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Health Care Reform : Framing the Issue
FDR signs the Social Security Act. Photo from Felton M. Johnston Collection / University of Mississippi Libraries.Historical thumbnail:Insurance reform and social securityBy Dick J. Reavis / The Rag Blog / December 22, 2009 For the past few weeks Americans who … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Dick J. Reavis, FDR, Health Care Reform, Social Security, The Left
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John Ross : Days of Dementia in Obamalandia
The Zhu Zhu virtual hamster: Dementia in Obamalandia. Photo by Rex Larsen / The Grand Rapids Press.On the loose in Obamalandia:Days of Dementia (‘Is the war over yet?’) Yes, Baracko, the economy is booming again for Chinese-made mechanical hamsters but … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, American Society, Economic Crisis, GI's, John Ross, Obama Administration, PTSD, The Left, U.S. Military, Unemployment, War on Terror
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Dick J. Reavis : SDS and the Great Divide
Image from Students for a Democratic Society: A Graphic History.Today’s Red Book and the demise of SDS Nobody present had repudiated Leftism, but everyone seemed to have reached a consensus that the heedlessness of youth had been our common flaw. … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Books, Civil Rights Movement, Military Draft, Peace Movement, Progressive Labor Party, SDS, Sixties, SNCC, SSOC, The Left, The Rag Blog, Vietnam
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American Peace Movement : Missing in Action
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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Tagged Afghanistan, Health Care Reform, Peace Movement, Political Protest, Social Activism, The Left
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Dick Flacks : Pete Seeger’s Project
Celebrating Pete Seeger:Our political troubador More than any other individual, he had conceived and fostered a tradition of protest song that drew from a number of cultural roots, had significant political consequence, and reshaped the forms and content of popular … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Blacklist, Civil Rights Movement, Communist Party, Folk Music, McCarthyism, Music, Pete Seeger, Social Movements, The Left
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PRESS / Mexico’s Leftist ‘La Jornada’ : 25 Years of Rabble Rousing
Noam Chomsky salutes left wing dailyKeynotes La Jornada anniversary event The first issue of La Jornada rolled off borrowed presses September 19th [1984] to the universal disdain of Mexico’s ruling class which then maintained a hammerlock on the press… By … Continue reading
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Tagged John Ross, Media, Mexico, Noam Chomsky, The Left, The Press
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Paul Robeson : Sixty Years After Peekskill
Paul Robeson. Photo from Rutgers Special Collections and University Archives.Remembering Paul Robeson:Sixty years after the Peekskill Riots By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / September 4, 2009 On September 4, 1949, an angry crowd surrounded the 20,000 friends of … Continue reading
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Tagged African-American, American History, Entertainers, Pete Seeger, Progressives, Red-Baiting, The Left
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Alice Embree on El Salvador : Reflections on a People’s Victory, Part 3: Face of Victory
‘Venceremos!’ he shouted, and asked that we put his picture on the internet. Photo by Alice Embree / The Rag Blog.The face of victory It was in the small, dusty town of Rosario de Mora that I witnessed the historic … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Embree, El Salvador, Latin America, Revolutionary Movements, The Left
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Alice Embree on El Salvador : Reflections on a People’s Victory, Part 2: Organizing
SETA organizer from El Salvador talks with SEIU organizer from the U.S. SETA is the Salvadoran water workers union leading the fight against privatization. Photo by Alice Embree / The Rag Blog. Our delegation heard from CONPHAS representatives, students, human … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Embree, El Salvador, Latin America, Revolutionary Movements, The Left
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Alice Embree on El Salvador : Reflections on a People’s Victory, Part 1
Supporters show their colors during campaign rally before elections in El Salvador. Photo by Alice Embree / The Rag Blog. The left victory of Mauricio Funes in El Salvador is part of a wave of change transforming Latin America in … Continue reading
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
Roger Baker : Should the Left Diss the Tea-Baggers?
Sign at Tea Party protest in Wichita, Feb. 27, 2009. Photo from Voice for Liberty in Wichita. The tea baggers versus Obama formulation should be seen as opportunistic political theater that avoids a serious examination of the important issues. By … Continue reading
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Tagged Obama Administration, Populism, Progressives, Tax Protests, The Left
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