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Yearly Archives: 2011

Ted McLaughlin : Climate Change and Corporate Propaganda

Posted on April 26, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Global warming cartoon titled “Eco-Glazing” by Vladimir Druzhinin of Russia, from Earthworks 2008 global cartoon competition / Treehugger.Causes of climate change:The corporate anti-sciencecampaign is working By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / April 26, 2011 Just three or four … Continue reading →

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David Bacon : Bay Area Workers Still Fighting for Justice

Posted on April 26, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Workers from the Woodfin Suites Hotel protest the firing of immigrants in Emeryville, California. Photo by David Bacon.150 years after general strike: Bay Area workers still fighting for justice By David Bacon / The Rag Blog / April 26, 2011 … Continue reading →

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Posted on April 22, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

One Hundred and Fifty Years After General Strike, Bay Area Workers Still Fighting for JusticeThursday 21 April 2011by: David Bacon, Truthout SAN FRANCISCO — In the 150-year history of workers in the San Francisco Bay Area, the watershed event was … Continue reading →

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Lamar W. Hankins : Price Gouging at Your Corner Drug Store

Posted on April 22, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Product placement! Display at a CVS drug store. Photo by gbeckley /The Consumerist.Consumer alert!Price gouging at your cornerconvenience drug stores By Lamar W. Hankins / The Rag Blog / April 22, 2011 The press coverage this past week of the … Continue reading →

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Posted on April 21, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Growing the War in Libya By Steve Weissman, RSN Special Coverage: Egypt’s Struggle for Democracy If America and its NATO allies flew into battle over Libya to prevent a bloodbath in Benghazi, as President Obama, Prime Minister David Cameron of … Continue reading →

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Emily Hellewell : Public Radio and the West Texas Wildfires

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

The Southwest Incident Management Team conducted burnouts April 19 near the McDonald Observatory in far west Texas. Photo by Frank Cianciolo / McDonald Observatory / Marfa Public Radio.Why public radio maters:Marfa station is critical resourceduring west Texas wildfires By Emily … Continue reading →

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Sherman DeBrosse : The Republican Bait and Switch

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Bait and switch:The Republican assault on Medicare By Sherman DeBrosse / The Rag Blog / April 21, 2011 The Republicans used the election of 2010 to pull off an impressive bait-and-switch operation. They campaigned against health care reform because it … Continue reading →

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Bill Fletcher, Jr. : Obama, 2012, and Rethinking ‘Hope’

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Taking a second look. Barack Obama “Hope” poster by Shepard Fairey. Image from afagen / Flickr.Focusing ‘Hope’:Obama and the 2012 elections By Bill Fletcher, Jr. / The Rag Blog / April 21, 2011 Rather than dwell on the question of … Continue reading →

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David Van Os : The Divine Right of Greed

Posted on April 20, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Political cartoon by Deng Coy Miel, Singapore.(On being mad as hell…)The divine right of greed By David Van Os / The Rag Blog / April 20, 2011 Most of the income of the super-rich is in capital gains such as … Continue reading →

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Steve Weissman : Sarkozy’s Role in the Libyan Rebellion

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

President Nicholas Sarkozy shown with embattled Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.Did French President Sarkozy set up Obama’s Benghazi nightmare? By Steve Weissman / The Rag Blog / March 19, 2011 PARIS — Even as Barack Obama struggles to reduce America’s public … Continue reading →

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Kate Braun : Waning Gibbous Moon is Time to Release the Old

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Through the clouds: Waning gibbous moon. Image from Moonmooring.Moon Musings:Waning gibbous moon(April 20 – 26, 2011) By Kate Braun / The Rag Blog / April 19, 2011 This is a moon-phase useful for releasing the old, removing unwanted negative energies, … Continue reading →

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Lamar W. Hankins : The Republicans and ‘Medicare As We Know It’

Posted on April 14, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Rep. Paul Ryan and ‘medicare as we know it.’ Photo by J. Scott Applewhite / AP.(but should be made ineffective…)Republicans agree that Medicare is essentialBy Lamar W. Hankins / The Rag Blog / April 13, 2011 This past week, House … Continue reading →

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