Tag Archives: Social Activism

Rabbi Arthur Waskow : Thanksgiving, My Yarmulke, and Alice’s Restaurant

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Rabbi Arthur Waskow (not in 1970!) wearing rainbow kippah.You can get anything you want:Thanksgiving and my yarmulke By Rabbi Arthur Waskow / The Rag Blog / November 28, 2010 Thursday, a little before noon, my phone rang. I knew at … Continue reading →

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Jordan Flaherty : A Movement Rises in Arizona

Posted on July 29, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Protest agains Arizona’s new immigration law April 25, 2010, in Phoenix. Photo from Getty Images.Widespread struggle offers human rights vision:A movement rises in Arizona By Jordan Flaherty / The Rag Blog / July 29, 2010 PHOENIX — Three months ago, … Continue reading →

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Carl Davidson : U.S. Social Forum a High Energy Event

Posted on July 20, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

10,000 marched through downtown Detroit to kick off the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit, June 22, 2010.U.S. Social Forum in Detroit:High-energy gathering fires upA new generation of activists The gathering in Atlanta in June 2007 had 12,000 people come together … Continue reading →

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BOOKS / Gregg Barrios : David Montejano’s ‘Quixote’s Soldiers’

Posted on July 6, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Up from the barrio:A Chicano son of San AntonioReflects on El Movimiento By Gregg Barrios / The Rag Blog / July 6, 2010 See video of Gregg Barrios’ interview with David Montejano, Below. [Quixote’s Soldiers: A Local History of the … Continue reading →

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Jonah Raskin : Tom Hayden, Abbie Hoffman’s Ghost, and ‘Dirty Water’

Posted on January 15, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Bill Sharpsteen’s Dirty Water:How a community took on City Hall and won By Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / January 14, 2010 [Dirty Water: One Man’s Fight to Clean Up One of the World’s Most Polluted Bays, by Bill … Continue reading →

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Rebecca Solnit : Reflections on Fanaticism

Posted on December 1, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

John Brown depicted in detail from a mural by John Steuart Curray titled “Tragic Prelude,” in the Kansas State Capitol in Topeka.Today’s fanatic, tomorrow’s saint It’s popular to think that the world gets changed by nice people, but the lives … Continue reading →

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American Peace Movement : Missing in Action

Posted on October 27, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Demonstration in San Francisco. Photo from basetree.Two cheers for health care reform effortsBut whatever happened to the peace movement? By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / October 27, 2009 For purposes of comparison I want to make some predictions … Continue reading →

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Jack Herer : Cannabis Champ Stricken

Posted on September 21, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Jack Herer, champion for legalization of cannabis.Author, leader of movement to legalize cannabis:Jack Herer has massive heart attack By Mariann G. Wizard / The Rag Blog / September 21, 2009 Jack Herer, the father of the U.S. cannabis legalization movement, … Continue reading →

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FILM / Abe Osheroff : One Foot in the Grave, the Other Still Dancing

Posted on September 8, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

One Foot in the Grave, the Other Still Dancing An inspirational political life captured on film by Barbara J. Berg / The Rag Blog / September 8, 2009 [A review of Abe Osheroff: One Foot in the Grave, the Other … Continue reading →

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BonTaj Roulet : Bonnie Raitt and Taj Mahal Tour for the Environment

Posted on September 3, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Tour taps blues to raise green:BonTaj Roulet blazes new ground The mix of contributions from promoters/venues and ticketing agencies with matching funds from artists and concertgoers, distributed by popular vote, is a new recipe for concert tour fundraising… By Harvey … Continue reading →

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Bob Libal :
Si Kahn : 44 years of music and social justice

Posted on July 28, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Activist, musician, and executive director of Grassroots Leadership:  four decades in the struggle. By Bob Libal | The Rag Blog | July 28, 2009 I read in the paper, I watched on the show They said that it happened a … Continue reading →

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Cindy Sheehan : The ‘Myths of the Robber Class’

Posted on June 13, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Rag Bloggers meet with Cindy Sheehan, June 11, 2009. From left, Former Camp Casey organizer Patrice Schexnayder, The Rag Blog’s Jim Retherford and Alice Embree, Cindy Sheehan, Rag Blog co-editor Thorne Dreyer and correspondent David MacBryde, and Chris Hargreaves of … Continue reading →

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