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ALICE EMBREE / MEDIA / A new Rag for a new generation
By Alice Embree / The Rag Blog / November 6, 2025 Many of us have worked to keep The Rag flag flying since the 2005 reunion. It’s hard to believe that was 20 years ago. We’ve kept Rag history alive … Continue reading
Steve Weissman : The U.S. Role in Iran’s ‘Green Revolution’
Photo from BrooWaha.com.Iran: Seen to Be Meddling Our multimedia meddlers sought… to help mobilize the millions of Iranians who had already turned against the regime of Ahmadinejad and were questioning the theocratic rule of the ayatollahs. By Steve Weissman / … Continue reading
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Tagged CIA, Green Revolution, Imperialism, Iran, Iranian Elections, New Media, U.S. Foreign Policy
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Dick J. Reavis : Journalism Faces Full Court Press
Full Court Press Until and unless the press understands that its mission is to be the champion of the people’s welfare, nobody can plan for its recovery. By Dick J. Reavis / The Rag Blog / June 30, 2009 As … Continue reading
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Tagged Journalism, Mainstream Media, New Media, Newspapers, Print Media, Sports
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Iran, Cyber Warfare and the CIA : The World is Watching
Twitter and the new Iranian revolution. Cartoon by Ian D. Marsden / truthout.Iran: The world is watching [The media] give wall-to-wall coverage of the protesters, whose heroism is very real. But the TV cameras and front-page headlines completely ignore how … Continue reading
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Tagged CIA, Internet, Iran, Iranian Elections, New Media, Technology, Twitter, U.S. Foreign Policy
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Tangled Web : Tech and the Struggle in Iran
The War in CyberspaceWeb tangled in Iranian struggle By Martin J Young / June 20, 2009 HUA HIN, Thailand — As Iranians attempt to come to terms with the outcome of their recent presidential elections, battle lines are being drawn … Continue reading
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Tagged Censorship, Internet, Iranian Elections, Journalism, New Media, Social Protest, Technology
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Jonah Raskin : Class of ’09 Speaks Out on New Media
For four months, from 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. every Wednesday, freedom of speech seemed to be alive and well in an old fashioned classroom where students asked questions, talked in small groups and wrote with pens and pencils on … Continue reading
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Tagged Communications, Education, Electronic Media, New Media
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New Media Targeted With Harassment, Arrests at RNC
Using horseback officers, police moved to cut off demonstrators during GOP convention in St. Paul. Photo by Nick Vlcek / City Pages.‘Dozens of journalists, photographers, bloggers and videomakers arrested in an orchestrated round up of independents covering the Republican National … Continue reading
The American Left : Do We Have a Progressive Movement Today?
Is there a new progressive movement? If so, it’s different from the last one: sixties anti-war demonstration was part of the New Left movement. Photo courtesy of Robert Altman.George Bush ‘has succeeded in bringing moderates, liberals, and progressives closer together … Continue reading
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Tagged Internet, Netroots, New Left, New Media, Peace Movement, Progressive Movement, Sixties
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