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The life and times of leftist journalist
Jack A. Smith (1934-2017)
Including a personal memoir from the former Guardian editor, plus the Rag Radio interview. By Thorne Dreyer | The Rag Blog | July 20, 2017 Below, see “Jack A. Smith: My life and times at The Guardian,” originally published by … Continue reading
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Tagged American Left, Deaths, Hudson Valley Newsletter, Jack A. Smith, Leftist Journalists, Obituary, Rag Bloggers, Rag Radio, The Guardian, Thorne Dreyer
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The election is over and life goes on
The clouds may be gray, but today we begin the struggle to fight against regression into the past. By Jack A. Smith | The Rag Blog | November 10, 2016 It is a gray overcast day in upstate New York. … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016 Elections, Donald Trump, Jack A. Smith, Neofascism, Presidential Elections, Rag Bloggers, Trump Resistance
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Bury the bomb before it buries us
The U.S. and Russia are modernizing, improving, and extending the longevity by decades of the three prongs of their nuclear war triad. By Jack A. Smith | The Rag Blog | November 5, 2014 A quarter century after the Cold … Continue reading
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The continuing failure of U.S. interventions
At this time of great conflict in the world, U.S. foreign/military policy seems to be intimately connected to virtually everything that’s going wrong. By Jack A. Smith | The Rag Blog | September 10, 2014 The United States insists on … Continue reading
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Tagged Jack A. Smith, Rag Bloggers, U.S Interventions, U.S. Foreign Policy, U.S. Imperialism, U.S. Military
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Obama is wrong about natural gas
A new scientific study argues that both shale gas and conventional natural gas have larger greenhouse gas footprints than do coal or oil. By Jack A. Smith | The Rag Blog | July 29, 2014 Natural gas is falsely promoted … Continue reading
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Tagged Climate Change, Fossil Fuels, Fracking, Global Warming, Greenhouse Gasses, Jack A. Smith, Methane Pollution, Natural Gas, Rag Bloggers
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Israel bombs Gaza civilians. Again.
In 2008-2009, Israel virtually crushed the tiny territory and its 1.7 million inhabitants, killing 1,400 Palestinians, while losing only 10 Israeli soldiers. By Jack A. Smith | The Rag Blog | July 16, 2014 Once again, Israel has found a … Continue reading
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Tagged Gaza, Israel-Gaza Conflict, Israeli Occupation, Jack A. Smith, Middle East, Palestine, Rag Bloggers
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Obama’s foreign policy bait and switch
Obama focused on defending his policies from the warhawks instead of the ‘pivot’ to Asia and maintenance of unilateral global hegemony. By Jack A. Smith | The Rag Blog | June 22, 2014 President Obama chose to ignore the most … Continue reading
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A left solution to climate change
Climate deniers in Congress, exasperating as they are, constitute the farcical sideshow of a much bigger economic and political three-ring circus known as U.S.A. Inc. By Jack A. Smith | The Rag Blog | June 8, 2014 Climate change is … Continue reading
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What really happened in Ukraine?
Nothing quite like this move on the geopolitical chessboard has happened since the U.S. became the world’s single superpower over two decades ago. By Jack A. Smith | The Rag Blog | April 3, 2014 “The West must understand that, … Continue reading
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Tagged Crimea, Crimean Annexation, Crimean Conflict, European Union, geo, Jack A. Smith, Mainstream Media, NATO, neo-Nazis, Neocons, Public Opinion, Rag Bloggers, Russian History, U.S.-Russian Relations, Ukraine, Ukrainian Coup, Ukranian Fascism, Viktor Yanukovych, Vladimir Putin, World History
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Why the U.S. wants to stay in Afghanistan
The U.S. is supposed to withdraw troops by the end of the year, and the American people overwhelmingly want us to leave, but President Obama intends to retain a military presence. By Jack A. Smith | The Rag Blog | … Continue reading
