Tag Archives: American History

Chellis Glendinning : The Way We Were

Posted on May 26, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

On Memorial Day, May 30, 1969, 30,000 students and Berkeley citizens marched past barricaded People’s Park to protest events of recent days, including the death of James Rector, the blinding of Alan Blanchard, and the many injuries inflicted by police. … Continue reading →

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Lamar W. Hankins : The Latest Plan for Perpetual War

Posted on May 26, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

“Perpetual War Machine” by Peter Passuntino / Painting Matters.The Congress, the President, andthe latest plan for perpetual war By Lamar W. Hankins / The Rag Blog / May 25, 2011 What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, … Continue reading →

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David P. Hamilton : France’s Gift to America Was Our Independence

Posted on May 19, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Benjamin Franklin at the Court of France, 1778. Painting by Hobens / Library of Congress.Letters from France I:France’s greatest gift to Americawas our independence By David P. Hamilton / The Rag Blog / May 19, 2011 [This is the first … Continue reading →

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Lamar W. Hankins : San Marcos, Texas, and the Separation of Church and State

Posted on May 17, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Thomas Jefferson and the separation of church and state. Sculpture outside the Northshire Bookstore, Manchester, Vermont. Image from Artsology.Thomas Jefferson,the San Marcos City Council,and the municipal promotion of prayer It is a feeble and flaccid religion that needs the imprimatur … Continue reading →

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David McReynolds : The View From Over the Hill

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

The hill (and beyond). Image from Financial Samurai.Do not be dismayed:The view from over the hill Even in defeat we are victorious, for we have given our lives a meaning others should envy. In struggling for something greater than ourselves, … Continue reading →

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David Bacon : Bay Area Workers Still Fighting for Justice

Posted on April 26, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Workers from the Woodfin Suites Hotel protest the firing of immigrants in Emeryville, California. Photo by David Bacon.150 years after general strike: Bay Area workers still fighting for justice By David Bacon / The Rag Blog / April 26, 2011 … Continue reading →

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Jonah Raskin : Don Cox, the ‘Wistful’ Panther

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Former Black Panther Field Marshal Don Cox — shown with his son in exile in Algiers — died last month. Image from Black Bird Press.Donald Cox, 1936-2011:The beauty of the moon and the passion of the Black Panthers By Jonah … Continue reading →

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Tom Miller : Phil Ochs: Sensitive in a Parking Lot

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Phil Ochs in New York in 1965. Still image from Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune / First Run Features.Phil Ochs: Sensitive in a parking lot By Tom Miller / The Rag Blog / February 28, 2011 Show me a … Continue reading →

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John McMillian : Gimme Shelter: Altamont and the Underground Press

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Hell’s Angel takes the cue. The contrasting coverage of the disastrous Altamont rock festival by the Berkeley Tribe and the San Francisco Examiner tells us much about why the underground press became such a force. Image from morethings.com.When America was … Continue reading →

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Harry Tarq : Revisionist History and the ‘Great Presidency’ of Ronald Reagan

Posted on February 1, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Center stage: Ronald Reagan on the set at the General Electric Theater, 1954-62. Photo from Wikimedia Commons.Ronald Reagan and revisionist history The Reagan era brought us depression, war, and mass murder in the Global South. By Harry Targ / The … Continue reading →

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Lamar W. Hankins : The Bowdlerizing of Huckleberry Finn

Posted on January 20, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Huck and Jim. Image from Teachers.ash.org.The bowdlerizing of Huckleberry Finn By Lamar W. Hankins / The Rag Blog / January 19, 2011 A recent commentary by Leonard Pitts in the Miami Herald explained a significant problem with publication of a … Continue reading →

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Harry Targ : Words Still Matter

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Dwight D. Eisenhower. Photo by George Skadding / Time & Life Pictures / Getty Images.Words still matter:Speeches that speak to our times By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / January 3, 2011 This conjunction of an immense military establishment … Continue reading →

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