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BOOKS / Jonah Raskin on Chesa Boudin’s ‘Gringo’
Chesa rarely if ever takes anything or anyone for granted, least of all his own privilege. He looks behind the scenes, asks difficult questions and gets underneath social pretense, hypocrisy and phoniness. By Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / … Continue reading
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Tagged Authors, Books, Che Guevara, Criticism, Interview, Latin America, Sixties, Travel
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Franklin Rosemont, Surrealist Author, Artist and Activist, 1943-2009
Franklin Rosemont at Movement for a Democratic Society (MDS) National Convergence in Chicago, November 9-11, 2007. Photo by Thomas Good / Next Left Notes.Franklin Rosemont, surrealist revolutionary, died Sunday, April 12, at the age of 65. Franklin, 65, came from … Continue reading
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Tagged Authors, Deaths, IWW, MDS, SDS, Sixties, Social Activism, Surrealism, The Left
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Rudd: Put the War Budget Into Peace, Diplomacy, Law, and Sustainable Energy Development
Mark Rudd.Pacifism and The Military-Industrial-University Complex: Interviewing Mark RuddBy Bob Feldman / The Rag Blog / April 7, 2009 Mark Rudd was the chairman of the Columbia University chapter of Students for a Democratic Society [SDS] at the time of … Continue reading
Thomas Good : An Interview With Mark Rudd
Mark Rudd speaks at the West End Bar in New York last week. Photo by Thomas Good / NLN. Beneath the gray beard and the wrinkles I could clearly see the boyish face of the 20-year-old SDS leader. By Thomas … Continue reading
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Tagged Authors, Books, Interview, Mark Rudd, SDS, Sixties, Weather Underground, Weathermen
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FILM / Saint Misbehavin’ : The Wavy Gravy Movie
Saint Misbehavin’: The Wavy Gravy Movie, directed by Michelle Esrick was screened in Austin at SXSW.The Saints Go Marching in Downtown Austin Wavy Gravy’s evolving persona as poet, storyteller, merry prankster, jester and clown reveals a deeply spiritual and resourceful … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Film, Million Musicians March, Nonviolence, Peace Movement, Sixties, SXSW, Wavy Gravy
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Long Strange Trip : Austin’s 13th Floor Elevators and Still Trippin’ Tommy Hall
Tommy Hall in his Tenderloin apartment in San Francisco. Photo by Jamie Soja. The story of the Thirteenth Floor Elevators – Austin’s favorite psychedelic sons – is rich, rowdy and textured. They sparked a counterculture, birthed a sound and inspired … Continue reading
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Tagged 13th Floor Elevators, Austin, Musicians, Psychedelia, Rock 'n Roll, San Francisco, Sixties
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Paul Krassner on The Virtues of Irreverence, Indecency and Illegal Drugs
The Right Irreverent Paul Krassner. ‘In the wishful-thinking corner of my mind, pushing the limits and fostering social change are inextricably connected, but I don’t have any delusions that I’ve inspired an epidemic of epiphanies.’ — Paul Krassner. By David … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternative Media, Authors, Drug Legalization, Journalists, Paul Krassner, Political Activists, Political Satire, Sixties
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Britain: The Resurgence of the Student Occupation
Oxford students demand the university condemns Israel’s attack on Gaza. Photo: Rex.Students are revolting: The spirit of ’68 is reawakeningBy Emily Dugan Campus sit-ins began as a response to the Gaza attacks, but unrest is already spilling over to other … Continue reading
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The KKK in the news today… and back in Sixties Houston.
The Klan recruiting in the Panhandle; Klan cop in Florida; a Klansman says ‘I’m sorry.’ (Oh… and how they shot us up in the Sixties!) By Thorne Dreyer | The Rag Blog | February 9, 2009 As if things weren’t … Continue reading
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Tagged Dreyer Galleries, Houston, Houston Police, John Lewis, KKK, KPFT, Margaret Webb Dreyer, Pacifica, Right-wing Violence, SDS, Sixties, Space City, Texas, Thorne Dreyer
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Imagine Yoko Ono : Tower of Peace
Yoko Ono John Lennon Peace Tower, Reykjavik / Photo by goecco.com. Yoko Ono. Photo by Christopher Furlong / Getty. John Lennon was shot 28 years ago this month, but his widow, now 75, travels the world preaching peace and love … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Artists, Beatles, John Lennon, Musicians, Peace Movement, Rock 'n Roll, Sixties, Yoko Ono
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Remembering Tom Bernard : The GI Movement Against the War in Vietnam
David Zeiger with active duty GI’s at Armed Farces Day, 1971, Killeen, Texas, home of Ft. Hood. Photo from Displaced Films. Tom Bernard, 60, died Dec. 27. 2008. As an active duty GI in Vietnam, Tom was part of WORMS … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Anti-War GIs, Peace Movement, Sixties, Vietnam, VVAW
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