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Yearly Archives: 2018

Alice Embree :
‘The Rag’ in Paris

By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | April 1, 2018 “The Rag in Paris,” was the subject line of an e-mail from Chilean doctoral student Manuel Suzarte. He is pictured at a table. Projected on a screen behind him … Continue reading

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Alice Embree :
METRO EVENT | DSA to screen ‘She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry’ at the Alamo Mueller

By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | March 31, 2018 Event: Screening of ‘She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry’ When: Tuesday, April 17, 2018, 7 p.m. Where: Alamo Drafthouse Mueller Address: 1911 Aldrich Street, Austin, TX 78723 Sponsor: Feminist Action … Continue reading

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Steve Russell :
Your money and your life: The politics of
VA medical care

Paleoconservatives have a long-range plan to destroy Medicare and Medicaid without attacking them directly. By Steve Russell | The Rag Blog | March 31, 2018 Editor’s Note:  The Rag Blog published Steve Russell’s article, “Your Money and Your Life,” on … Continue reading

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cindy soo :
METRO EVENT | Lucky Chaos presents ‘A Festival of Arts, Diversity & Community’

Event: ‘Our House’ What: A Festival of Arts, Diversity & Community Who: Produced by Lucky Chaos When: Sunday, April 8, 2018, 6-10 p.m. Where: Motion Media Arts Center Address: 2200 Tillery, Austin, TX 78702 Cost: Free to the public AUSTIN … Continue reading

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Shepherd Bliss :
Thousands of students protest gun violence

California students carried signs like, ‘I should be writing my term paper instead of my will.’ By Shepherd Bliss | The Rag Blog | March 15, 2018 SONOMA COUNTY, California — Driving through small-town Sebastopol on March 14 toward the … Continue reading

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Alice Embree :
METRO EVENT | International Women’s Day Music Fest in Austin

Event: International Women’s Day Music Fest What: Benefiting Lilith Fund Who: Music and Spoken Word When: Thursday, March 8, 2018, 6-10 p.m. Address: Inks Ave., Austin 78702 Suggested Donation: $10 Sponsors: Feminist Action Committee, Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) AUSTIN … Continue reading

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Thorne Dreyer :
RAG RADIO PODCASTS | Interviews with Bill Minutaglio, Alice Embree, James Cole & Nicole Stasek, Harry Targ, Bruce Melton, Roy Casagranda & Glenn Smith, Alex Coke, Spencer Perskin & Shawn Siegel, and Lee Carter

Our guests include the author of a cool new book about Timothy Leary, health justice and climate change activists, a Virginia Democratic Socialist, an acclaimed jazz musician, and classic Austin rockers. Interviews by Thorne Dreyer | The Rag Blog | … Continue reading

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Alan Waldman :
FILM | Alan Waldman’s 20 favorite movies seen in 2017

Plus his pick of TV shows, American & foreign, best stand-up specials, and, gulp, porn stars! By Alan Waldman | The Rag Blog | February 6, 2018 The year 2017 was a pretty good one for movies. Half of the … Continue reading

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Jonah Raskin :
INTERVIEW | Are those typewriters still smoking?

Jonah interviews John Campbell McMillan, author of ‘Smoking Typewriters,’ the definitive work on the ’60s underground press. By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | February 5, 2018 An associate professor of history at Georgia State University in Atlanta, with … Continue reading

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Bruce Melton :
Feedbacks kick in: 2017 is second warmest without El Niño influence

‘Recent observations strongly suggest that climate change may soon push some systems past tipping points, with global implications.’ By Bruce Melton | The Rag Blog | February 1, 2018 Listen to the podcast of Thorne Dreyer’s January 11, 2018 Rag … Continue reading

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Lamar W. Hankins :
1968: A personal retrospective 50 years later

It both challenged and strengthened my desire to make this a better world, and it caused me to wonder if a better world was even possible. By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | January 31, 2018 There was … Continue reading

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Philip L. Russell :
2017: Peña Nieto’s swan song

“Mexico’s crisis manifests as violence, but it is rooted in the corruption and weakness of the state.” — Max Fisher, Amanda Taub, and Dalia Martínez, 2018 By Philip L. Russell | The Rag Blog | January 30, 2018 Philip Russell … Continue reading

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