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The Siege of Gaza Must Be Broken
Can a handful of international activists and two boats break the siege of Gaza?by Sharat G. Lin / August 18, 2008 The voyage to “break the siege of Gaza” was originally planned for the summer of 2007. But it did … Continue reading
Tom Hayden : Same Social Expectations Amid a Very Different War
‘The similarities between the movements for RFK and Barack Obama (the fervor and the interracial character) have been often noted. If anything, the Obama constituency is larger because of the mobilization of so many more young people’By Tom Hayden / … Continue reading
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Tagged Cold War, Iraq War, Obama, Peace Movement, Robert Kennedy, SDS, Sixties, Social Change, Tom Hayden, Vietnam
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Dem Convention Protesters Call Makeshift Jail ‘Gitmo On Platte’
Police build massive ‘holding cell’ inside warehouseBy Russell Haythorn / August 16, 2008 DENVER — The discovery of a makeshift jail in Denver’s warehouse district is causing outrage among some protesters. The jail was apparently constructed to house protesters during … Continue reading
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Tagged Civil Liberties, Criminal Justice, Democratic Convention, Denver, Direct Action, Peace Movement, Social Action
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The First Casualty of War : The Truth
U.S. Marines Invade Manhattan, New York! For more information, visit Iraq Veterans Against the War. Thanks to Diane Stirling-Stevens / The Rag Blog
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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Needed : Peace Movement Strategy on Afghanistan
Barack Obama with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, center foreground, and other officials at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Sunday, July 20, 2008. Photo by AP.‘Obama’s proposal is so ill advised that one might expect it to die on its own … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Foreign Policy, Imperialism, Iraq Occupation, Obama, Peace Movement
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Cindy Sheehan : ‘This is Horseshit"
Cindy Sheehan. Photo by Jim Watson / AFP / Getty.‘This nation is teetering on the precipice of financial ruin and dragging the rest of this planet down with us’By Cindy Sheehan / August 6, 2008 It is not if we … Continue reading
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Tagged Congress, Direct Action, Peace Movement, Social Action, Social Change
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Houston Demonstrators Join World-Wide Protest Against Attacking Iran
A diverse, multi-generational group demonstrated on August 1 in Houston to demand that the US and Israel halt any plans for a war on Iran. Photo by Gloria Rubac.‘In our name, with our money, they are killing people across the … Continue reading
Singin’ on Thursday – Roy Zimmerman
“Thanks For the Support” by Roy Zimmerman Available for download at royzimmerman.com. Recorded on 9/11/07 at “Mark Pitta and Friends,” 142 Throckmorton Theatre in Mill Valley, CA. The Rag Blog / Posted August 1, 2008
And You Will Be Brought to Justice, No Matter How Long It Takes
New Zealand Students Offer New Bounty For Arrest of Condoleezza Rice For War Crimesby Ray Lilley / July 26, 2008 WELLINGTON, New Zealand – A group of New Zealand students offered a higher reward Saturday for the citizen’s arrest of … Continue reading
BOOKS : Carl Oglesby’s ‘Ravens in the Storm’
Last updated July 29, 2008 Former SDS president reflects on that organization’s stormy history at the leading edge of the sixties New LeftBy Mariann G. Wizard / The Rag Blog / July 24, 2008 When I joined UT Students for … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Authors, Books, Carl Oglesby, COINTELPRO, Education, Memoir, New Left, Peace Movement, SDS, Texas, The Left, UT-Austin, Weather Underground, Writers
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FILM : Crosby, Stills, Nash, Young and the Protest Song
‘CSNY: Déjà Vu’: A Political Concert DocumentaryBy Jennifer Maerz / July 30, 2008 Bob Dylan’s “John Brown” is one of the most moving antiwar songs ever recorded. The track avoids sloganeering, resonating an anti–Vietnam War sentiment with a straightforward, human, … Continue reading →