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BOOKS / Ron Jacobs : Paul Atwood’s ‘War and Empire’
Paul Atwood’s War and Empire The book details the nation’s progression from a bunch of European colonizers to an international syndicate stealing resources and labor and replacing them with U.S. corporate products and empty culture. By Ron Jacobs | The … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, American Society, Books, Imperialism, Militarism, Pentagon, Ron Jacobs, U.S. Foreign Policy
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BOOKS / Ron Jacobs : ‘The People’s Pension’ and the War Against Social Security
‘The People’s Pension’:The war against social security The opponents of this program are not interested in saving money, a fairer distribution of benefits, or helping the elderly. They are serving an ideological agenda of social Darwinism. By Ron Jacobs | … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Conservative Politics, Privatization, Ron Jacobs, Ronald Reagan, Social Programs, Social Security
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FILM / Ron Jacobs : Scott Noble’s ‘The Power Principle’
Scott Noble’s ‘The Power Principle’(American Empire: The Feature Film) A remarkably detailed, clearheaded, and engrossing study of how the United States power elites created the mess we find ourselves in. By Ron Jacobs | The Rag Blog | June 13, … Continue reading
BOOKS / Ron Jacobs : The Limbo of Death Row
Image below (inset): ‘Dominoes. Death Row, Texas,” 1979. Photo by Bruce Jackson from In This Timeless Time. Image from Prison Photography.‘In This Timeless Time’:The limbo of Death Row The life and surroundings can be summed up in the words of … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Capital Punishment, Criminal Justice, Death Penalty, Death Row, Ron Jacobs
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BOOKS / Ron Jacobs : David Harvey’s ‘Rebel Cities’
Living for the city:David Harvey’s ‘Rebel Cities‘ This is a radical book. Its discussion ranges from the workings of the monopoly rent system and the nature of neoliberal capitalism to a call to take back the city. By Ron Jacobs … Continue reading
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Tagged Architecture, Books, Capitalism, Cities, David Harvey, Public Space, Radical Change, Rebel Cities, Ron Jacobs, Urban Culture, Urban Planning
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BOOKS / Ron Jacobs : Rules are Rules: ‘The Passion of Bradley Manning’
Rules are rules as any fool can see: ‘The Passion of Bradley Manning’ By Ron Jacobs | The Rag Blog | May 9, 2012 [The Passion of Bradley Manning: The Story of the Suspect Behind the Largest Security Breach in U.S. … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Bradley Manning, Chase Madar, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Ron Jacobs, U.S. Foreign Policy, Whistleblowers, WikiLeaks
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BOOKS / Ron Jacobs : ‘More Powerful Than Dynamite’
Occupy 1914?‘More Powerful Than Dynamite’ By Ron Jacobs | The Rag Blog | May 2, 2012 [More Powerful Than Dynamite: Radicals, Plutocrats, Progressives and New York’s Year of Anarchy by Thai Jones (2012: Walker and Company); Hardcover; 416 pp.; $28.] … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Anarchism, Books, New York City, Radical History, Ron Jacobs
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BOOKS / Ron Jacobs : Two on Working Class Rabble-Rousing
Two books on workers and rabble-rousing: Kick some ass with the working class By Ron Jacobs | The Rag Blog | April 25, 2012 [Autoworkers Under the Gun: A Shop-Floor View of the End of the American Dream, by Greg … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Conservative Politics, Labor Movement, Ron Jacobs, Social Action, Unions, Working Class
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BOOKS / Ron Jacobs : Vijay Prashad on the Arab Spring
Manipulating the Arab uprising:Rebellious spring, murderous winter By Ron Jacobs | The Rag Blog | April 18, 2012 [Arab Spring, Libyan Winter by Vijay Prashad (2012: AK Press); Paperback;168 pp.; $14.95.] The last 20 or so months have certainly been … Continue reading
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Tagged Arab Spring, Books, Middle East, Ron Jacobs, Vijay Prashad
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MUSIC / Ron Jacobs : A ‘New Kind of Lonely’
Bohemian hoedown:A New Kind of Lonely I See Hawks In LA create music that might best be described as a twenty-first century manifestation of that high lonesome sound first introduced to the world by Bill Monroe. By Ron Jacobs | … Continue reading
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Tagged Bluegrass, I See Hawks in LA, Music, Rock 'n Roll, Ron Jacobs
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BOOKS / Ron Jacobs : Papa Had a Brand New Bag
Papa had a brand new bag:James Brown was ‘The One’ By Ron Jacobs | The Rag Blog | April 3, 2012 [The One: The Life and Music of James Brown, by RJ Smith (2012: Gotham); Hardcover; 464 pp.; $27.50l.] When … Continue reading
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Tagged Black History, Books, James Brown, Music History, Popular Culture, Ron Jacobs, Soul Music
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BOOKS / Ron Jacobs : Sparks and Wildfires
Sparks and wildfires:Wisconsin and the global revolutions:By Ron Jacobs | The Rag Blog | March 15, 2012 It Started In Wisconsin: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the New Labor Protest, by Mari Jo Buhle and Paul Buhle (Verso: 2012); … Continue reading
