Tag Archives: Harry Targ

Harry Targ : History is Complicated

Posted on October 21, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Arlo Guthrie and Pete Seeger. Image from Last.fm.What progressives need to know:History is complicated Though it’s darkest before the dawnThese thoughts keep us moving on… By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / October 20, 2010 I became a radical … Continue reading →

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BOOKS / Harry Targ : Teach Your Children Well

Posted on October 8, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

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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Harry Targ : Obama and Latin America Just More of the Same

Posted on September 22, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Early promise: Barack Obama, shown addressing the Cuban American National Foundation on Cuba and Latin American policy at a Cuban Independence Day Celebration in Miami in 2008, loosened travel restriction for Cuban Americans. Photo from AP.Promise unfulfilled:A progressive responseto Obama’s … Continue reading →

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Harry Targ : Time for Progressives to ‘Get on the Bus’

Posted on September 16, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Organize: The handwriting’s on the wall.Social justice and the fall elections:Mobilizing the progressive movementBy Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / September 16, 2010 “Get on the Bus.” That was the conclusion 16 activists from Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky came … Continue reading →

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Harry Targ : From Labor Day to Election Day

Posted on September 9, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Obama’s Labor Day speech in Milwaukee: start of something new? Photo by Morry Gash / AP.The working class built this country:Now we must mobilize to transform it By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / September 9, 2010 From Labor … Continue reading →

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Harry Targ : The Evolving Techniques of Empire

Posted on August 31, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from ccsd.org.Techniques of empire:What is new and what is the same old stuff? By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / August 31, 2010 Empires past Nations, tribes, armed members of messianic religions from time to time have engaged … Continue reading →

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Harry Targ : Religion, Politics, and War

Posted on August 23, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Christians fight Muslims in illustration from medieval manuscript. Image from syllabus, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.Sanctioned by a wrathful God:Religion, politics, and war By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / September 22, 2010 Childhood remembrances When I was a kid … Continue reading →

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Harry Targ : Ethics Charges and the Natural Order of Things

Posted on August 9, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Congresswoman Maxine Waters. Photo from Getty Images.The natural order of things:Ethics and Congresswomen Waters and Harman By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / August 9, 2010 The stories about ethics violations by Congressman Charles Rangel (NY) have been making … Continue reading →

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Harry Targ : Higher Education Headed in Wrong Direction

Posted on August 2, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Editorial cartoon by Mark Weber / iHaveNet.21st Century higher education:An institution in crisis By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / August 1, 2010 The modern university At my home university, only Coca-Cola products can be distributed on campus as … Continue reading →

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Cold War Redux : Dissident, Criminal, Contractor, Spy

Posted on July 22, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from Today’s Financial Times.Cold war redux:What’s in a name… Dissident, political prisoner, contractor, spy, criminal? All depends: Which side are you on? By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / July 21, 2010 Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called … Continue reading →

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Harry Targ on Capitalism : How Profits Trump Safety

Posted on July 10, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from Skeptic Cat.Collateral Damage, Dept:Of capitalism, profits, and destruction By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / July 10, 2010 I have been thinking a whole lot about the virtual destruction of the Gulf of Mexico, the rich animal … Continue reading →

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Vision of a Better World : Let the Poets Speak

Posted on June 28, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Meridel Le Sueur. Photo from Working Women.Class, race, empire, and resistance:The vision of the poetBy Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / June 28, 2010 Oil Spills as the Gulf of Mexico is Destroyed Judge with BP Stock Rules Against … Continue reading →

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