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Ted Kennedy and the Politics of Death
The politics of death serves to reinforce the ‘great person’ theory of history which suggests that historical change is the result of the wise and vigorous and inspired activities of talented individuals, not groups or social movements. By Harry Targ … Continue reading
Robert Jensen : Getting Radicalized, Slow and Painful
Portrait of Robert Jensen by Robert Shetterly.Becoming a radical:The grief and the joy Becoming radicalized politically allowed me to see that I was suffering because I didn’t want to fit into a world shaped by unjust systems; the problem wasn’t … Continue reading
Stonewall Was a Riot : Gay Liberation and the Struggle for Social Change
The Stonewall Rebellion, June 28, 1969. Top photo © Fred McDarrah.The Stonewall Rebellion, the fight for gay liberation and the Sixties movement for social change By Michael Bronski / The Rag Blog / June 27, 2009[With a response by Allen … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Gay Liberation, Gay Movement, GLBT Rights, Homosexuality, New Left, Sixties, Social Change, Stonewall Riot
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Robert Jensen : Human Identity and Radical Change
‘Patriarchy.’ Art from Transhuman Traditionalism.What does it mean to be a human being? Balancing theological and political insights By Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / June 18, 2009 My first venture into political activism was in the feminist movement … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Feminism, Philosophy, Social Change, Theology
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May Day Special : Carl Davidson on Socialism in Today’s Society
May Day poster from Holt Labor Library. …in light of the faux ‘socialisms’ bandied about in the headlines and sound bytes of the mass media in the wake of the financial crisis, especially the absurd claim in the media of … Continue reading
I Only Read the First 140 Characters. I’m Posting This on My Facebook Wall. Snob.
Nit-twits!! If You Twitter, You May Be a TwitBy Dorian Snow / April 1, 2009 I have an aversion to blogging about my personal life on public websites. I just don’t think I’m that interesting. And it gives me the … Continue reading
Obama and Change From the Bottom Up
Photo by Helen Livingstone / Financial Times, UK‘Obama’s election has revealed a far-reaching hunger for change that had been largely unexpressed. Now is the time to start translating this sentiment into activism — because it is only through struggle that … Continue reading
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Tagged Obama Administration, Obama Inauguration, Social Action, Social Change
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Marilyn Buck from the Greybar: Thoughts on the Recent Election
Marilyn J. Buck was an activist in Austin, Texas in the late sixties. She was a staffer on The Rag, the underground newspaper that was The Rag Blog’s inspiration. She is also a former editor of the original SDS’ New … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Capitalism, Social Change, State Capitalism
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Thorne Dreyer : Our Progressive Opportunity
New Start / mogallery.com.‘Millions have been newly engaged and motivated as a result of the recent electoral process and most are not traditional players who automatically buy in to the traditional assumptions.’By Thorne Dreyer / The Rag Blog / November … Continue reading
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Tagged 2008 Elections, Obama Movement, Obama Presidency, Progressive Movement, Social Change, The Left
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