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BOOKS / Robert Jensen: The Commons as Kinder-and-Gentler Capitalism
All That We Share isn’t enough:The Commons as kinder-and-gentler capitalism? By Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / December 20, 2010 [All That We Share: A Field Guide to the Commons/How to Save the Economy, the Environment, the Internet, Democracy, … Continue reading
BOOKS / Harry Targ : David Harvey’s ‘The Enigma of Capital’
What now?Economic and political crisis in 2010 By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / December 6, 2010 So where shall we start our revolutionary anti-capitalist movement? Mental conceptions? The relation to nature? Daily life and reproductive practices? Social relations? … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Capitalism, David Harvey, Harry Targ, Political Philosophy, Progressive Movement, Social Action, Socialism
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BOOKS / Danny Schechter : Villains Galore! A Bankster Dozen
Bankster graphic from ANU News.Villains galore!Good holiday reads aboutthe great economic crisis By Danny Schechter / The Rag Blog / December 4, 2010 Back in 2007, just as the markets began their meltdown, I started writing a book I called … Continue reading
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Tagged Bank Bailouts, Banking, Books, Capitalism, Corporate Corruption, Danny Schechter, Economic Crisis, Finance, Wall Street
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Jonah Raskin : Historian Eric Foner: A Contemporary View of America’s Past
Historian Eric Foner. Photo from Wikimedia Commons.A Rag Blog interview:Lincoln biographer Eric Fonertells history from the bottom upBy Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / November 29, 2010 The award-winning American historian, Eric Foner, has often written about the Republican … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Books, Civil War, Eric Foner, Historians, Interview, Jonah Raskin
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Harvey Wasserman : Afghanistan and Orwell’s Perpetual War
Image from Opinione.Keeps the wheels of industry turning:Afghanistan is about perpetual war By Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / November 28, 2010 The war in Afghanistan is about perpetual war, not Afghanistan. It’s about preventing democracy in the United … Continue reading
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Tagged 1984, Afghanistan, Books, Endless War, George Orwell, Harvey Wasserman, Peace Movement
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BOOKS / Gary Chason : Glenn Jones’ Novel is Paranoiac Psychedelic Memoir
A dark psychedelic flashback:‘Why Are We in Texas?’ By Gary Chason / The Rag Blog / November 15, 2010 [Why Are We in Texas? A novella by Glenn Jones (Lulu.com, 2010); Softcover; 93 pp.; $14. Also available as an electronic … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Books, Counterculture, Gary Chason, Psychedelia, Sixties, The Rag, Underground Press, University of Texas
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BOOKS / Rabbi Arthur Waskow : Marge Piercy: Science Fiction as Prophetic Vision
Marge Piercy’s ‘He, She and It’:Science fiction as prophetic vision By Rabbi Arthur Waskow / The Rag Blog / November 7, 2010 [He, She and It by Marge Piercy (Knopf, 1991); Hardcover; 446 pp.] Marge Piercy’s novel He, She and … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Future, Judaism, Kabbalah, Marge Piercy, Rabbi Arthur Waskow, Science Fiction
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BOOKS / Jonah Raskin : Schneir’s ‘Final Verdict’ on Rosenbergs Offers No Such Thing
Walter Schneir’s ‘Final Verdict’:New book on Rosenbergs fails to deliverBy Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / November 6, 2010 [Final Verdict: What Really Happened in the Rosenberg Case by Walter Schneir; Preface and Afterword by Miriam Schneir (Melville House, … Continue reading
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Tagged Atomic Bomb, Books, Communist Party, Espionage, Jonah Raskin, Rosenberg Case, Soviet Union
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Tom Miller: Travel Writing, Expatriates, and Vengeful Saguaros
Travel writer. Graphic from Ephemerist.Travel writing, expatriates, and vengeful saguaros Be skeptical of writers who talk of snow-capped peaks, bustling marketplaces where the beadwork is always intricate, and shy but friendly natives. By Tom Miller / The Rag Blog / … Continue reading
BOOKS / Doug Ireland : Iconic Artist Grant Wood Was Man of Many Closets
A man of many closets:New biography of Grant Woodopens all the doors By Doug Ireland / The Rag Blog / October 27, 2010 [Grant Wood: A Life by R. Tripp Evans (Knopf, 2010); Hardcover, 401 pp, $37.50.] Grant Wood’s “American … Continue reading
BOOKS / Jonah Raskin : The Psychedelic Revolutionaries
The psychedelic revolutionaries…‘White Hand Society:The Psychedelic Partnership of Timothy Leary & Allen Ginsberg’ By Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / October 12, 2010 [White Hand Society: The Psychedelic Partnership of Timothy Leary & Allen Ginsberg, by Peter Conners (City … Continue reading
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Tagged Allen Ginsberg, Books, Drugs, Jonah Raskin, LSD, Poets, Psychedelics, Timothy Leary, Weather Underground
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BOOKS / Harry Targ : Teach Your Children Well
Raising kids to be radical:‘Annie Shapiro and the Clothing Workers’ Strike’ By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / October 8, 2010 Teach, your children wellTheir father’s hellDid slowly go byAnd feed them on your dreamsThe one they pickedThe one … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Books, Children's Books, Education, Harry Targ, Labor History, McCarthyism, New Left, Radicals
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