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Kim Phuc : Then and Now
Kim Phuc now lives in Toronto with her husband and two children. Her organization, Kim Foundation International, aids children who are war victims. Photo courtesy of the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. In one of the most famous images of the Vietnam … Continue reading
History : How the Republicans Perfected Their Propaganda System
Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North at Iran-Contra hearings, 1987.Iran-Contra’s ‘Lost Chapter’By Robert Parry / June 30, 2008 As historians ponder George W. Bush’s disastrous presidency, they may wonder how Republicans perfected a propaganda system that could fool tens of millions of … Continue reading
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Tagged CIA, Covert Operations, Espionage, History, Iran, Iran-Contra, Oliver North, Propaganda, Republican Party
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Mesmo’s Desert Digest : The Beat Goes On
Professor Longhair his own self.Bo Diddley, Professor Longhair and Drumming the Clave BeatBy Gerry Storm / The Rag Blog / June 26, 2008 Gerry, aka Mesmo, is a former Austin activist and musician who now lives in harmony with the … Continue reading
The Return of the Neocons
Former Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Douglas Feith, an architect of the neocon philosophy. Illustration by Paul Giambarba / Courtesy truthout. Bush Hawks Aggressively Working to Rewrite Accepted Iraq War History By James Risen / June 19, 2008 Ever since … Continue reading
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Tagged Bush Administration, CIA, Department of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, Douglas Feith, George W. Bush, History, Iraq, Iraq Occupation, Neocons, Paul Wolfowitz, Right Wing
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Doug Zachary in the 70s : Girls Say Yes to Men Who Say NO
Confessions of an ex-Marine on AcidBy Doug Zachary / The Rag Blog / June 22, 2008 It is 1970, I am 20 years old, and I have been out of the Marine Corps for about a year. Finally, women are … Continue reading
Mesmo’s Reflections on the Sixties
Janis Joplin, folksinger. Austin, Texas, 1965, at The 11th Door on Red River Street. Photo by Bob Simmons / The Rag Blog. Gerry Storm wrote the following reminiscence on Austin music in the sixties for the Texas Ghetto website in … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, History, Music, Psychedelia, Rock 'n Roll, Sixties, Texas, Texas Ghetto
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Books : Writings for a Democratic Society : The Tom Hayden Reader
Richard Flacks discusses Tom Haydenand the new collection of his writings By Richard Flacks / June 12, 2008 If you were on the campus at Ann Arbor at the dawn of the 1960s, you’d have been aware of Tom Hayden’s … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Authors, Books, Civil Rights, History, New Left, Peace Movement, Sixties, Social Action, Social Movements, The Left
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Grandin and Engelhardt on Obama, Latin America and the Monroe Doctrine
James Monroe, president of the United States, 1817-1825.Greg Grandin, Is the Monroe Doctrine Really Dead?By Tom Engelhardt / June 8, 2008 At least once a week — I’ve long suspected — the Chinese leadership must file into the streets of … Continue reading
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Tagged Foreign Policy, History, Imperialism, Latin America, Monroe Doctrine, Obama, Presidential Campaign
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Human Rights Groups Press China on 19th Anniversary of Bloody Crackdown
Tiananmen Square, 1989. On the 19th anniversary of China’s bloody crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations, civil rights activists are calling for the release of more than 100 prisoners from the 1989 protests ahead of this summer’s Olympic Games. Photo by Jeff … Continue reading
Go Bo Diddley
Bo Diddley, pictured in New York City in the late 1950s. Photo from Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images.Rock Pioneer Bo Diddley Dies at 79By Neda Ulaby / June 2, 2008 One of the fathers of rock ‘n’ roll died Monday at … Continue reading
Guess That Makes Us Artifacts….
…Speak for yourself, Dreyer Photo by Chris Ramirez / NYT.Back to the Garden: A Woodstock MuseumBy Peter Applebome / May 29, 2008 BETHEL, N.Y. — A funny thing happened on the magic bus trip back to the tie-dyed land of … Continue reading
Austin Civil Rights Pioneer Dies at 89
E. Ernest Goldstein rose from Capitol Hill lawyer to special assistant in the Johnson White House after teaching at the University of Texas at Austin. 1967 Photo By By Wally Mcnamee, The Washington Post.Ernest Goldstein Pushed for Integration At University … Continue reading
