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BOOKS | Exploring Space City! is on the way!>
“This lovingly crafted compilation captures the spirit of the New Left and the counterculture.” — Historian Robert Cottrell By Thorne Dreyer | The Rag Blog | November 18, 2021 Our much-awaited book, Exploring Space City!: Houston’s Historic Underground Newspaper — … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Exploring Space City!, Houston, Journalism, Rag Bloggers, Space City!, Thorne Dreyer, Underground Press
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POLITICAL OPINION | Blowback: The forever wars are
coming home
I see a desire for violence as catharsis in many protesters on the Left and Right today. By Mike Giglio | The Rag Blog | Sept. 16, 2021 This article was first published by The Intercept on September 9, 2021, … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Mike Giglio, Norman Mailer, Political Opinion, Political Violence, The Intercept, Thorne Dreyer
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BOOKS | Look for the book: ‘Exploring Space City!’
Our much-anticipated book about Houston’s historic underground paper will be published before the end of the year. By Thorne Dreyer | The Rag Blog | July 22, 2021 Exploring Space City!: Houston’s Historic Underground Newspaper. Yes, our much-anticipated book about … Continue reading
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Tagged Exploring Space City!, Kerry Fitzgerald, Rag Bloggers, Space City!, Thorne Dreyer
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REMEMBRANCE | Texas film and theater icon Gary Chason passes at 78
Events celebrating Gary’s life are planned for Austin and Houston. By Thorne Dreyer | The Rag Blog | June 11, 2021 Listen to Thorne Dreyer’s August 17, 2010 Rag Radio interview with Gary Chason, here. Gary Chason, an iconic figure … Continue reading
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Tagged Deaths, Gary Chason, Gary Chason Obituary, Obituary, Rag Bloggers, Texas Filmmakers, Thorne Dreyer
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‘Under the Ground: The Story of Liberation News Service’
Dorothy Dickie has documented a significant and nearly-forgotten chapter of our history. By Thorne Dreyer | The Rag Blog | March 24, 2020 AUSTIN — Award-winning Canadian filmmaker Dorothy Dickie is completing production on an exciting 80-minute documentary film … Continue reading
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Remembering Dennis Fitzgerald: Underground journalist and veteran activist
Fitzgerald was a founder of The Rag in Austin and Houston’s Space City! By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | December 17, 2018 Dennis Fitgerald passed away on December 9, 2018, in British Columbia, Canada, where he had lived … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Embree, Deaths, Dennis Fitzgerald, Obituary, Rag Bloggers, Space City, The Rag, Thorne Dreyer, Underground Journalist, Underground Press
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PHOTO ESSAY | Rag-tag far-right group met by wall of noise in Austin
By Thorne Dreyer | The Rag Blog | August 24, 2018 AUSTIN — A flimsy contingent of far-right activists and representatives from white nationalist groups, numbering at most three dozen, was totally drowned out by at least 500 noisy counter-demonstrators … Continue reading
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Tagged Anne Lewis, Austin Activists, James Retherford, neo-Nazis, Photo Essay, Rag Bloggers, Thorne Dreyer, White Supremacists
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RAG RADIO PODCASTS | Philip Russell, Bruce Melton, Jay Wehnert, Glenn Smith, Pat Thomas & James Retherford, Bill Kirchen, Roy Casagranda, Patricia Vonne, Genevieve Van Cleve & Luis Guerra, Sydney Wright, Ty Richards & Andy Macintyre, Margo Sawyer
Our guests include activists & environmentalists & political analysts; musicians, a storyteller, a slam poet, an architectural sculptor & a Jerry Rubin biographer; plus we discuss Outsider Art & welcome AMLO to Mexico. Interviews by Thorne Dreyer | The Rag … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Macintyre, Bill Kirchen, Bruce Melton, Genevieve Van Cleve, Glenn Smith, Glenn W. Smith, James Retherford, Jay Wehnert, Luis Guerra, Margo Sawyer, Pat Thomas, Patricia Vonne, Philip Russell, Podcasts, Rag Radio, Roy Casagranda, Sydney Wright, Thorne Dreyer, Tracey Schulz, Ty Richards
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METRO EVENT | Threadgill’s World HQ invites you to Thorne Dreyer’s Birthday Party on August 1st
Historic Austin bands the Uranium Savages, Bill Kirchen, Shiva’s Headband, and Leeann Atherton will perform. Event: Thorne Dreyer’s Birthday Party What: Concert and benefit When: Wednesday, August 1, 2018, 6:30-10:30 p.m. Where: Threadgill’s World Headquarters Address: 301 W. Riverside, Austin, … Continue reading
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RAG RADIO PODCASTS | Interviews with Lamar W. Hankins & Alan Pogue; Christopher Brown & Roddey Reid; Thorne Dreyer & Glenn Smith; Carl Davidson; Alice Embree, Kim Varela-Broxson & Lindsay Rodriguez; Roaul Hernandez; Steve Russell; and Philip Russell
Our guests include authors & activists, political analysts, a music critic and a leftist icon; we talk about guns and feminism; and we bid Mexico’s president bye-bye. Interviews by Thorne Dreyer | The Rag Blog | April 16, 2018 The … Continue reading
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Arguing about the Second Amendment
is a waste of time
Reasonable gun regulation is completely compatible with the Supreme Court’s understanding of the Second Amendment. By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | April 5, 2018 Lamar W. Hankins and Alan Pogue are Thorne Dreyer‘s guests on the syndicated … Continue reading
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Tagged Gun Control, Lamar W. Hankins, Rag Radio, Second Amendment, Supreme Court, Thorne Dreyer
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RAG RADIO PODCASTS | Interviews with Bill Minutaglio, Alice Embree, James Cole & Nicole Stasek, Harry Targ, Bruce Melton, Roy Casagranda & Glenn Smith, Alex Coke, Spencer Perskin & Shawn Siegel, and Lee Carter
Our guests include the author of a cool new book about Timothy Leary, health justice and climate change activists, a Virginia Democratic Socialist, an acclaimed jazz musician, and classic Austin rockers. Interviews by Thorne Dreyer | The Rag Blog | … Continue reading
















