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Lamar W. Hankins : The Delusions of War Ten Years and Counting
Austin activist David Hamilton demonstrates against the Iraq War in December 2008. Photo by Sally Hamilton / The Rag Blog The delusions of war ten years after the bombing of Iraq began Only the willingly deceitful claim anymore that the war … Continue reading
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Robert Jensen : Important Truths Behind an Anti-War Slogan
Image from deepforest.org. ‘No blood for oil!’ Important truths behind an anti-war slogan Underneath the complex relationships and shifting strategies, the obvious question lingers: If the Middle East were not home to the largest reserves of the most easily accessible oil … Continue reading
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Tagged Fossil Fuels, Iraq War, Middle East, Natural Resources, Oil Business, Peace Movement, Robert Jensen, U.S. Foreign Policy
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Nancy Miller Saunders : They Tried to Tell Us
Vietnam veterans testify at the Winter Soldier Investigation in 1972. Image is a screen grab from the film, Winter Soldier, produced by the Winterfilm Collective.Winter Soldiers:They tried to tell us We as a nation did not want to know the … Continue reading
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Harry Targ : In Times Like These
“In Times Like These” performed by Arlo Guthrie.In times like these:Give peace a chance By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / December 19, 2012 In times like these when night surrounds meAnd I am weary and my heart is … Continue reading
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Tagged Arlo Guthrie, Harry Targ, Higher Education, Peace Movement, Peace Studies, Social Change, Woody Guthrie
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Fran Clark : Keeping Watch on the ‘School of Assassins’
One at a time, marchers place their crosses in the chain link fence outside Fort Benning in Columbus, Georgia. Photos by Heidi Turpin / The Rag Blog.By any other name:Protesters keep watch at the ‘School of Assassins’ Each cross has … Continue reading
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Tagged Direct Action, Fort Benning, Fran Clark, Human Rights, Latin America, Peace Movement, School of Americas
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David McReynolds : After the Truce in Gaza
Political cartoon by Paul Jamiol / Jamiol’s World / Informed Comment.EdgeLeft:After the truce in Gaza This was not only a victory for Hamas, but also for Israel, which achieved at one stroke a deep division between the two sides of … Continue reading
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Tagged David McReynolds, Gaza, Gaza Truce, Hamas, Israel, Middle East, Netanyahu, Palestinian Occupation, Peace Movement
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Harry Targ : The Real Romney Foreign Policy
Will the real Mitt Romney please stand up? Image from Foreign Policy.Unleashing the military:The real Romney foreign policy Military spending would grow in a Romney administration, especially because of ties to the neocons and a hawkish Congress which promotes military … Continue reading
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Tagged Foreign Policy, Harry Targ, Imperialism, Mitt Romney, Peace Movement, U.S. Military
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Thomas McKelvey Cleaver : George McGovern, the Most Decent Man in Politics
George McGovern during the 1972 presidential campaign. Photo from SIPA / REX.George McGovern:The most decent man in politics McGovern, who flew 35 missions as pilot of a B-24, took what he had learned in those deadly skies and put it … Continue reading
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Tagged Deaths, George McGovern, Liberal Democrats, Peace Movement, Richard Nixon, Thomas Cleaver, Vietnam, World War II
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Ron Jacobs : Reflecting on George McGovern
Former presidential candidate and Sen. George McGovern in 2007. Photo by Tim Sloan / AFP / Getty Images..Come home, America:Reflecting on George McGovern I was a senior in high school in 1972. I listened to his acceptance speech while working … Continue reading
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BOOKS / Ron Jacobs : The Faith and Resistance of the Catonsville Nine
Faith and resistance: The story of the Catonsville Nine: Peters’ compelling narrative renders the Catonsville Nine not as saints or as villains, but as human beings who could no longer be silent in the face of injustice and war. By … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Catholic Church, Catonsville Nine, Direct Action, Peace Movement, Ron Jacobs, Sixties
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BOOKS / Ron Jacobs : Richard Seymour’s ‘American Insurgents’
Opposing the eagle’s talons “And so I am an anti-imperialist. I am opposed to having the eagle put its talons on any other land.” — Mark Twain By Ron Jacobs | The Rag Blog | September 4, 2012 [American Insurgents: … Continue reading
Tom Hayden : Javier Sicilia’s Caravan for Peace Takes on the Drug War
Mexican poet Javier Sicilia and members of his Caravan for Peace protest the drug war earlier this summer in Cuernavaca, Mexico. Photo by Henry Romero / Reuters.Can the Caravan for Peaceend the War on Drugs? “The powers that be were … Continue reading
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