Tag Archives: Peace Movement

Gaza Freedom Flotilla : Participants Speak Out

Gaza Freedom Flotilla participants Ann Wright and Joe Meadors spoke in Austin about their experiences. Photo by Alice Embree / The Rag Blog.Col. Ann Wright and Joe Meadors:What really happened on the Freedom Flotilla By Alice Embree / The Rag … Continue reading

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Jack A. Smith : Israel and Palestine After the Flotilla / 1

President Barack Obama walkd with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outside the Oval Office at the White House Tuesday, July 6, 2010. Photo by Carolyn Kaster / AP.Part 1: Change is in the windIsrael and Palestine after the Flotilla By … Continue reading

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Marc Estrin : The Devil Can Quote Scripture

Image from ChernobylBob / Flickr.THE DEVIL CAN QUOTE SCRIPTURE By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / June 14, 2010 I am involved in Vermonters for a Just Peace in Palestine/Israel, a group made up of Jews, Palestinians, members of … Continue reading

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Rabbi Arthur Waskow : Gaza Flotilla as Exodus ’47 Revisited

SS Exodus 1947 after British takever. Banner says “HAGANAH Ship EXODUS 1947.” Image from Wikimedia Commons.Is the Gaza flotilla story‘Exodus ’47’ with roles reversed? By Rabbi Arthur Waskow / The Rag Blog / June 8, 2010 See ‘Kill a Turk … Continue reading

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Memorial Day in Texas : Farewell to Nick Travis and Lisa Morris

Nick Travis at the opening of the Under the Hood Café in Killeen, Texas. Photo by Carlos Lowry / The Rag Blog.Memorial Day:Texas peace movementLooses two great friends By Alice Embree / The Rag Blog / June 6, 2010 Memorial … Continue reading

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Mandela, Tutu, and ‘The Elders’ : Peace Leaders Condemn Israeli Attack

Former South Africa president Nelson Mandela is shown with The Elders Saturday, three years after launching the group in Johannesburg. Photo from AP.‘The Elders’:Peace leaders, Nobel laureatesDeplore Gaza flotilla attack See ‘German activists contest Israeli version,’ and ‘Media Criticism: Reporting … Continue reading

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The ‘Nation-Building’ Mirage : A Trillion Dollars and Counting

U.S. Marine in Afghanistan. Photo by Goran Tomasevic / Reuters.From anti-terrorism to ‘nation building’:Paying dearly for Bush’s wars By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / May 28, 2010 In October of 2001, President Bush invaded Afghanistan. About a year … Continue reading

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BOOKS / Jonah Raskin on ‘The Bomb’ : Howard Zinn Speaks From the Dead

The Bomb:Howard Zinn’s last callTo rebel against war By Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / May 2, 2010 The Bomb by Howard Zinn (City Lights Open Media, San Francisco, August 2010); paperback, 100 pp; $8.95. In his lifetime, Howard … Continue reading

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Paul Krassner : Kent State Anniversary Blues

Reaction from students at New York University after the Kent State massacre. Photo from NYU Archives Photograph Collection.Four dead in Ohio:Kent State Anniversary Blues By Paul Krassner / The Rag Blog / April 17, 2010 See gallery of photos, Below. … Continue reading

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To Catch a Spy : The Story of George the Snitch

Dennis the Menace from The Comics Curmudgeon.To catch a spy II:A short history of one snitch By Richard Lee / The Rag Blog / April 12, 2010 [The Rag Blog published an article by Lisa Fithian about acknowledged FBI informant … Continue reading

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Thomas McKelvey Cleaver : Keep on Truckin’

Keep on Truckin’. Classic cartoon by R. Crumb.The David and Alice debate:We can’t afford to give up the fight By Thomas McKelvey Cleaver / The Rag Blog / April 11, 2010 [Austin activist David P. Hamilton announced his “retirement” from … Continue reading

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Alice Embree on Political Activism : Carry it On

Alice Embree, holding sign, participates in anti-war vigil at Texas State Capitol, March 19, 2008. Photo by CodePink/Austin.On my political activism:Carry it on By Alice Embree / The Rag Blog / April 6, 2010 [On March 30, Long-time Austin activist … Continue reading

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