Tag Archives: VISTA

LAMAR HANKINS / FARMWORKERS / Another civil rights icon who had feet of clay

Posted on March 21, 2026 by Thorne Dreyer

Dolores Huerta. Image from Flickr. By Lamar Hankins / The Rag Blog / March 21, 2026 At age 20, all I knew about migrant farmworkers was found in Woody Guthrie’s song “Plane Wreck at Los Gatos.”  Earlier in 1965 I … Continue reading →

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Lamar W. Hankins :
1968: A personal retrospective 50 years later

Posted on January 31, 2018 by Thorne Dreyer

It both challenged and strengthened my desire to make this a better world, and it caused me to wonder if a better world was even possible. By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | January 31, 2018 There was … Continue reading →

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Lamar W. Hankins : Paul Ryan Makes War Against People, Not Poverty

Posted on October 30, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

President Lyndon Johnson marked the start of the War on Poverty with a visit to Tom Fletcher’s front porch in Martin County, Kentucky, in April 1964. Photo by Walter Bennett / Time magazine. Image from Daily Yonder.Paul Ryan’s war:Not against … Continue reading →

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Lamar W. Hankins : Sweet Land of Liberty (for Some)

Posted on May 28, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

“The Weight of Liberty.” Sculpture by Juliana Murcia Ortiz.Ah, irony:Sweet Land of Liberty When liberty serves the interest mainly of the plutocrats who are largely in control of this country, we no longer have a republic that is of, by, … Continue reading →

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Rag Radio : Progressive Texas State Legislator Elliott Naishtat

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Texas State. Rep. Elliott Naishtat (D-Austin) on Rag Radio at the KOOP studios in Austin, Friday, Sept. 30, 2011. Photos by Alan Pogue / The Rag Blog.Progressive Texas legislator Elliott Naishtat on Rag Radiowith Thorne Dreyer. Listen to it here:Progressive … Continue reading →

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Lamar W. Hankins : Budget-Gutting Protects the Rich

Posted on February 23, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Rio Grande Farm Workers: The Cortez family at the State Capitol in Austin, Texas, 1979. Photo by Alan Pogue.We are all in this together:Republican budget-gutting protects the rich By Lamar W. Hankins / The Rag Blog / February 22, 2011 … Continue reading →

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