Tag Archives: Communism

Steve Russell :
Pete Seeger: ‘To Everything, There Is a Season’

Posted on February 11, 2014 by Thorne Dreyer

Asked by HUAC if he had sung for Communists, Pete replied: ‘I have sung in hobo jungles, and I have sung for the Rockefellers, and I am proud that I have never refused to sing for anybody.’ By Steve Russell … Continue reading →

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Alex Knight : Zombie-Marxism II: What Marx Got Right

Posted on November 16, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Writ in stone? Image from RalphMag.Zombie-Marxism II:What Marx got right Why Marxism has failed, andwhy Zombie-Marxism cannot die (Or, ‘My rocky relationship with Grampa Karl’) By Alex Knight / The Rag Blog / November 16, 2010 This is the second … Continue reading →

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Alex Knight : Zombie-Marxism I: My Rocky Relationship with Grampa Karl

Posted on November 5, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Image by Germ Ross / artnoise.net.Zombie-Marxism I: Why Marxism has failed, andwhy Zombie-Marxism cannot die…(Or, ‘My rocky relationship with Grampa Karl’) By Alex Knight / The Rag Blog / November 5, 2010 “The tradition of all dead generations weighs like … Continue reading →

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Korea : ‘Our Forgotten War’ (And our Annual Fantasy)

Posted on June 21, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

The Korean War “became a war against an entire nation.” Photo from the National Archives and Records Administration.Seeds of an imperial policy:‘Our Forgotten War’ in Korea By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / June 21, 2010 “If we stand … Continue reading →

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Vicky Starr of ‘Union Maids’ : Working Class Hero

Posted on January 13, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Stills from Union Maids. Images from escholarship.org. Vicky Starr (Stella Nowicki) is on right.Vicky Starr dies at 93:Socialist, labor organizer, feminist, film starBy Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / January 13, 2010 I read recently that Vicky Starr died … Continue reading →

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History as Politics : Remembering the Berlin Wall

Posted on November 9, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Man straddles Berlin Wall in 1989. Photo from photosfan.com.History as politics, Politics as history: Remembering the Berlin Wall By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / November 9, 2009 …you are Americans and are meant to carry liberty and justice … Continue reading →

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