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BOOKS / Ron Jacobs : Albert Camus and the Liberal Dilemma
Algerian Chronicles: Albert Camus and the liberal dilemma These writings do much toward describing the plight of the Algerian people, but suffer from an inability to acknowledge, much less examine, the root cause for their situation. By Ron Jacobs | … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Camus, Algeria, Algerian Chronicles, Books, Existentialism, French Colonialism, Literature, Ron Jacobs, Self-Determination
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BOOKS / Ron Jacobs : Wu Ming Does the Middle Ages
Masterful job by writers’ collective:Wu Ming does the Middle Ages The reader is propelled into a tale of spies for and against the Church; of bloody feuds between armies of the Church and peasant rebels; and of communities organized along … Continue reading
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Tagged Altai, Books, Fiction, Middle Ages, Q, Ron Jacobs, Wu Ming
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BOOKS / Ron Jacobs : ‘Conversations on U.S. State Terrorism’
‘Weapon of the Strong’ Interviews from ‘State of Nature‘ Throughout the text is an underlying question of language and its meaning. Why is one act considered terrorism while another act that is essentially the same not considered so? By Ron … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Interviews, Noam Chomsky, Ron Jacobs, State of Nature, State Terrorism, Terrorism, U.S. Imperialism, Weapon of the Strong
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BOOKS / Ron Jacobs : ‘Love Goes to Buildings on Fire’
Love Goes to Buildings on Fire: New York City, just like I pictured it From the steamy streets of the South Bronx and the future that would become hip-hop to the steamier bathhouses and clubs in lower Manhattan that became … Continue reading
BOOKS / Ron Jacobs : Vijay Prashad and the Lessons of the Global South
Vijay Prashad’s ‘possible history’: The lessons of the Global South Prashad paints a sweeping indictment of those who want to rule the earth with little or no regard for most of its inhabitants. By Ron Jacobs | The Rag Blog … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Capitalism, Global South, Neo-liberalism, Ron Jacobs, Vijay Prashad, World Economy
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BOOKS / Ron Jacobs : Justin Hart and William Blum on Exporting Democracy
Spreading the word:‘Democracy, we deliver’ In his inimitable style, Blum rips into the lie of U.S. propaganda and takes Hart’s academic discussion into the streets. By Ron Jacobs | The Rag Blog | March 26, 2013 Empire of Ideas: The … Continue reading
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Tagged American Empire, Books, Imperialism, Justin Hart, Propaganda, Ron Jacobs, U.S. Foreign Policy, William Blum
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Ron Jacobs : Raining Shock and Awe in Iraq
Image from Popular-Pics.com. Raining shock and awe:‘Mission accomplished’ in Iraq? There was nothing good about this war unless you owned stock in the arms industry. Thousands of U.S. men and women were sent to Iraq over and over again to … Continue reading
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Tagged Desert Storm, George W. Bush, Iraq Occupation, Iraq War, Ron Jacobs, U.S. Foreign Policy, U.S. Military
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Ron Jacobs : Bob Dylan’s Biography of American Racism
Bob Dylan visits Rubin “Hurricane” Carter in prison, 1975. Image from Tumblr. Bob Dylan’s biography of American racism “Sometimes I think this whole world / is one big prison yard / Some of us are prisoners / and some of … Continue reading
BOOKS / Ron Jacobs : ‘Cruel Harvest’ in Afghanistan
Drugs, war and occupation: ‘Cruel Harvest’ in Afghanistan Cruel Harvest does not claim that the U.S. is in Afghanistan because of the drug trade, either to end it or to profit from it. The text does explain that Washington has … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghan Drug Trade, Afghanistan, Books, Narco-Terrorism, Opium, Ron Jacobs, U.S. Foreign Policy
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BOOKS / Ron Jacobs : Iran and the Coup of Coups
Abrahamian’s ‘The Coup’: Shah of Shahs on the Peacock Throne As Abrahamian tells the reader, in the eyes of London and DC, there was no room for genuine negotiations in their dealings with the Mossadegh government. The struggle was about … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, CIA, Ervand Abrahamian, Iran, Mohammad Mossadegh, Ron Jacobs, The Coup, U.S. Foreign Policy, World History
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BOOKS / Ron Jacobs : The Panthers and ‘Black Against Empire’
Black Against Empire:The legacy of the Black Panther Party “We didn’t preach to the people, we worked with them.” — Former Black Panther Mumia Abu Jamal By Ron Jacobs | The Rag Blog | February 12, 2013 [Black against Empire: … Continue reading
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Tagged African-American History, American History, Black Panthers, Books, Mumia Abu-Jamal, Ron Jacobs
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BOOKS / Ron Jacobs : Dave Zirin, the Man Who Politicized the Sports Pages
A look at Dave Zirin’s latest:The man who politicized the sports pages No longer can owners, managers, and commissioners argue that sports and politics must and should be separated. The taboo has been trashed. The silence has been shattered. By … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Books, Dave Zirin, Hunter S. Thompson, Journalism, Ron Jacobs, Sports
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