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To love we must fight: Serving the people mind, body, and soul, 1969-’76
Through Rising Up Angry, our message, influence, and notoriety ricocheted from kid to kid in neighborhoods across the city and beyond. By Michael James | The Rag Blog | April 23, 2014 [In this series, Michael James is sharing images … Continue reading
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‘Rising Up Angry’: Porch climbers, greasers, popcorn girl, and a family, 1968-’69
After my work in Uptown, I focused on bringing the movement, the revolution, to working class white kids, who had been overlooked by organizers. By Michael James | The Rag Blog | March 12, 2014 [In this series, Michael James … Continue reading
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Poor whites respond to Black rebellion, plus Buffalo Gap and the Klan, 1967-’68
The summers of 1967 and ’68 were hot — real hot — and we were in the ‘guts of the ogre.’ By Michael James | The Rag Blog | March 3, 2014 [In this series, Michael James is sharing images … Continue reading
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Tagged 1968 Democratic Convention, Black Power, Black Uprising, Civil Rights Movement, Community Organizing, Fannie Lou Hamer, JOIN Community Union, Memoir, Michael James, New Left, nostalgia, Peace Movement, Peggy Terry, Pictures from the Long Haul, Rag Bloggers, Rennie Davis, Rising Up Angry, SDS, Sixties, SNCC, Travel, Uptown Chicago, Vietnam War
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In and out of Uptown, the ‘Appaloosa Mother,’ and meeting Dr. King, 1967
Sonny gave me this advice: ‘Just make sure you’re not hanging out in these same bars 20 years from now.’ By Michael James | The Rag Blog | February 12, 2014 [In this series, Michael James is sharing images from … Continue reading
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Tagged Bernardine Dohrn, Chicago, Community Organizing, David Meggyesy, JOIN Community Union, Martin Luther King, Memoir, Michael James, New Left, nostalgia, Peace Movement, Peggy Terry, Pictures from the Long Haul, Rag Bloggers, SDS, Sixties, Travel, Uptown Chicago, Vietnam War
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Like a Bruegel Painting, 1966
The JOIN Community Union was our effort in Uptown, Chicago, to build solidarity and create an organized force for change, especially among poor people of Southern origin. By Michael James | The Rag Blog | January 6, 2014 [In this … Continue reading
Michael James : Back to Uptown, 1965-1966
Two men, Uptown Chicago, 1966. Photos by Michael James from his forthcoming book, Michael Gaylord James’ Pictures from the Long Haul. Pictures from the Long Haul: Back to Uptown: Bye-bye California, Chicago here I come, 1965-1966 I was glad to … Continue reading
Michael James : Going Off Campus, 1965
Sam and Theophilius at sunset in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Photos by Michael James from his forthcoming book, Michael Gaylord James’ Pictures from the Long Haul. Pictures from the Long Haul: Going off campus: Idaho, Wyoming, and Connecticut, 1965 I proceeded … Continue reading
Michael James : Pictures from the Long Haul
Menominee Boys at the Battle of Mole Lake Historic Marker Crandon, Wisconsin, 1978. Photo by Michael James from his forthcoming book, Michael Gaylord James’ Pictures from the Long Haul. Pictures from the Long Haul:Duane and the Menominee warriors Duane was … Continue reading
Jonah Raskin : In the Wake of Sandy
The Rag Blog’s Jonah Raskin in post-Sandy Far Rockaway, New York.In the wake of Sandy:An interview with Far Rockaway community organizer Ofelia Mangen ‘I think Sandy is a human disaster. We’re the disaster, not nature. We created it. If you … Continue reading
Roger Baker : Which Side Are You On, Austin?
Most Austin City Council members are elected from four affluent zip codes, in red above.Which side are you on?The people’s plan versus the politicians’ plan The struggle for populist control of the City of Austin government by means of 10 … Continue reading
Lamar W. Hankins : The American Values of Saul Alinsky
Community organizer Saul Alinksy. Image from Addicting Info.Saul Alinsky’s American values ‘The Radical… is that person to whom the common good is the greatest personal value. He is that person who genuinely and completely believes in mankind.’ — Saul Alinsky … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Chicago, Community Organizing, Lamar W. Hankins, Newt Gingrich, Radicals, Saul Alinsky
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BOOKS / Mariann G. Wizard : scott crow’s ‘Black Flags and Windmills’
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
