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METRO | TRUE CRIME | Beverly’s great escape
I had gotten most of myself outside the window and was hanging onto the only thing I could, the drainpipe that ran up the side of the building. By Beverly Baker Moore | The Rag Blog | July 2, 2015 … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin History, Bergstrom Air Force Base, Beverly Baker Moore, Humor, Memoir, Metro, Rag Bloggers
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METRO | The unforgettable voice of John Clay
John Clay, whose unique musical vision reflected a vicious honesty tempered only by his darkly innocent sense of humor, is dead at 74. By Dan and Christy Foster | The Rag Blog | January 14, 2015 AUSTIN — Austin lost its most … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin History, Austin Music, Counterculture, Dan and Christy Foster, Deaths, Folk Music, Folksingers, Janis Joplin, John Clay, Leo Sullivan, Lost Austin Band, Metro, Powell St. John, Rag Bloggers, Remembrance, Sixties, Songwriters, Texas Ghetto, UT-Austin, Waller Creek Boys
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On living in France
Within the narrow parameters of my own life, living in Paris was epic. I returned stunned, trying to determine what the experience had meant to us. By David P. Hamilton | The Rag Blog | January 22, 2014 “’Americans should … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, David P. Hamilton, France, French Culture, French Politics, French Society, Paris, Rag Bloggers, Travel
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Michael James : ‘El Triumph’ in Tamaulipas, Mexico, 1962
Check Point, Tamaulipas, Mexico, June 16, 1962. Photo by Michael James from his forthcoming book, Michael Gaylord James‘ Pictures from the Long Haul. Pictures from the Long Haul:El Triumph in Mexico,Check Point, Tamaulipas, 1962 I’m working hard to keep the … Continue reading
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Tagged Memoir, Mexico, Michael James, Motorcycle Trip, nostalgia, Pictures from the Long Haul, Sixties, Travel
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Danny Schechter : Special Ops Now Define Expanding Wars
Special Ops warrior. Image from Military Pictures.Special Ops now definethe Pentagon’s expanding wars These Special Ops units often operate outside the chain of command and, as they become institutionally stronger, tend to dominate military decision making. By Danny Schechter | … Continue reading
Greg Moses : It’s all Trick, no Treat, as Cops Bust Occupy Austin Protesters
Austin police confront demonstrators at City Hall, Oct. 29, 2011. Photo by Ann Harkness /Flickr.All trick no treat:Austin police take downfood table in midnight raid By Greg Moses / The Rag Blog / October 31, 2011 Police in Austin, Texas, … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin Police, Direct Action, Greg Moses, Occupy Austin, Occupy Wall Street, Social Protest
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Jonah Raskin : Pancake and Rye in ‘Marijuanaland’
Pancake and Rye in ‘Marijuanaland‘ By Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / September 5, 2011 Longtime Rag Blog contributor Jonah Raskin, author of Marijuanaland: Dispatches from an American War, will sign books at a Rag Blog Happy Hour, Friday, … Continue reading
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Tagged Agriculture, Books, California, Cannabis, Drug Laws, Jonah Raskin, Marijuanaland
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Felix Shafer : Mourning for Marilyn Buck, Part I
Mourning for activist, poet, and political prisoner Marilyn Buck, shown at three stages of her life.The blue afterwards:Mourning for Marilyn By Felix Shafer / The Rag Blog / January 13, 2011 First of three parts [On December 13, Marilyn Buck, … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Black Liberation Movement, Felix Shafer, Marilyn Buck, New Left, Political Activists, Political Prisoners, SDS, Sixties, The Rag
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The blue afterwards:Mourning for Marilyn By Felix Shafer / The Rag Blog / On December 13, Marilyn Buck, U.S. anti-imperialist political prisoner, acclaimed poet, former Austinite, and former original Ragstaffer, would have been 63 years of age. Scheduled for parole … Continue reading
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Danny Schechter : The Media Hit Job on Helen Thomas
Former White House correspondent Helen Thomas. Image from Mediate.com.Media hit job of 2010:The vitriolic treatment of White Housecorrespondent Helen Thomas She may be a critic of Israel but never a hater of Jews, a distinction the world recognizes, but that … Continue reading
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Tagged Anti-Semitism, Danny Schechter, Helen Thomas, Israel Lobby, Journalism, Middle East
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The blue afterwards:Mourning for Marilyn By Felix Shafer / The Rag Blog / On December 13, Marilyn Buck, U.S. anti-imperialist political prisoner, acclaimed poet, former Austinite, and former original Ragstaffer, would have been 63 years of age. Scheduled for parole … Continue reading
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