Tag Archives: American History

Mike Klonsky : Let’s Not Get All ‘Warm and Fuzzy’ About Teddy Roosevelt

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Theodore Roosevelt’s “New Diplomacy.” Political cartoon courtesy of Mike Klonsky’s SmallTalk Blog.Before we start feeling all warmand fuzzy about Teddy Roosevelt… By Mike Klonsky | The Rag Blog | December 13, 2011 Let’s remember that Teddy Roosevelt, eulogized in President … Continue reading →

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Paul Rosenberg : American Deceptionalism

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Photo by Gallo / Getty Images / Al Jazeera.American Deceptionalism Under the growing influence of the 1 per cent, American exceptionalism has become American deceptionalism. By Paul Rosenberg / Progressive America Rising / November 30, 2011 From the dawn of … Continue reading →

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Ted McLaughlin : Playing the Debt Blame Game

Posted on November 20, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Chart from brillig.com.With forgetful elephants…Playing the debt blame game By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / November 20, 2011 The Treasury Department admitted this week that the national debt of this country has, for the first time, topped $15 … Continue reading →

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Jonah Raskin : A Rag Blog Interview with Bernardine Dohrn

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Bernardine Dohrn. Photo by Thomas Good / Next Left Notes.Never the ‘good girl,’ not then, not now:A Rag Blog interview with Bernardine Dohrn By Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / October 20, 2011 Bernardine Dohrn will be Thorne Dreyer‘s … Continue reading →

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Bob Feldman : White Supremacist Republic of Texas, 1836-1845

Posted on September 21, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Seal of the Republic of Texas, 1839. Image from Wikimedia Commons.The hidden history of Texas Part 4: The independent Republic of Texas, 1836-1845 By Bob Feldman / The Rag Blog / September 21, 2011 [This is Part 4 of Bob … Continue reading →

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Bob Feldman : The Alamo and the Republic of Texas

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Battle of the Alamo. Art via Son of the South.The hidden history of Texas Part 3: The 1827-1836 years under Mexican rule/2 By Bob Feldman / The Rag Blog / September 7, 2011 [This is the second segment of Part … Continue reading →

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Richard Raznikov : From Berkeley to London, a Word From Our Sponsors

Posted on August 18, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

The Free Speech Movement at the University of California at Berkeley, 1964. Image from the New SDS Website. From 60’s Berkeley to the London ‘riots’: A word from our sponsors Whoever controls the media controls the story the public sees … Continue reading →

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Jay D. Jurie : Vietnam and the Historic Struggle Against ROTC

Posted on August 18, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Marchers in 1970 want ROTC removed from the campus of Ohio University. Image from Cape Girardeau History and Photos. ROTC resurgent Part I: ROTC and the anti-war movement They held regular drills on an open field approximately two blocks from … Continue reading →

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Lamar W. Hankins : What Happened to ‘Government for the People’?

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Do we still hold these truths to be self-evident? Image from Greenwich Workshop. Why Republicans (and many Democrats) don’t believe in government for the people By Lamar W. Hankins / The Rag Blog / August 16, 2011 “I promise you … Continue reading →

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Harry Targ : The Two-Headed Neoliberal Monster

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from Stupid Comics.An American dilemma, 2011:The two-headed neoliberal monster It became clear to the financiers that government regulations, social safety nets, and public institutions of all kinds had become impediments to the free flow of money capital. By Harry … Continue reading →

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BOOKS / Tony Bouza : Manning Marable’s ‘Malcolm X’

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Manning Marable’s Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention The Malcolm he depicts is unquestionably, accurately, and thoroughly the Malcolm I knew. By Tony Bouza / The Rag Blog / July 11, 2011 [Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention by Manning … Continue reading →

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Harry Targ : Lessons from the Underground Railroad

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Hariett Tubman leads group to freedom. Art from catsdogs.glogster.Follow the drinking gourd:Lessons from the Underground Railroad By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / July 5, 2011 When the sun comes back,and the first Quail calls,Follow the drinking gourd,For the … Continue reading →

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