Tag Archives: Books

BOOKS / Mumia Abu-Jamal : Days of Rage and Revolution

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Author and former member of the Weather Underground, David Gilbert, is a prisoner at the Auburn Correctional Facility, Auburn, N.Y. Photo from Indybay.com.David Gilbert’s Love and Struggle:Days of rage, rebellion, and revolution By Mumia Abu-Jamal | The Rag Blog | … Continue reading →

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Rag Radio : Political Economist Gar Alperovitz on ‘America Beyond Capitalism’

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Gar Alperovitz. Image from Vimeo.America Beyond Capitalism:Rag Radio interviews Gar Alperovitz By Thorne Webb Dreyer | The Rag Blog | February 8, 2012 Political economist and historian Gar Alperovitz, author of America Beyond Capitalism: Reclaiming Our Wealth, Our Liberty, and … Continue reading →

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BOOKS / Robert Jensen : Brueggemann’s ‘The Practice of Prophetic Imagination’

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Prophetic politics:Charting a healthy role for religion in public life By Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / February 7, 2012 [The Practice of Prophetic Imagination: Preaching an Emancipatory Word, by Walter Brueggemann (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2012); Hardcover, 192 pp., … Continue reading →

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BOOKS / Roger Baker : Gar Alperovitz’s ‘America Beyond Capitalism’

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Seeking democratic alternatives:Gar Alperovitz’s America Beyond Capitalism By Roger Baker / The Rag Blog / February 2, 2012 Historian and political economist Gar Alperovitz, author of America Beyond Capitalism, will be Thorne Dreyer‘s guest on Rag Radio, Friday, Feb. 3, … Continue reading →

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BOOKS / Thom Hartmann : Jeff Clements’ ‘Corporations Are Not People’

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

And money is not speech:‘Corporations Are Not People’ By Thom Hartmann/ Truthout / February 1, 2012 [Corporations Are Not People by Jeffrey D. Clements (Berrett-Koehler, 2012); Paperback, 224 pp., $17.95.] Most Americans don’t realize that the idea that “corporations are … Continue reading →

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BOOKS / Bob Simmons : Two on the American Radio Revolution

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Dead Air and Early ’70s Radio:The formatting revolutionin American radioBy Bob Simmons | The Rag Blog | January 26, 2012 Kim Simpson, author of Early ’70s Radio, and Jan Reid, editor of Bill Young’s Dead Air, will be Thorne Dreyer‘s … Continue reading →

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BOOKS / Jerry Harris : Carl Davidson’s ‘Lost Writings of SDS’

Posted on December 19, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Collection of ‘lost’ SDS writings revealsdepth of Sixties radical thinking By Jerry Harris / The Rag Blog / December 19, 2011 [Revolutionary Youth and the New Working Class: Lost Writings of SDS, edited by Carl Davidson; (Pittsburgh PA: Changemaker Publications, … Continue reading →

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BOOKS / Jonah Raskin : Sean Stewart’s Spirited History of the Underground Press

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

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 →

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BOOKS / Mariann G. Wizard : scott crow’s ‘Black Flags and Windmills’

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Black Flags and Windmills:Hope, Anarchy, and the Common Ground Collective scott crow’s book tells of the abandonment of a great American city by the powerful, the refusal of its poorest and most vulnerable citizens to lay down and die, and … Continue reading →

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Jonah Raskin : Pancake and Rye in ‘Marijuanaland’

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Pancake and Rye in ‘Marijuanaland‘ By Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / September 5, 2011 Longtime Rag Blog contributor Jonah Raskin, author of Marijuanaland: Dispatches from an American War, will sign books at a Rag Blog Happy Hour, Friday, … Continue reading →

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Robert Jensen : Will Potter and ‘Green is the New Red’

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from TreeHugger.Green is the New Red:An interview with Will Potter By Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / July 27, 2011 For centuries, the arbitrary use of power by the state against dissidents has been a key threat to … Continue reading →

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BOOKS / Thomas McKelvey Cleaver : Goodbye to the Joys of Browsing

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Browsing: A dying art? Image from Herald Sun.The dying art of browsing?Saying goodbye to Borders By Thomas McKelvey Cleaver / The Rag Blog / July 26, 2011 SAN FERNANDO VALLEY, California — It was too bad to find out that … Continue reading →

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