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Casey Hayden in Arizona : Boycott ‘Fortress America’
Alfonso Vasquez of Phoenix lights candles during a prayer vigil at the Arizona State Capitol on April 24, protesting Arizona’s controversial new immigration law. Photo by Matt Pavelek / The Arizona Republic / AP.Boycott Arizona:Church leaders call SB 1070 ‘racist … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona, Casey Hayden, Immigration, Racial Profiling, Racism, SB 1070
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Tim Wise : Imagine if the Tea Party Were Black
Imagine if these guys were black. Demonstrators carried weapons at a “Restore the Constitution” rally on the Potomac in Arlington, VA, April 19. Photos (top) by Bob Barnard / Fox 5 / New York, and (below) by Win McNamee / … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Racism, Tea Baggers, Tim Wise, White Privilege
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SPORT / No One is Illegal : Boycott the Diamondbacks
Arizona Diamondbacks owner Ken Kendrick: his family gave $1,023,527 to the Republicans. Photo by Brian Smale. Original graphic from Fortune. Satirical enhancement by James Retherford / The Rag Blog.Echoes of Apartheid:Boycott the Arizona Diamondbacks By Dave Zirin / April 24, … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona, Baseball, Bigotry, Consumer Action, Dave Zirin, Immigration, Racial Profiling, Racism, Sports
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Robert Jensen : Holding Ourselves Accountable
Savage Chickens. Cartoons on Sticky Notes by Doug Savage.Diversity dead-end:Inclusiveness without accountability By Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / April 20, 2010 After a recent talk on racism and other illegitimate hierarchies at a diversity conference in Dallas, I … Continue reading
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Tagged Diversity, Patriarchy, Racism, Robert Jensen, White Privilege
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Arizona to ID ‘Immigrants’? : Cranking up the Fear
Image from creativenonfiction.com.Demonizing Immigrants:Arizona cranking up the fear By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / April 16, 2010 When people get scared, they become much more willing to give up their rights for a perceived safer world, and it … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona, Immigration, Racial Profiling, Racism, Ted McLaughlin
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Culture Wars : ‘Take Our Country Back’
Confederate flag at Tea Party March on Washington, September 12, 2009. Image from Think Progress.Latest culture war in America: Nationalism in dangerous form Many fear that they have lost the country that was bequeathed to them — and to them … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Leonard Zeskind, Nationalism, Populism, Racism, Right Wing Extremists, Tea Baggers
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Sherman DeBrosse : Rage, Racism, and the Future of the Tea Bagger Movement
The Tea Baggers:An identity temper tantrum with a violent edge By Sherman DeBrosse / The Rag Blog / April 6, 2010 [This is the second in a two-part series on the Tea Bagger movement by Sherman DeBrosse. Go here to … Continue reading
Conspiracy Theories : Exhaust Fumes from the Angry
Photo montage by Larry Ray / The Rag Blog.Conspiracies:Exhaust fumes from the angry What better way to divert attention from the catastrophic eight years of the Bush-Cheney administration than to fan the flames of discontent with renewed conspiracy theories and … Continue reading
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Tagged Conspiracy Theories, Larry Ray, Racism, Religious Fanaticism, Right Wing Extremists
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Sherman DeBrosse : The Resistible Rise of the Tea Bagger Movement
Dale Robertson, who claims to have founded the Tea Party movement. Photo from February 27, 2009, Tea Party in Houston.Not by bread alone: Why the Tea Baggers are successful Anger and fear have a way of spreading, and the Tea … Continue reading
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Tagged Populism, Racism, Republican Party, Right Wing Extremists, Sherman DeBrosse, Social Protest, Tea Baggers
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Jordan Flaherty : Racist Coup in Waterproof, Louisiana?
Waterproof, LA. Photo from Fox 44 / Baton Rouge.Did racist coup in northern Louisiana townOverthrow Black mayor and police chief? By Jordan Flaherty / The Rag Blog / March 27, 2010 NEW ORLEANS — In Waterproof, a small northern Louisiana … Continue reading
BOOKS / Progressive Giants : Celebrating Paul Robeson and Anne Braden
Two books about two progressive giants:Celebrating Paul Robeson and Anne Braden By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / March 25, 2010 The artist must take sides. He must elect to fight for freedom or slavery. I have made my … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Books, Civil Rights Movement, Communist Party, Harry Targ, Progressives, Racism, Social Justice, The Left
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Joseph Stack and the Texas GOP : Murder-Suicide of the King’s English
Art by Cindy Flynn / Clifton Studios.Murder-suicide of the English language:Stack, and the Texas Republican primary By Greg Moses / The Rag Blog / March 9, 2010 Like fabled ruts gouged into dirt by heavy wheels, or war trenches widened … Continue reading
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Tagged Greg Moses, Joseph Stack, Language, Racism, Republican Party, Texas
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