obama-McCain Dilemma: Warriors or Statesman?By Tom Hayden ATHENS — As Barack Obama swept Europe politically this week, my vantage point was the ancient Agora of Athens, where I could muse whether the young conquerer might become … Continue reading
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Tagged Greece, History, McCain, Obama, Presidential Campaign, Tom Hayden
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ART : Infinity Goes Up On Trial: The Questioning of Psychedelic Art
Janis Joplin and Tina Turner singing together at Madison Square Garden on November 27, 1969. Photo by ©Amalie R. Rothschild.Summer of Love: Art of the Psychedelic Era By Michael J. Kramer Michael J. Kramer is a lecturer in History and … Continue reading
Austin, 1969 : Bob Bower, Anti-War GI
Demonstration against the War in Vietnam, late sixties, Austin, Texas. Photo (c) Alan Pogue / Texas ObserverHarry the dentist demanded: ‘You know that guy?’By Henry Mecredy / The Rag Blog / July 24, 2008 In the winter of 1969-70 I … Continue reading
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Tagged Anti-War GIs, Austin, GI's, History, Peace Movement, Sixties, Texas, Vietnam
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Under The Hood : An Anti-War GI Coffeehouse in Texas
Last updated July 28, 2008 Jane Fonda at Oleo Strut Coffee House, Killeen, Texas, circa May, 1970. Photo by Thorne Dreyer / Space City! The Under the Hood cafe offers an oasis for members of the military to gather and … Continue reading
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Tagged GI's, History, Iraq Occupation, Iraq War, New Left, Peace Movement, Sixties, Texas, The Left, Underground Press, Vietnam
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JOURNALISM : Was I. F. Stone the World’s First Blogger?
In the days before the Internet, one of the great voices of independent journalism was I.F. Stone, whose simple newsletter challenged the conventional thinking of the day. Media critic Jeff Cohen recalls Stone’s contributions to the cause of journalism. It … Continue reading
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Tagged Blogging, History, Investigative Journalism, Journalism, Progressives
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David Sirota on Building a Progressive Movement
Five Ideas to Start Going from Uprising to MovementBy David Sirota / July 9, 2008 David Sirota is a senior editor at In These Times magazine and contributes regularly to The Nation, the American Prospect and the Huffington Post. He … Continue reading
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Tagged History, Labor Unions, Populism, Progressives, Social Movements, The Left
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BOOKS : Howard Zinn Goes Graphic
A People’s History of American EmpireBy John Pietaro By Howard Zinn, Mike Konopacki, and Paul Buhle (with additional scripting by Dave Wagner); Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt & Co; 2008; 288 pp. See Video Below A People’s History of American Empire brings … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Comix, Graphic History, History, Imperialism
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Social Change in America : Learning from History
Populist handbills. A flyer informing workers of a meeting that was to end in the Haymarket Riotof 1886. Police were called in when fighting broke out between striking workers and strikebreakers at the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company in Haymarket, Illinois. … Continue reading
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Tagged Economics, FDR, History, Labor, Labor History, Labor Unions, Left, Michelle Obama, Progressive Movement, Progressives
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Interview with an Outlaw Woman
Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz: Roots of ResistanceBy Andrej Grubacic Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz grew up in rural Oklahoma, daughter of a landless farmer and half-Indian mother. During the first two decades of the 20th century, her paternal grandfather, a veterinarian from a Scots-Irish … Continue reading
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Tagged Authors, History, Interview, IWW, Native Americans, New Left, People, SDS, Sixties, The Left, Weather Underground, Women, Women's Movement, Writers
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Barack Obama and the Tradition of Community Organizing
Saul Alinsky, a major architect of the community organizing concept. Photo from cover of Let Them Call Me Rebel: Saul Alinsky, His Life and Legacy by Sanford D. Horwitt. The following article by Peter Drier from Dissent online discusses the … Continue reading
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Tagged Campaign Tactics, Community Organizing, History, Obama, Presidential Campaign, The Left
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