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VERSE | The Wrens of Consciousness
The Wrens of Consciousness Fittingly and unfailingly in flits and a flash tiny and so brash flirting with bright dusk still time enough to busk a spring wren couple fly in and out and to wisp branch tips and alight … Continue reading
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OPINION | Biden our time?
A reply to David P. Hamilton about the 2020 election. By Jay D. Jurie | The Rag Blog | May 20, 2020 Trump wants to turn Washington upside down — that was his first message and his winning message. We … Continue reading
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BOOKS | ‘Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties’
A new book by two stellar ex-SDS members, Mike Davis and Jon Wiener. By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | May 20, 2020 SONOMA COUNTY, Cal. — To really get the most from this huge history about the City … Continue reading
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Tagged Jon Wiener, Jonah Raskin, Los Angeles, Mike Davis, Movement History, Rag Bloggers, Set the Night on Fire
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OPINION |We have a binary choice in November
A second Trump administration would be an existential crisis for democracy, the planet. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | May 19, 2020 I signed a letter with Rag Blog editor Thorne Dreyer and 75 other founders and early … Continue reading
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Tagged 2020 Elections, Alice Embree, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Rag Bloggers, SDS
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OPINION | Why I won’t vote for Joe Biden
Principally, there is the matter of Biden’s record, consistently in service to the rich. By David P. Hamilton | The Rag Blog | May 16, 2020 UPDATE: We have received substantial feedback about this opinion piece. We stand by our … Continue reading
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ECONOMICS | The economy of the pandemic
What was unbalanced before can’t be restored to the previous exponential growth state. By Roger Baker | The Rag Blog | May 17, 2020 The whole global system of finance capital is so loaded down with unrepayable fiat currency debt … Continue reading
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LITERATURE | Obit for the American Shelley: Michael McClure (1932-2020)
Beat poet, author of ‘The Beard,’ died in Oakland on May 4. By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | May 14, 2020 SONOMA COUNTY, Calif. — Along with a star-studded cast of Sixties personalities, among them Timothy Leary, Dick … Continue reading
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Tagged Beat Poets, Deaths, Jonah Raskin, Literature, Michael McClure, Obituaries, Rag Bloggers
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TELEVISION | Fascinated by the ‘Tiger King’
This bizarre human being has become the most famous gay man in the USA. By Allen Young | The Rag Blog | May 13, 2020 ROYALSTON, Mass.— Tiger King, an eight-episode documentary series, has caught the attention of millions of … Continue reading
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Tagged Allen Young, Documentary, Gay Men, Rag Bloggers, Television, Tiger King, True Crime, Wildlife Rescue
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POLITICAL CARTOON | Return to normal
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Tagged James Retherford, Political Cartoon, Situationiste Internationale
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BOOKS | Ken Carpenter’s ‘Borderlands Boy’
Ken’s whole adult life has been that of a man of unflinchingly high principle. By Jim Simons | The Rag Blog | May 11, 2018 AUSTIN — It is said that senior citizens, as we are called, see our lives … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin Activists, Books, Borderlands Boy, Greg Calvert, Jim Simons, Ken Carpenter, LGBT, Memoir, Rag Bloggers
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Dr. Dada’s outlook takes a dark turn
America doesn’t need more test kits, it needs four more years… By James Retherford | The Rag Blog | May 8, 2018 The pandemic lockdown has unlocked my alter-ego, Dr. Dada. Free to roam the murky corners of his imagination, … Continue reading
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Tagged Coronavirus, Donald Trump, Dr. Dada, James Retherford, Rag Bloggers
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