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Tony Platt : California Dreamin’
The Bloody Island Massacre of 1850 at the north end of Clear Lake, Lake County, California. Art from Manataka American Indian Council. California Dreamin’ California’s public history mostly erases its tragic past, turning profound injustices, such as the genocide of … Continue reading
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Tony Platt : Justice for the Living Dead
A graduate student at an anthropology museum at Berkeley uses a craniometer to measure an ancient Indian skull. This collection alone contained more than 10,000 Indian skeletons. Photo from Life magazine, October 25, 1948. Image from The Buffalo Post.Death’s double … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, American Indians, Archeology, Ceremony, Indigenous People, Native Americans, Tony Platt
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Tony Platt : Remembering Alex Haley and Mario Savio
Alex Haley. Image from Gather.A Better Day:Remembering Alex Haley and Mario Savio By Tony Platt / The Rag Blog / January 12, 2012 Let me drink from the waterswhere the mountain streams floodLet the smell of wildflowersflow free through my … Continue reading
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Tony Platt : Prison Strike at Pelican Bay
Image from Los Angeles Times. The shame of California: Prison strike at Pelican Bay This strike has drawn worldwide attention to the widespread use of torturous practices by the United States against its own citizens. By Tony Platt / The … Continue reading
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Tagged California, Criminal Justice, Incarceration, Pelican Bay Prison, Prison Conditions, Social Action, Tony Platt
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Tony Platt : My Friend Betita Martinez
Betita Martinez. Photo from SF Gate.‘The heart just insists’:My friend Betita Martinez As the daughter of a dark-skinned immigrant from Mexico City and a blue-eyed North American, she felt racism in the air, ‘but I did not have words for … Continue reading
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Alex Haley. Image from Gather.A Better Day:Remembering Alex Haley and Mario Savio By Tony Platt | The Rag Blog | January 10, 2012 Let me drink from the waterswhere the mountain streams floodLet the smell of wildflowersflow free through my … Continue reading
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Alex Haley. Image from Gather.A Better Day:Remembering Alex Haley and Mario Savio By Tony Platt | The Rag Blog | January 10, 2012 Let me drink from the waters where the mountain streams floodLet the smell of wildflowers flow free … Continue reading
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Broken bones, Castle in the Sky, on the res, and meeting Katy Hogan, 1975-’76
Once, in an altered state, Duane and I climbed a fire tower in the night and looked over many square miles of pine trees under the stars. By Michael James | The Rag Blog | May 14, 2014 [In this … Continue reading
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Tagged Heartland Cafe, Katy Hogan, Memoir, Michael James, New Left, Pictures from the Long Haul, Rag Bloggers, Rising Up Angry, SDS, Travel, Uptown Chicago
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US Using UN Backdoor to Get Iraqi SOFA*
Iraqi women pass U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Tony Carter, 34,from Cross, S.C. as he patrols in Mosul.U.S. weighs U.N. option to remain in Iraq: Shifts strategy after Baghdad crosses ‘red lines’ in proposalBy Nicholas Kralev / November 3, 2008 The … Continue reading
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