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Yearly Archives: 2010

Joan Wile : Afghan Kids and U.S. Grannies Unite for Peace

The Afghan Youth Peace Volunteers in Bamiyam Province. Photo from Joan Wile / The Rag Blog.Afghan kids to U.S. grannies:‘Tell your government to stopbombing and killing our people’ By Joan Wile / The Rag Blog / November 12, 2010 A … Continue reading

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Danny Schechter : Time to Jail the Banksters

Parade of the banksters. Cartoon by Jim Conte.Time to act:A campaign to jail the financial fraudsters By Danny Schechter / The Rag Blog / November 11, 2010 “I’ll have the Chateau Mouton-Rothschild from 1982,” a Wall Street investment banker recently … Continue reading

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Harry Targ : The 2010 Elections and the Battle of Ideas

Image from UCAN.Assessing the 2010 elections:Towards building a progressive majority First, we need to communicate the basic proposition that the free marketers’ ideas do not make sense. By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / November 11, 2010 “Well, the … Continue reading

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Ted McLaughlin : U.S. Leads World in Incarceration Rate

Chart shows skyrocketing rate of incarceration in U.S. as of 2006. CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE We’re number one!U.S. is off charts in rate of incarceration By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / November 11, 2010 The citizens of … Continue reading

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Jordan Flaherty : New Orleans Jail Struggle Could Shape City’s Future

Image of Orleans Parish Prison from BBC documentary, Prisoners of Katrina.New Orleans:The nation’s incarceration capital Struggle over the size of New Orleans’ jail could define the city’s future. By Jordan Flaherty / The Rag Blog / November 11, 2010 NEW … Continue reading

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In his analysis of the 2010 midterms, Hankins tells us that “to draw grandiose conclusions about ‘demands of the American people’ is unsupported by reality and is typical spin-doctoring by Tea Party Republicans and their fellow travelers.” He details how … Continue reading

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FAIR : Election Coverage Misses the Mark by Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting. National media watchdog group FAIR reports that the media got the midterm elections all wrong. The journalists and pundits came up with a familiar analysis: the Democrats … Continue reading

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Lamar W. Hankins : 2010 Elections Without the Tea-Colored Glasses

Shading the truth? Tea Partier at Tax Day Rally in Pleaston, California, April 15, 2010. Photo by Justin Sullivan / Getty Images.Looking at the electionwithout the Tea-colored glasses To draw grandiose conclusions about ‘demands of the American people’ is unsupported … Continue reading

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Lamar W. Hankins : 2010 Elections Without the Tea-Colored Glasses

Shading the truth? Tea Partier at Tax Day Rally in Pleasanton, California, April 15, 2010. Photo by Justin Sullivan / Getty Images.Looking at the electionwithout the Tea-colored glasses To draw grandiose conclusions about ‘demands of the American people’ is unsupported … Continue reading

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Eric W. Dolan : Rick Perry Says Social Security is ‘Ponzi Scheme’

Texas Gov. Rick Perry. Photo from AP.Texas Gov. Rick Perry: Let states opt out of Social Security Eric W. Dolan / November 7, 2010 See “Yo, America. It’s Texas. We’ve got another one for ya!” by James Moore, Below. Appearing … Continue reading

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Jonah Raskin : Prop 19 Up in Smoke

Photo by Lucretious / stock.xchng.Up in smoke:Cannabis initiative post mortem By Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / November 7, 2010 SAN FRANCISCO — I spent Election Day at Prop 19 Headquarters in Oakland, California, and witnessed the final, tumultuous … Continue reading

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BOOKS / Rabbi Arthur Waskow : Marge Piercy: Science Fiction as Prophetic Vision

Marge Piercy’s ‘He, She and It’:Science fiction as prophetic vision By Rabbi Arthur Waskow / The Rag Blog / November 7, 2010 [He, She and It by Marge Piercy (Knopf, 1991); Hardcover; 446 pp.] Marge Piercy’s novel He, She and … Continue reading

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