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RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Bobby Bridger on the Lasting Impact of Native American Culture
Singer/songwriter and author Bobby Bridger at the KOOP studios in Austin, March 9, 2012. Photo by Ken McKenzie-Grant / The Rag Blog.Rag Radio:Bobby Bridger discusses the lasting impactof Native American culture on our society By Rag Radio / The Rag … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Bobby Bridger, Interview, Native Americans, Rag Radio, Singer-Songwriters, Thorne Dreyer
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BOOKS / Rick Ayers : Gilbert’s Memoir Helps Us Understand Our History
Love and Struggle:David Gilbert’s memoir helps usunderstand our history and the world today By Rick Ayers / The Rag Blog / March 7, 2012 [Love and Struggle: My Life with SDS, the Weather Underground and Beyond, by David Gilbert. (Oakland, … Continue reading
Harry Targ : Hoosier Teach-In and the Question of Historical Narratives
Members of Occupy Purdue demonstrate on Dec. 11, 2011. Photo by Steven Yang / The Exponent.Hoosier teach-in:Narratives of labor and elections posebig questions for Occupy movement By Harry Targ | The Rag Blog | February 22, 2012 WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Harry Targ, Indiana, Labor History, Occupy Movement, Occupy Wall Street, Progressive Movement
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Lamar W. Hankins : Jessica Ahlquist and the Modern Day Puritans
Sixteen-year-old Jessica Ahlquist sued Cranston High School in Cranston, Rhode Island, for displaying an eight-foot tall prayer banner in the school gym. Photo by Gretchen Ertl / NYT / Facebook.‘City upon a hill’:Our modern-day Puritans andthe saga of Jessica Ahlquist … Continue reading
Harry Targ : ‘Plausible Deniability’ Since the Eisenhower Years
President Eisenhower (shown here as Supreme Allied Commander, Dec., 28, 1944) projected competing images of Imperial America. Photo from AP.On plausible deniability:U.S. foreign policy since the Eisenhower years By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / February 15, 2012 I … Continue reading
Lamar W. Hankins : The American Values of Saul Alinsky
Community organizer Saul Alinksy. Image from Addicting Info.Saul Alinsky’s American values ‘The Radical… is that person to whom the common good is the greatest personal value. He is that person who genuinely and completely believes in mankind.’ — Saul Alinsky … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Chicago, Community Organizing, Lamar W. Hankins, Newt Gingrich, Radicals, Saul Alinsky
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Thorne Webb Dreyer : Peace and Justice Activist Tom Hayden on Rag Radio
As Port Huron turns 50:Peace and justice activistTom Hayden on Rag Radio By Thorne Webb Dreyer | The Rag Blog | January 26, 2012 Peace and justice activist Tom Hayden, a driving force in SDS and the Sixties New Left, … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Interview, New Left, Peace Movement, Port Huron Statement, Progressives, Rag Radio, SDS, Sixties, Thorne Dreyer, Tom Hayden
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Tony Platt : Remembering Alex Haley and Mario Savio
Alex Haley. Image from Gather.A Better Day:Remembering Alex Haley and Mario Savio By Tony Platt / The Rag Blog / January 12, 2012 Let me drink from the waterswhere the mountain streams floodLet the smell of wildflowersflow free through my … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Haley, American History, Free Speech Movement, Malcolm X, Mario Savio, New Left, Sixties, Tony Platt
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Harry Targ : Korea and the U.S. Policy of Perpetual War
“War Street,” by Sue Coe / Revista Amauta.Let’s be frank:The United States has beenin perpetual war With the onset of the Korean War, the politics of fear converged with the politics of empire. By Harry Targ | The Rag Blog … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Harry Targ, Imperialism, Kim Jong Il, Korean War, North Korea, U.S. Foreign Policy
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Lamar W. Hankins : A Humanist Looks at Christmas
Orator and humanist Robert G. Ingersoll. Image from the Council for Secular Humanism.Robert Green Ingersoll:A humanist looks at Christmas By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | December 22, 2011 Robert Green Ingersoll is one of the least known … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Christmas, Humanism, Lamar W. Hankins, Philosophy
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Harry Targ : The State of Indiana Vs. Universal Human Rights
Eleanor Roosevelt viewed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as her greatest achievement. Image from Creative Commons.The State of Indiana vs. theUniversal Declaration of Human RightsBy Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / December 16, 2011 WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana — … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Eleanor Roosevelt, Harry Targ, Human Rights, Indiana, Labor Unions, Right to Work
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BOOKS / Jonah Raskin : Sean Stewart’s Spirited History of the Underground Press
Sean Stewart’s On the Ground is a livelyanecdotal history of the underground press Amply illustrated with art, cartoons, drawings, and covers from the colorful, eye-catching papers of the Sixties, it comes closer to the spirit of the in-your-face underground papers. … Continue reading
