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Jim Retherford, the ‘Man in a Red Devil Suit’
Jim has been a fearless New Left editor, a political performance artist, part of a guerrilla theater troupe, and has worked with some of the legendary figures of the ’60s. By Robert Sharlet | The Rag Blog | February 19, … Continue reading
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Tagged Abbie Hoffman, Austin Activists, Bloomington, Direct Action, Guerrilla Theater, Indiana University, James Retherford, Jeff Sharlet, Jerry Rubin, New Left Reunion, Political Performance Art, Progressive Journalists, Radical Activists, Rag Bloggers, Robert Sharlet, SDS, Sixties, The Rag, The Rag Blog, The Spectator, Thorne Dreyer, Underground Press, Yippies
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James Retherford : Old Skool Reunion!
Spencer Perskin of Shiva’s Headband performs at the Rag Blog benefit. Photoillustration by James Retherford / The Rag Blog.‘Feed Your Head!’Rag Blog benefit is boffo bash Photography by James Retherford | The Rag Blog | April 5, 2012 “Feed Your … Continue reading
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Alan Locklear Alan Pogue Alan Waldman Alan Wieder Alice Embree Alyce Guynn Anne Lewis Bernardine Dohrn Bill Ayers Bill Fletcher Jr. Bill Freeland Bill Meacham Bill Narum (1947-2009) Bob Feldman Bob Simmons Bruce Melton Carl Davidson Carl R. Hultberg Carlos … Continue reading
A Lifestyle Alternative : The Gift Economy
Jesse James Retherford. The gift economy and the sustainable community Within a moral economy the social significance of individuals is defined by their obligations to others, with whom they maintain continuing relationships. It is the extended reproduction of the relationship … Continue reading
‘Climate Hacking’ : The Real Fear of Freelance Geoengineering
The “Pinatubo option” would involve spewing aerosol gunk into the stratosphere. Photo of Mount Pinatubo from U.S. Geological Survey publications. Freelance atmospheric modification may sound far-fetched, but the potboiler concept was on the agenda last week at an invitation-only, international … Continue reading
Economic Stimulus : Try Whips and Chains
Graphic courtesy of The Daily Beast.Kinkonomics: With staff jobs evaporating and former nine-to-fivers cobbling together incomes through scattered side projects, freelancing as a dominatrix — or “pro-domme,” as industry types prefer to call it — has become a plausible gig … Continue reading
Hawaii : Revolutionary New Electric Car System Proposed
The entrepreneur Shai Agassi, right, met with Anders Eldrup, center, a Danish energy executive, in Copenhagen last March. Photo by Jonas Pryner Andersen / Polfoto / AP.‘By using existing electric car technologies, coupled with an Internet-connected web of tens of … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternative Energy, Automobiles, Electric Cars, Hawaii, Transportation
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Hedge-Fund Defector Thanks ‘Prep School Idiots’ ; Says ‘Legalize Pot’
Lahde says pot illegal because corporate America addicted to pharmaceutical profits.‘All of this behavior supporting the Aristocracy, only ended up making it easier for me to find people stupid enough to take the other sides of my trades.’By Katherine Burton … Continue reading
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Tagged Drug Legalization, Drug War, Economy, Hedge Funds, Investments, Marijuana
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Mounted Cops Attack Protesters Led by Iraq Vets
Protesters at Hofstra University, site of the presidential debate, on Oct. 15. Photo by The West / College OTR. Around the time that Barack Obama and John McCain bent over backwards to show that they commiserated with the “hurtin’” middle … Continue reading
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Tagged Anti-War Vets, IVAW, Peace Movement, Police Brutality, Police Tactics, Presidential Debates, Social Action
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Canary in the Mineshaft : Cautionary Tales of Suicide, Bigotry
Was this house worth dying for?In this July 23, 2008 file photo, the Taunton, Mass. house This was the home of Carlene Balderrama, 53, who fatally shot herself soon after faxing a letter to her mortgage company July 22, saying … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Bankruptcy, Economic Collapse, Economy, Foreclosures, Racism, Suicide
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Times are Hard and Tent Cities Are on the Rise
Mack Martinez, 19, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, smokes in front of his tent at the tent city that sprung up next to the homeless shelter in downtown Reno, Nev., Wednesday, June 25, 2008. Photo by Scott Sady / AP.‘From Seattle … Continue reading