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Refusing to Deploy : The Court Martial of Victor Agosto
Victor Agosto and Jackie at Under the Hood Cafe in Killeen, Texas. Jackie made the sign for Victor who is facing a court martial for refusing to deploy to Afghanistan. Photo by Alice Embree / The Rag Blog.GI resisters need … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Alice Embree, Anti-War GIs, Fort Hood, Peace Movement, Texas, U.S. Military
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‘For All Mankind’ : Remembering the Apollo Astronauts’ Epic Derring-Do
Al Reinert’s stunning ‘For All Mankind’ screens tonight as we observe the 40th Anniversary of man’s greatest adventure By Thorne Dreyer / The Rag Blog / July 20, 2009 See ‘Tumbling Models: Some of “The Right Stuff,”‘ by Thomas Cleaver, … Continue reading
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Tagged Al Reinert, American History, Documentary, Film, Filmmakers, For All Mankind, Independent Film, NASA, Thorne Dreyer
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Singin’ on Sunday: Austin’s Cold Sun
Cold Sun live in the Palmer Auditorium, circa 1971.Cold Sun: Austin’s Lost Psychedelic VisionariesBy Patrick Lundborg [To hear Cold Sun, click here.] The story of how Austin, Texas was transformed from a sleepy little college town into a world- renowned … Continue reading
NASA Scientist, Actress Hannah, Arrested in Coal Mining Protest
Actress Darryl Hannah is arrested by West Virginia State Police Tuesday, June 23, 2009 following a mountaintop removal mining protest in Naoma, W.Va. She was among several hundred protesters who held a rally outside Marsh Fork Elementary school that sits … Continue reading
How to Rig an Election : See Florida, Ohio and Iran
Good question! Demonstrator at June 17, 2009, Austin rally protesting the Iranian elections. Photo by James Retherford / The Rag Blog.OOPS! We rigged the Iran/Florida-Ohio vote count AGAIN!! The chief difference between Iran 2009 and Ohio 2004 — and Florida … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Election Fraud, Iranian Elections, Mousavi
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Tina Marsh : Requiem for a Jazz Angel
Photo by Michael Fuentes.Vissi d’arte:Requiem for Tina Marsh, golden-voiced jazz angel and fearless explorer of far-flung musical frontiers Tina Marsh lived for art, and on Tuesday, June 16, she died for art in her South Austin home surrounded by family … Continue reading
Neo-Nazis : You’re in the Army Now
Iraq veteran Forrest Fogarty sailed through recruitment despite his neo-Nazi tattoos. Photo by Matt Kennard / salon.com.Neo-Nazis are in the Army now Why the U.S. military is ignoring its own regulations and permitting white supremacists to join its ranks. By … Continue reading
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Tagged GI's, neo-Nazis, Racism, U.S. Military, Veterans, White Supremacists
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Englehardt: The Expanding Afghanistan-Pakistan Conflict
Bodies of some of 25-30 Afghan civilians killed in NATO air strike, October 16, 2008. Obama has escalated the Afghanistan war. Photo: Abdul Khaleq/Associated Press.Going for Broke: Six Ways the Af-Pak War Is ExpandingBy Tom Engelhardt / May 21, 2009 … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Middle East, Obama Administration, Pakistan, U.S. Foreign Policy, U.S. Military, War
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Philadelphia, Mississippi : Former Klan Stronghold Elects Black Mayor
James Young, left, newly elected mayor of Philadelphia, MS, celebrates with supporters. Photo by Jim Prince / AP The election of an African-American mayor in Philadelphia, Mississippi, site of infamous 1964 civil rights murders, indicates a page may have been … Continue reading
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Tagged Civil Rights, Civil Rights Movement, KKK, Mississippi, Racism, Sixties, the South
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Judy Gumbo Albert : Peoples’ Park and Our Sixties Legacy
Art from Peoples’ Park 35th anniversary celebration in Berkeley, April 25, 2009. Photo by Z / Bay Area Indymedia.Berkeley’s Peoples’ Park Remembered and Zayd Dohrn’s play, Magic Forest Farm I repeat this phrase, loudly and with more emphasis: ‘Our politics … Continue reading
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Tagged California, Counterculture, Judy Gumbo Albert, Sixties, The Movement, Weathermen, Yippies
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The 2009 Tea Parties: Fox News Is Responsible
If Fox News Had Been Around. Graphic: Source.Media verdict is in: Fox News driving force behind tea parties Summary: Like local media across the country, major national news outlets noted that Fox News was a driving force behind the April … Continue reading
Religious Right Concedes Defeat!
‘Armageddon for the Religious Right.’ Art by Matthew Bors / Orlando Weekly. America’s religious Right has conceded that the election of US President Barack Obama has sealed its defeat in the cultural war with permissiveness and secularism. By Alex Spillius … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Evangelical Christians, Obama Presidency, Religious Right
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