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The Righteous Mob : Like Talking to Children
Photo from registeredmedia.com.KKK to Tea Parties:Communicating with the ignorant and angry By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog / September 15, 2009 If angry outbursts and placard waving protesters against health care reform seem heated today, the idea of planned … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Birth Control, Health Care Reform, KKK, Right Wing Extremists, Tea Baggers
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Life During Wartime : We Need More Troops!
Political cartoon by Joshua Brown / Historians Against the War / The Rag BlogThanks to Dr. S.R. Keister /The Rag Blog
Paul Robeson : Sixty Years After Peekskill
Paul Robeson. Photo from Rutgers Special Collections and University Archives.Remembering Paul Robeson:Sixty years after the Peekskill Riots By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / September 4, 2009 On September 4, 1949, an angry crowd surrounded the 20,000 friends of … Continue reading
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Tagged African-American, American History, Entertainers, Pete Seeger, Progressives, Red-Baiting, The Left
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Tom Hayden : On the Death of Ted Kennedy
Ted Kennedy, right, with Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams, worked for an Irish peace. Were he alive today, the Democratic Party would be less likely to drift away from its progressive legacy in the name of victory at any price. … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Democratic Party, Edward Kennedy, Progressive Democrats, Tom Hayden
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The Lion Passes: A Different Look at Chappaquiddick
Teddy Kennedy and Chappaquiddick:The official story doesn’t wash After the airplane crash and the shooting of JFK and RFK, killing Ted Kennedy would not do. Gullible as the public is, too many would think a plot was afoot. Kennedy had … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Chappaquiddick, Conspiracy, Deaths, Edward Kennedy, Indigenous People, U.S. Senate
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The Wingnuts : Paranoia and Rage Serve the GOP Well
Paranoia, rage and right wing populism From the time of Plato, thinkers have noted that building fear and anger directed at the ‘Other’ is a potent political tool. By Sherman DeBrosse / The Rag Blog / August 25, 2009 Lately, … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Populism, Republican Party, Right Wing Extremists
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The American Doctor : From ‘Practitioner’ to ‘Provider’
Doctor’s Office by Lee Dubin.Graphic from ‘South Park’ / Comedy Central. The practice of medicine has ceased to be a profession, it has become a business with the doctor being a ‘provider’ for the insurance company. By Dr. Stephen R. … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Medicine
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Politics of Fear : A Historical Perspective
Harry Truman delivers his “Truman Doctrine” speech to Congress on March 12, 1947. Photo from Truman Presidential Museum and Library.The politics of fear:A basic tool of reaction By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / August 23, 2009 “Scare hell … Continue reading
Fascist America : Are We There Yet?
Fascism in five easy steps …mature democracies turn fascist by a recognizable process, a set of five stages that may be the most important family resemblance that links all the whole motley collection of 20th Century fascisms together. By Sara … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, American Society, Fascism, KKK, Religious Right, Republican Party, Right Wing, Right Wing Extremists, Tea Baggers
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