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Robert Jensen : Emotional Reactions to Collapse

Posted on June 26, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Anguish. Image from Fixing My Life.The anguish of the age: Emotional reactions to collapse By Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / June 26, 2010 We live amidst multiple crises — economic and political, cultural and ecological — that pose … Continue reading →

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Robert Jensen : The Vultures and the Hawks

Posted on June 22, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

And the empire was off and running: The first atomic bomb (“Little Boy”) on trailer cradle in pit. Photo from Wikimedia Commons.Think outside the bomb:No nukes? No empire. By Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / June 21, 2010 [A … Continue reading →

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Robert Jensen : Holding Ourselves Accountable

Posted on April 21, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Savage Chickens. Cartoons on Sticky Notes by Doug Savage.Diversity dead-end:Inclusiveness without accountability By Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / April 20, 2010 After a recent talk on racism and other illegitimate hierarchies at a diversity conference in Dallas, I … Continue reading →

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Robert Jensen : The Collapse of Journalism/The Journalism of Collapse

Posted on March 26, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from Knight Science Journalism Tracker.New Storytelling and a New Story:The Collapse of Journalism/The Journalism of Collapse By Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / March 26, 2010 [A version of this essay was delivered as the Lawrence Dana Pinkham … Continue reading →

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Robert Jensen : Abe Osheroff and the Struggle for a Better World

Posted on March 4, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Abe Osheroff. Image from Abrahan Lincoln Brigade Archives.‘Getting rid of hope and faith’:Abe Osheroff on the struggle for a better world By Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / March 4, 2010 After a recent talk about the struggle for … Continue reading →

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Robert Jensen : Mainstream Media and the Conventional Wisdom

Posted on February 10, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Ethan Bronner, Jerusalem bureau chief of The New York Times. His son joined the Israeli army.NY Times and Palestine imbroglio:No conflict of interest with conventional wisdom by Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / February 9, 2010 The New York … Continue reading →

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Robert Jensen : How the Media Has Failed Us on Haiti

Posted on January 25, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

CNN’s Anderson Cooper helps child hurt in rare incidence of violence in aftermath of Haitian earthquake. Great television/bad journalism:Media failures in Haiti coverage By Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / January 25, 2010 CNN’s star anchor Anderson Cooper narrates … Continue reading →

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Robert Jensen : How I Stopped Hating Thanksgiving

Posted on November 20, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

“The First Thanksgiving,” painting by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris (1863–1930) / Wikimedia Commons.How I stopped hating ThanksgivingAnd learned to be afraid This is a society in which even progressive people routinely allow national and family traditions to trump fundamental human … Continue reading →

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Robert Jensen : War, the Ecology, and the Quest for Justice

Posted on November 3, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Professor Robert Jensen.War, ecological crises, and the quest for justice:An interview with Robert Jensen If you feel overwhelmed, it’s because we face an overwhelming situation. By Calvin Sloan / The Rag Blog / November 3, 2009 [The following is an … Continue reading →

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Robert Jensen : Is Obama a Socialist?

Posted on September 25, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Obama the socialist. The right wing blogosphere overflows with such imagery.Is Obama a socialist? Reflection on the degradation of politics and the ecosystem By Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / September 25, 2009 [This is an expanded version of … Continue reading →

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Robert Jensen : Teaching Journalism with a Mission

Posted on September 15, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Can journalism schools be relevant in a world on the brink? By Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / September 15, 2009 Journalism schools have much in common with the mainstream news media they traditionally serve. As the business model … Continue reading →

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Robert Jensen on White Privilege : Teachable Moments Require Willing Learners

Posted on July 28, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Harvard Scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. is photographed by a neighbor as he is arrested at his home in Cambridge, July 16. Photo by B. Carter / Demotix Images / AP.Teachable moments require willing learners A system as perverse and … Continue reading →

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