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Harry Targ : From the Bay of Pigs to the Missile Crisis / 3
Front page of New York Daily News, October 23, 1962. From the Mitchell Archives.The Cuba story, Part 3:The Bay of Pigs to the missile crisis The Cuban missile crisis suggests that the United States would go to any extreme, even … Continue reading
Harry Targ : From the Bay of Pigs to the Missile Crisis / 2
John F. Kennedy and Rómulo Betancourt at Alliance for Progress meeting in La Morita, Venezuela, Dec. 16, 1961. Image from Wikimedia Commons. The Cuba story, Part 2:The Bay of Pigs to the missile crisis The Castros of this world, the … Continue reading
Harry Targ : From the Bay of Pigs to the Missile Crisis / 1
Fidel and comrades during Bay of Pigs invasion, 1961. Photo by Raul Corrales / AP.The Cuba story, Part 1:The Bay of Pigs to the missile crisis As U.S.-Cuban economic and diplomatic tensions were escalating, President Eisenhower made a decision that … Continue reading
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Tagged Bay of Pigs, Cuban Revolution, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Harry Targ, JFK, Latin America, U.S. Foreign Policy
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Harry Targ : It’s Time to Organize Workers
Label of the American Federation of Labor (AFL), circa 1900. Image from Wikimedia Commons.Lessons from history: It is time to organize all workers By Harry Targ | The Rag Blog | September 18, 2012 “Ten thousand times the labor movement … Continue reading
Harry Targ : The Decline of American Public Purpose
Art from poster for the 7th Annual Conference in Citizenship Studies at Wayne State University.The decline of American public purpose We must unite to save our citizenship, our public space, and our human community. By Harry Targ /The Rag Blog … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Citizenship, Commons, Harry Targ, Public Space, Socialism
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BOOKS / Harry Targ : Van Jones on Rebuilding the Dream
As election nears:Van Jones on rebuilding the dream Activists know that building mass movements entails a variety of cognitive and action steps. Sometimes it is useful for a skilled activist like Van Jones to provide us with a framework for … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Electoral politics, Harry Targ, Political Organizing, Progressive Movement, Social Action, Van Jones
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Harry Targ : The Campaign Against Social Security
Rep. Paul Ryan talks to media April 1, 2008, about his budget plan. Ryan wants to privatize Social Security. Photo by AP.The media relaunches the campaign against social security The addition of Congressman Paul Ryan to the Romney ticket is … Continue reading
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Tagged Harry Targ, Mainstream Media, Paul Ryan, Right Wing Politics, Social Security
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Harry Targ : Syrian Policy Looks Familiar to Cubans
Members of UN General Assembly vote on Saudi Arabian-sponsored draft resolution against Syria. Photo by Kathy Willens / AP.Syrian policy looks familiar to Cubans Those who sponsored the resolution condemning violence were the same nations that had ‘played a major … Continue reading
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Tagged Cuba, Harry Targ, Syria, U.S. Foreign Policy, United Nations
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Harry Targ : Fairness in Hypocrisy Valley
Image from Occasional Links and Commentary.Fairness in Hypocrisy Valley Since elections, the public expression of political power, are significantly determined by millionaires, trustees at Hypocrisy Valley usually are the wealthy and powerful. By Harry Targ | The Rag Blog | … Continue reading
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Tagged Campuses, Corporate Power, Harry Targ, Higher Education, Political Corruption, Political Satire
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Harry Targ : Broad Opposition to Grotesque Military Spending
“Miss Corporate America” and the “Bloated Military Budget” at Tax Day action in Eugene, Oregon, 2008. Image from NWTRCC.Grotesque military spendingis broadly opposed Now is a good time for peace activists to expand education about the history of unchallenged military … Continue reading
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Tagged Harry Targ, Imperialism, Military Spending, Peace Movement, U.S. Military
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Harry Targ : Universities and Political Conflict
“The Corporate University.” Graphic from Occasional Links & Commentary. Whose interests do they serve? Universities and political conflict Now, in the midst of a deep economic crisis, political and economic elites are lobbying to create new structures of power in higher … Continue reading
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Tagged Academic Freedom, Campuses, Harry Targ, Higher Education, Market Fundamentalism
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