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William Michael Hanks : BEYOND COINTELPRO
J. Edgar Hoover served as founding director of the FBI from 1924 until his death in 1972. Hoover may be best remembered today for civil liberties abuses such as the COINTELPRO program. Photo from Library of Congress.Brief Reflections: Intelligence and … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, COINTELPRO, Criminal Justice, FBI, Internet, J. Edgar Hoover, Media, Military, Privacy, SDS, Surveillance, Technology
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Gary Chason on His Life in Independent Film
Still from Gary Chason’s God Thinks You’re a Loser.The Independent Film Movement:Letter From the Front LinesBy Gary Chason / The Rag Blog / June 11, 2008 [Gary Chason is an Austin-based filmmaker, screenwriter, actor, casting director, playwright, stage director and … Continue reading
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Tagged Arts, Austin, Film, Filmmakers, Independent Film, Technology, Texas, Writers
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"Ain’t Gonna Study War No More…"
Vets for Peace hold “Sangha” for Ft. Hood GI’sBy Doug Zachary / The Rag Blog / June 9, 2008 [Doug Zachary is a regular contributor to The Rag Blog. A veteran, he is president of the Austin chapter of Veterans … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, GI's, Iraq, Music, Peace Movement, Rock 'n Roll, Social Action, Veterans, Vietnam
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Booksigning at Threadgill’s – Sunday, 8 June
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Mesmo’s Desert Digest : Seed and Ceremony
Petroglyphs from Willow Springs in northern Arizona. These engravings, made by Hopi Indians during ritual pilgrimages, depict the individual clan symbols of the pilgrims. Not all North American rock art is shamanistic in origin. This is especially true of rock … Continue reading
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Tagged Agriculture, Austin, Environment, Native Americans, Peace Movement, Sixties, Spirituality, Sustainability
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Austin Civil Rights Pioneer Dies at 89
E. Ernest Goldstein rose from Capitol Hill lawyer to special assistant in the Johnson White House after teaching at the University of Texas at Austin. 1967 Photo By By Wally Mcnamee, The Washington Post.Ernest Goldstein Pushed for Integration At University … Continue reading
Mesmo’s Desert Digest : From Austin to Crazy Horse
Mesmo’s desert homeboy. [This is the first installment of a regular feature coming from The Rag Blog’s new desert correspondent, Gerry, aka Mesmo. First: Getting to know you.] Hello all, I am Gerry, aka Mesmo, a septuagenarian desert rat from … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Music, Native Americans, Nature, Peace Movement, SDS, Spirituality, Sustainability
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To Play the VGC Opening for Velvet Underground
This just discovered today, a new Austin e-mag called the Blunderbuss. Randy Kirchhoff is part of the effort, and a fine one it looks to be. Our congratulations to all involved. Richard Jehn / The Rag Blog Vulcan Gas Company … Continue reading
D. Zachary Cares About Vets, Other Victims of War
For GI’s, best cure is preventionBy Doug Zachary / The Rag Blog [Rag Blogger Doug Zachary of Veterans for Peace originally posted the followinig as a comment to Vets Getting Shaft from Veterans Affairs by Maya Schenwar and Matt Renner, … Continue reading
Austin’s Legendary Oat Willie’s, In Art
Oat Willie’s, Austin’s venerable sixties headshop, a living monument to counterculture history in one of the true birthplaces of the sixties counterculture, recently observed its fortieth birthday with a gala celebration at Austin’s Moose Lodge. Hosted by founder and proprietor … Continue reading
The Peace Movement’s Many Faces
Photo by Alice Embree / The Rag Blog The third Friday of every month has been designated Iraq Moratorium day, and this past Friday, May 16, 2008, was the ninth Iraq Moratorium. Every week thousands of demonstrators throughout the country … Continue reading
M. Wizard : David Lee Powell and the Question of "Closure"
The Austin American-Statesman carried the following AP news dispatch this past Sunday, May 18, 2008. A man sent to death row three times for killing an Austin police officer with an automatic assault weapon almost 30 years ago has won … Continue reading
