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ROBERT C. COTTRELL : PERSONAL REMEMBRANCE | Todd Gitlin, RIP
He was always fiercely independent and intelligent. By Robert C. Cottrell | The Rag Blog | March 24, 2022 Listen to Thorne Dreyer’s two classic Rag Radio interviews with Todd Gitlin from July 19, 2013, and August 16, 2013. Listen … Continue reading
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Tagged Deaths, New Left, New Left Critics, Obituary, Rag Bloggers, Robert C. Cottrell, SDS, Todd Gitlin
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REMEMBRANCE | Texas film and theater icon Gary Chason passes at 78
Events celebrating Gary’s life are planned for Austin and Houston. By Thorne Dreyer | The Rag Blog | June 11, 2021 Listen to Thorne Dreyer’s August 17, 2010 Rag Radio interview with Gary Chason, here. Gary Chason, an iconic figure … Continue reading
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Tagged Deaths, Gary Chason, Gary Chason Obituary, Obituary, Rag Bloggers, Texas Filmmakers, Thorne Dreyer
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LITERATURE | Obit for the American Shelley: Michael McClure (1932-2020)
Beat poet, author of ‘The Beard,’ died in Oakland on May 4. By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | May 14, 2020 SONOMA COUNTY, Calif. — Along with a star-studded cast of Sixties personalities, among them Timothy Leary, Dick … Continue reading
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Tagged Beat Poets, Deaths, Jonah Raskin, Literature, Michael McClure, Obituaries, Rag Bloggers
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Paul Krassner: Nun smooching in America
Krassner chronicled his satirical pranks in his self-published magazine, The Realist. By Michael Simmons | The Rag Blog | August 14, 2019 REMEMBERING PAUL KRASSNER Listen to Thorne Dreyer‘s August 9 Rag Radio interview with Michael Simmons, Jonah Raskin, and … Continue reading
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Tagged American Satirists, Deaths, Michael Simmons, Obituaries, Paul Krassner, Rag Bloggers, The Realist
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A ‘Yippie original’ remembers ‘Realist’ editor Paul Krassner
Paul became what he called an ‘underground abortion referral service.’ By Judy Gumbo Albert | The Rag Blog | August 5, 2019 REMEMBERING PAUL KRASSNER Also read “Paul Krassner, 1932-2019: American satirist” by Jonah Raskin on The Rag Blog. [Paul … Continue reading
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Tagged Abortion Rights, American Satirists, Deaths, Judy Gumbo Albert, Obituary, Paul Krassner, Rag Bloggers
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Remembering Dennis Fitzgerald: Underground journalist and veteran activist
Fitzgerald was a founder of The Rag in Austin and Houston’s Space City! By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | December 17, 2018 Dennis Fitgerald passed away on December 9, 2018, in British Columbia, Canada, where he had lived … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Embree, Deaths, Dennis Fitzgerald, Obituary, Rag Bloggers, Space City, The Rag, Thorne Dreyer, Underground Journalist, Underground Press
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Two global peace leaders pass
Uri Avnery and David McReynolds carried on the tradition of the great Eugene V. Debs. By Paul Buhle | The Rag Blog | August 25, 2018 Within just a few days, 94-year-old Uri Avnery and 88-year-old David McReynolds died. I … Continue reading
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Tagged David McReynolds, Deaths, Obituary, Paul Buhle, Peace Activists, Rag Bloggers, Socialism, Uri Avnery
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METRO | The fan-shaped destiny of R. Paul Pipkin (1946-2017)
Paul was my sounding board, devil’s advocate, ‘camerado,’ goad, fount of naughty ideas, and sympathetic ear. By Mariann Wizard | The Rag Blog | August 23, 2017 SAN IGNACIO, Cavo, Belize — There was a notorious news photo from a … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin Activists, Church of Satan, Communist Party, Deaths, Green Party, Mariann G. Wizard, Metro, Paul Pipkin, Rag Bloggers, Remembrance, SDS
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The life and times of leftist journalist
Jack A. Smith (1934-2017)
Including a personal memoir from the former Guardian editor, plus the Rag Radio interview. By Thorne Dreyer | The Rag Blog | July 20, 2017 Below, see “Jack A. Smith: My life and times at The Guardian,” originally published by … Continue reading
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Tagged American Left, Deaths, Hudson Valley Newsletter, Jack A. Smith, Leftist Journalists, Obituary, Rag Bloggers, Rag Radio, The Guardian, Thorne Dreyer
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METRO | Alice Kresensky Cunningham
(July 14, 1935 – June 23, 2017)
As part of a faith-based social justice ministry, Cris played a sustaining role for many movement activists and groups. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | July 10, 2017 AUSTIN — Cris Cunningham died on June 23, 2017, in … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Embree, Austin History, Cris Cunningham, Deaths, Metro, Sixties, Social Justice, Women's Liberation
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Fidel Castro, ¡presente!
For half a century Cuba stood as a beacon for other countries suffering from poverty and neocolonial domination. By Margaret Randall | The Rag Blog | November 29, 2016 Fidel Castro, longtime leader of the Cuban Revolution, died on November … Continue reading
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Tagged Cuban Revolution, Deaths, Fidel Castro, Margaret Randall, Neocolonialism, Obituary, Rag Bloggers
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