Thorne Webb Dreyer, Editor
RECENT POSTS
Tag Archives: Alice Embree
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
Posted in Rag Bloggers
Tagged Afghanistan, Alice Embree, Anti-War GIs, Fort Hood, Peace Movement, Texas, U.S. Military
4 Comments
Victor Agosto : The Price of Conscience
GI Victor Agosto, being interviewed by Beth Freed of the Dallas Peace Times, after announcing that he was refusing deployment to Afghanistan. Photo from Under the Hood Cafe.GI Victor Agosto That is the price of conscience. When he said: ‘There … Continue reading
Posted in Rag Bloggers
Tagged Afghanistan, Alice Embree, Anti-War GIs, Peace Movement, War Resisters
12 Comments
Goran Bregović : The Weddings and Funerals Orchestra
Goran Bregović fans waved Serbian flags, clapped, and danced. Photo by Alice Embree / The Rag Blog. Bregović was dressed the part of rock star in a white satin suit, playing various instruments and directing the performance as it ranged … Continue reading
Cindy Sheehan : The ‘Myths of the Robber Class’
Rag Bloggers meet with Cindy Sheehan, June 11, 2009. From left, Former Camp Casey organizer Patrice Schexnayder, The Rag Blog’s Jim Retherford and Alice Embree, Cindy Sheehan, Rag Blog co-editor Thorne Dreyer and correspondent David MacBryde, and Chris Hargreaves of … Continue reading
Posted in Rag Bloggers
Tagged Alice Embree, Austin, Authors, Books, Cindy Sheehan, Dallas, Peace Movement, Social Activism
Leave a comment
Anti-War Memorial Day at Texas’ Fort Hood
Memorial Day at Under the Hood. GI’s gather at coffee house before marching for peace. Photo by Alice Embree / The Rag Blog. War may seem to be a million miles away to much of the population, but it is … Continue reading
Posted in Rag Bloggers
Tagged Alice Embree, Anti-War GIs, Central Texas, Ft. Hood, Peace Movement
Leave a comment
Alice Embree on El Salvador : Reflections on a People’s Victory, Part 3: Face of Victory
‘Venceremos!’ he shouted, and asked that we put his picture on the internet. Photo by Alice Embree / The Rag Blog.The face of victory It was in the small, dusty town of Rosario de Mora that I witnessed the historic … Continue reading
Posted in Rag Bloggers
Tagged Alice Embree, El Salvador, Latin America, Revolutionary Movements, The Left
1 Comment
Alice Embree on El Salvador : Reflections on a People’s Victory, Part 2: Organizing
SETA organizer from El Salvador talks with SEIU organizer from the U.S. SETA is the Salvadoran water workers union leading the fight against privatization. Photo by Alice Embree / The Rag Blog. Our delegation heard from CONPHAS representatives, students, human … Continue reading
Posted in Rag Bloggers
Tagged Alice Embree, El Salvador, Latin America, Revolutionary Movements, The Left
2 Comments
Alice Embree on El Salvador : Reflections on a People’s Victory, Part 1
Supporters show their colors during campaign rally before elections in El Salvador. Photo by Alice Embree / The Rag Blog. The left victory of Mauricio Funes in El Salvador is part of a wave of change transforming Latin America in … Continue reading
GI Victor Agosto : ‘There is No Way I Will Deploy to Afghanistan’
Victor Agosto with fan club at opening of Under the Hood Cafe in Kileen, Texas, on March 1, 2009. Photo by Carlos Lowry / The Rag Blog.To Victor Agosto, Ft. Hood, Texas: ‘You will deploy in support of OEF on … Continue reading
Posted in Rag Bloggers
Tagged Afghanistan, Alice Embree, Anti-War GIs, Ft. Hood, Peace Movement, U.S. Military
45 Comments
Alice Embree : Easter Weekend at the Ranch
Alice Embree, with Jeff Shero (left) and Duncan Echelson, shown at LBJ Ranch during a peace vigil on Easter in 1965. This UPI telephoto was reproduced in Prairie Radical, a memoir by former Austin activist Robert Pardun.An Activist History of … Continue reading
Posted in Rag Bloggers
Tagged Alice Embree, Austin, Iraq War, Peace Movement, SDS, Social Action, Student Movement, Texas, Vietnam
1 Comment
Author of ‘Writing Down the Bones’ Visits Austin
Natalie Goldberg and Bookwoman’s Susan Post. Photo: Alice Embree.Natalie Goldberg Visits AustinBy Alice Embree / The Rag Blog / April 5, 2009 Natalie Goldberg was in Austin on April Fools’ Day promoting her book, Old Friend from Far Away, The … Continue reading
