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LAMAR HANKINS / FARMWORKERS / Another civil rights icon who had feet of clay
Dolores Huerta. Image from Flickr. By Lamar Hankins / The Rag Blog / March 21, 2026 At age 20, all I knew about migrant farmworkers was found in Woody Guthrie’s song “Plane Wreck at Los Gatos.” Earlier in 1965 I … Continue reading
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Tagged Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta, Farmworkers, Lamar Hankins, Migrant Farmworkers, VISTA, Woody Guthrie
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LAMAR HANKINS / RELIGION / Make America’s public school children bible-readers again
By Lamar Hankins / The Rag Blog / March 2, 2026 It is increasingly likely that Republicans will make Texas the first state in the country to mandate all public school students read passages from the bible. There are several … Continue reading
LAMAR HANKINS / COMMENTARY / The death and life of Charlie Kirk
Charlie Kirk. Creative Commons image. By Lamar Hankins / The Rag Blog / September 21, 2025 It should be axiomatic to any freedom-loving person that no one should be harmed for their beliefs, views, or opinions. Yet our country, the … Continue reading
LAMAR HANKINS / THE BOMB / The atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 80 years out
The bombings of Hiroshima, left, and Nagasaki. Photos in the public domain. By Lamar Hankins / The Rag Blog / July 27, 2025 I have lived now for 80 years in the only country that has used an atomic bomb … Continue reading
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Tagged Atomic Bomb, Hiroshima, Imperialism, Lamar Hankins, Military Atrocities, Nagasaki, Terrorism
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LAMAR HANKINS / POLICE ABUSE / How the police deny us our constitutional rights
BY LAMAR HANKINS / The Rag Blog / February 13, 2025 [Lamar Hankins discusses this subject on Rag Radio with Thorne Dreyer Friday, February 14, at 2 p.m. on KOOP at 91.7-FM in Austin or streamed at KOOP.org.] While I … Continue reading
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Tagged Criminal Justice, Lamar Hankins, Police Abuse, Rag Bloggers
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LAMAR HANKINS | POLICE AUDITORS | How police deny us our rights: A view from YouTube
By Lamar Hankins | The Rag Blog | March 20, 2023 In 40 years as an attorney, I have encountered the police in many contexts. I have received three warnings and two tickets for speeding or car malfunctions; I have … Continue reading
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Tagged First Amendment, Lamar Hankins, Police Abuse, Police Auditors, YouTube
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LAMAR HANKINS | MIDDLE EAST | Hamas, Israel, and the Palestinians
To criticize Israel’s government and policies is not antisemitic. By Lamar Hankins | The Rag Blog | December 5, 2023 I am reluctant to write about Israel at this politically- and emotionally-charged time because there is little respect for free … Continue reading
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Tagged Anti-Semitism, Free Speech, Hamas, Israel, Lamar Hankins, Middle East, Palestine
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LAMAR HANKINS | EDUCATION & DIVERSITY | SCOTUS majority misunderstands benefits of college in its recent affirmative action decision.
By Lamar Hankins | The Rag Blog | July 27, 2023 Listen to Thorne Dreyer‘s interview with Lamar Hankins on Rag Radio at 2 p.m., Friday, July 28, 2023, on KOOP 91.7 in Austin or stream at KOOP.org. Six members … Continue reading
LAMAR HANKINS | POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY | ‘Woke’ attacks promote inequality and injustice
Not to be ‘woke’ is to willfully ignore reality. By Lamar Hankins | The Rag Blog | April 13, 2023 Right-wingers, the emotionally damaged, and “lazy ideologues” who hurl being “woke,” like an epithet studded with sharp spikes to wound … Continue reading
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Tagged 'Woke' Attacks, Lamar Hankins, Political Philosophy, Rag Bloggers
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LAMAR HANKINS | ACTIVISM | Rules for troublemakers
My prison experiences caused me to understand how much I had taken on faith about administrators. By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | February 24, 2023 At age 78, I continue to see the value in and the … Continue reading
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Tagged Activism, Civil Rights, Lamar Hankins, Mano Amiga, Prison Conditions, Rag Bloggers, Saul Alinsky
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PUBLIC HEALTH | Gov. Abbott’s pandemic failure
It is not a personal health decision when the failure to protect oneself endangers the lives of everyone. By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | August 19, 2021 Like many Americans, I have been pondering how we could … Continue reading
LAMAR HANKINS / COMMENTARY / Norman Finkelstein explains the Israel-Gaza conflict
By Lamar Hankins / The Rag Blog / November 13, 2025 Norman Finkelstein was born in New York City in 1953, a son of Jewish parents who survived the Holocaust. His mother grew up in Warsaw and survived the Warsaw … Continue reading →