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Yearly Archives: 2011
The Republicans’ callousness about health care By Lamar W. Hankins / The Rag Blog / September 19, 2011 Now that the Republican nomination for president is in full swing, we once again return to the topic of health care, especially … Continue reading
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The Republicans’ callousness about health care By Lamar W. Hankins / The Rag Blog / September 19, 2011 Now that the Republican nomination for president is in full swing, we once again return to the topic of health care, especially … Continue reading
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Retired history prof Don Swift paints an alarming picture of Dominionism and what he calls its “threat to American liberties.” “Both Rick Perry and Michele Bachmann have clear ties to the Christian Dominionists,” he warns, “who do not believe in … Continue reading
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CARTOON / Joshua Brown : Life During Wartime: Cutting the Deal
Political cartoon by Joshua Brown / The Rag Blog / September 18, 2011.[Joshua Brown is the executive director of the Center for Media and Learning/American Social History Project, The Graduate Center, The City University of New York and is a … Continue reading
Influential writer and political activist Carl Davidson joins Thorne Dreyer on Rag Radio for a lively discussion about the Mondragon Corporation and its role in the international workers’ cooperative movement. They also discuss the burgeoning cooperative movement in the U.S., … Continue reading
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Former SDS president Carl Oglesby died of cancer on Tuesday, Sept. 13. Author and scholar Mike Davis, who was also active in SDS and the 60s peace movement, discusses Oglesby’s rare oratorical skills, referring to his “unadorned eloquence and moral … Continue reading
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Mike Davis : The Eloquence of Carl Oglesby
Carl Oglesby. Image from Kngine.Eloquent orator of the New Left:Remembering Carl Oglesby Carl Oglesby sadly left this world Tuesday morning after a long bout with cancer. President of SDS from 1965-66, he was a passionate American radical and one of … Continue reading
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Jeff Shero Nightbyrd : Skipping Stones With Carl Oglesby
Carl Oglesby at an SDS conference in 1968. Photo by Neal Boenzi / The New York Times.Seismic shifts and skipping stones:Memories of Carl OglesbyBy Jeff Shero Nightbyrd / The Rag Blog / September 15, 2011 [Carl Oglesby, a former president … Continue reading
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Rag Radio : Carl Davidson on Mondragon and Workers’ Cooperatives
Rag Radio’s Tracey Schulz (left) and Thorne Dreyer, with guest Carl Davidson at the KOOP studios in Austin, Friday, Sept. 9. Photo by Jim Cleveland / KOOP Radio / The Rag Blog. Noted writer and political activist Carl Davidson onRag … Continue reading
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Don Swift : Perry, Bachmann, and the Threat of Dominionism
Image (without irony) from OpenAirSeattle.A threat to American liberties:Dominionism and the Republican Right Both Rick Perry and Michele Bachmann have clear ties to the Christian Dominionists, who do not believe in the separation of church and state. By Don Swift … Continue reading
The hot potato the beltway wonks avoid:Tying job creation to industrial policy By Carl Davidson / The Rag Blog / September 14, 2011 Listen to Thorne Dreyer‘s Rag Radio interview with writer and political activist Carl Davidson — discussing the … Continue reading
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