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‘Rising Up Angry’: Porch climbers, greasers, popcorn girl, and a family, 1968-’69
After my work in Uptown, I focused on bringing the movement, the revolution, to working class white kids, who had been overlooked by organizers. By Michael James | The Rag Blog | March 12, 2014 [In this series, Michael James … Continue reading
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Iguanas trek to Buddha Ball
Their ancient primitive bodies soak up the subtropical heat in desert cactus hills or along the humid grapefruit coast. By James McEnteer | The Rag Blog | March 11, 2014 They come by the tens of thousands, from near and … Continue reading
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Tagged Baseball, Baseball Fans, Buddha Ball, James McEnteer, Rag Bloggers, Ritual, Spring Training
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A People’s History of Egypt, Part 19, 1976-1989
U.S.-aligned Sadat regime answers labor uprising with mass arrests; Sadat assassinated; poverty worsens. By Bob Feldman | The Rag Blog | March 11, 2014 [With all the dramatic activity in Egypt, Bob Feldman’s Rag Blog “people’s history” series, “The Movement … Continue reading
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Dramatic Brit series ‘Chancer’ introduced me to dynamic leading man Clive Owen
Owen is a lovable con man who helps pals out of jams, plots against slimy villains, and romances lovely ladies in this fine 1990-’91 series. By Alan Waldman | The Rag Blog | March 10, 2014 [In his weekly column, … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Waldman, British Television, Chancer, Clive Owen, Criticism, Rag Bloggers, Vintage Television
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Is a new Cold War upon us?
From the residue of the old Soviet Union, a new nationalist, nuclear-armed, resource-rich Russia has risen to challenge Western claims of triumphalism. By Tom Hayden | The Rag Blog | March 5, 2014 Haven’t the Republicans, the neoconservatives, and the … Continue reading
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VIDEO | Austin’s ‘Underground Goes Overboard’ with Ayers and Dohrn
Bill and Bernardine lead an engaging and often very funny community conversation at The Rag Blog’s launch party — all captured on Bob Simmons’ video! Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn host an entertaining and provocative discussion at The Rag Blog‘s … Continue reading
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VERSE |’Texas gay marriage: Soon come?’
Texas Gay Marriage: Soon Come? By Mariann G. Wizard | The Rag Blog | March 5, 2014 Candidates claiming to support the Constitution need to get hip: Love’s sweet institution will soon be respected in fair distribution. Today’s headlines say … Continue reading
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Tagged Gay Marriage, LGBT, Mariann G. Wizard, Poetry, Rag Bloggers, Verse
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Who makes U.S. foreign policy in the 21st century?
U.S. efforts in Venezuela and the Ukraine exemplify imperialism engineered through an embedded, extra-political ‘deep state.’ By Harry Targ | The Rag Blog | March 4, 2014 I have been teaching courses on United States foreign policy for about 40 … Continue reading
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Tagged Covert Operations, Deep State, Harry Targ, Hugo Chavez, Interventionism, Military Intervention, National Endowment for Democracy, Neoliberal Capitalism, Obama Foreign Policy, Peace Activists, Rag Bloggers, U.S. Foreign Policy, U.S. Imperialism, Ukraine, Venezuela
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Legislative harassment: The plan to destroy women’s constitutional rights
For the last 40 years, a cabal of authoritarian, mostly religiously-inspired people has worked to diminish women’s constitutional right to control their bodies. By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | February 4, 2014 Human beings are constantly trying … Continue reading
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Poor whites respond to Black rebellion, plus Buffalo Gap and the Klan, 1967-’68
The summers of 1967 and ’68 were hot — real hot — and we were in the ‘guts of the ogre.’ By Michael James | The Rag Blog | March 3, 2014 [In this series, Michael James is sharing images … Continue reading
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Tagged 1968 Democratic Convention, Black Power, Black Uprising, Civil Rights Movement, Community Organizing, Fannie Lou Hamer, JOIN Community Union, Memoir, Michael James, New Left, nostalgia, Peace Movement, Peggy Terry, Pictures from the Long Haul, Rag Bloggers, Rennie Davis, Rising Up Angry, SDS, Sixties, SNCC, Travel, Uptown Chicago, Vietnam War
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PODCAST | Pliny Fisk and Gail Vittori talk sustainable design on Rag Radio
Visionaries in the field for decades, Pliny and Gail have made significant contributions to the sustainability movement. Interview by Thorne Dreyer | The Rag Blog | March 2, 2014 Pliny Fisk and Gail Vittori, co-directors of the Center for Maximum … Continue reading
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Moorcock’s ‘Pyat Quartet’ is story of a twentieth century knave
This epic work unfolds in a litany of prejudice, arrogance, and wrongheadedness, all told in a manner that is delightful to read. By Ron Jacobs | The Rag Blog | March 1, 2014 [Pyat Quartet by Michael Moorcock (2012-13: PM … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Historical Fiction, John Moorcock, Literature, Novelists, Pyat Quartet, Rag Bloggers, Ron Jacobs
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