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Yearly Archives: 2011
Harry Targ : Higher Education, Capitalism, and the ‘Paterno Effect’
Virtual Penn State Nittany Lion by Avatar Sculptor Cheen Pitney / Cheen Pitney’s Peacefools.The ‘Paterno effect’:Thinking about capitalism,higher education, and moral repugnance By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / November 21, 2011 “And when I think of all the … Continue reading
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Tagged Campuses, Capitalism, Harry Targ, Higher Education, Joe Paterno, Penn State, Political Economy, World History
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The Paterno Effect:Thinking about capitalism,higher education, and moral repugnance By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / November 20, 2011 “And when I think of all the talent and energy which daily go into devising ways and means of making … Continue reading
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Ted McLaughlin : Playing the Debt Blame Game
Chart from brillig.com.With forgetful elephants…Playing the debt blame game By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / November 20, 2011 The Treasury Department admitted this week that the national debt of this country has, for the first time, topped $15 … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Economy, National Debt, Ted McLaughlin
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When Mike Davis — the noted author, historian, and veteran of the Sixties — was asked if he had any important lessons to pass on to the Occupy movement from his 45 years as an activist, he repeated his “fervent … Continue reading
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Bobby Bridger Bobby Bridger began work on his epic trilogy A Ballad of the West over four decades ago. Since 1974 Bridger has traveled the globe performing this historical epic as a one-man show to audiences in America, Canada, Europe, … Continue reading
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David McReynolds, who — as a socialist and a pacifist — had extensive dealings with J. Edgar’s FBI, provides a revealing take on Eastwood’s new biopic. Though praising the performances of Leonardo DiCaprio and Judi Dench, David says the film’s … Continue reading
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FILM / David McReynolds : Clint Eastwood’s ‘J. Edgar’
Clint Eastwood’s J. Edgar It is precisely because Eastwood has made the sexual angle central to the film, without playing games with it, that the film is so powerful. By David McReynolds / The Rag Blog / November 17, 2011 … Continue reading
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Tagged Clint Eastwood, David McReynolds, FBI, Film, J. Edgar Hoover
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Mike Davis : Ten Immodest Commandments
Following in Charlton Heston’s immodest footsteps.Ten immodest commandments What, indeed, have I learned from my fumbling-and-bungling lifetime of activism? By Mike Davis / The Rag Blog / November 17, 2011 A friend in Canada recently asked me if the Sixties’ … Continue reading
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Tagged FDR, Mike Davis, Occupy America, Occupy Wall Street, Sixties, Social Change
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Bill Freeland : With ‘Occupy,’ the People are the Point
Image from Addicting Info.‘Occupy America’: The people are the point By Bill Freeland / The Rag Blog / November 17, 2011 The “Occupy” movement, which began as a small gathering in a private park near Wall Street in New York … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Freeland, Civil Rights Movement, Economic Crisis, Occupy America, Occupy Wall Street, Sixties
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Eric Newhouse : Half of Returning Warriors are Wounded
Photo by RunItsTheFuz / Flickr / Truthout.Half of vets returning from Iraq andAfghanistan need medical attention By Eric Newhouse / Truthout / November 16, 2011 More than half of America’s former warriors are returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan with … Continue reading
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Tagged Eric Newhouse, Mental Health, Military, Veterans, Veterans Affairs
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Rabbi Arthur Waskow : Burn Their Books, Mayor Bloomberg
People’s Library at Occupy Wall Street. Photo by David Shankbone / Flickr. NYPD apparently destroys ‘American cultural history’ More than 5,000 books in the Occupy Wall Street library were reportedly thrown away when police moved in to remove protesters from … Continue reading
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Tagged Michael Bloomberg, New York, Occupy Austin, Occupy Wall Street, Rabbi Arthur Waskow
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