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Workers Defense Project’s Cristina Tzintzún joins us on Rag Radio
Tzintzún, who has been heralded as a ‘Hero of the New South,’ is featured on the Rag Radio podcast. By Rag Radio | The Rag Blog | February 10, 2014 Cristina Tzintzún, executive director of the Workers Defense Project, was … Continue reading
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‘Declaring victory wherever we can’
An interview with Cynthia Kaufman on her book, ‘Getting Past Capitalism: History, Vision, Hope’ By Robert Jensen | The Rag Blog | February 4, 2014 [Getting Past Capitalism: History, Vision, Hope by Cynthia Kaufman (2013: Lexington Books); Paperback; 200 pp; … Continue reading
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Tagged Anarchism, Authors, Books, Cynthia Kaufman, Getting Past Capitalism, Interview, Leftists, Radical Thought, Rag Bloggers, Robert Jensen, Social Change, Socialism
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Award-Winning Rock Journalist Margaret Moser on Rag Radio
The irrepressible Margaret Moser, Austin Chronicle music writer and director of the Austin Music Awards, visits with us on Rag Radio. By Rag Radio | The Rag Blog | February 4, 2014 Rock journalist Margaret Moser, a prime mover behind … Continue reading
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Austin Music Award-winning singer-songwriter Gina Chavez joins us on Rag Radio
Gina Chavez sings for us and talks Pope Francis, her mission work with young women in El Salvador, and the Internet-era music scene. By Rag Radio | The Rag Blog | January 20, 2014 Austin Music Award-winning singer-songwriter Gina Chavez … Continue reading
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December guests on Rag Radio include ‘Radical Jesus’ editor, criminal justice blogger, Chicano novelist
Our Rag Radio podcasts feature interviews with historian and graphic nonfiction publisher Paul Buhle, Texas blogger and prison reform advocate Scott Henson, and fiction writer Daniel Chacón, author of ‘Hotel Juárez.’ By Rag Radio | The Rag Blog | January … Continue reading
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November Rag Radio Guests Include Spiritual Counselor, Citizens’ Advocate, Singer-Songwriter
Rev. Bob Breihan, Methodist minister and longtime social activist, on Rag Radio, November 29, 2013. Photo by Roger Baker / The Rag Blog. Rag Radio podcasts: Thorne Dreyer interviews Rev. Bob Breihan, Sam Daley-Harris, Doyle Niemann & Mariann Wizard, Susan … Continue reading
RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Singer-Songwriter Slaid Cleaves in Interview and Performance
Slaid Cleaves in the studios of KOOP-FM in Austin, Friday, November 1, 2013. Photos by Roger Baker / The Rag Blog. Rag Radio podcast: Acclaimed Austin-based singer-songwriter Slaid Cleaves Slaid spins some yarns, tells how his study of philosophy, the … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin Musicians, Interview, Podcast, Rag Bloggers, Rag Radio, Singer-Songwriters, Slaid Cleaves, Thorne Dreyer
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Alice Embree : Anne Lewis’ New Website Brings Austin Movement History to Life
Filmmaker Anne Lewis’ new website is called Austin Beloved Community. ‘Austin Beloved Community’: Anne Lewis’ new website brings movement history to life ‘This was designed as cooperative and experimental. It’s really a community organizing art project.’ By Alice Embree | … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Embree, Anne Lewis, Austin Beloved Community, Austin History, Filmmakers, Interview, Movement History, Rag Bloggers, Websites
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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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RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Father-Daughter! Newsman Dan Rather & Environmental Activist Robin Rather
Dan Rather and Robin Rather on Rag Radio, Friday, September 27, 2013, in the studios of KOOP-FM in Austin, Texas. Photos by Roger Baker / The Rag Blog. Rag Radio podcast: Legendary newsman Dan Rather and environmental activist Robin Rather … Continue reading
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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