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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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Hail! Hail! John Sinclair
And Rock ‘n’ Roll… By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | December 17, 2019 Forty-eight years ago, John Lennon, with Yoko at his side, sang the words, “They gave him ten for two, what else could Judge Colombo do?” … Continue reading
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Street fighting man
The night New York City cops beat me bloody. By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | December 2, 2019 I know your eyes are glued to the circus in D.C. and the slaughter that’s taking place in Afghanistan and … Continue reading
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Paul Krassner, 1932-2019: American satirist
Krassner, who edited ‘The Realist,’ took up where Lenny Bruce left off. By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | July 29, 2019 REMEMBERING PAUL KRASSNER Also read “A ‘Yippie original’ remembers ‘Realist’ editor Paul Krassner” by Judy Gumbo Albert … Continue reading
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BOOKS | ‘In the Company of Rebels’
Jonah reviews Chellis Glendinning’s memoir about her friends, lovers, and comrades. By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | June 26, 2019 At the very start of her new heartfelt book — In the Company of Rebels: A Generational Memoir … Continue reading
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TRAVEL | Three days in LA: Tales of a reluctant tourist
It’s clear that there’s little if anything natural about LA. By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | April 18, 2019 “Disneyland is presented as imaginary in order to make us believe that the rest is real, when in fact … Continue reading
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BOOKS | Don Cox’s caustic memoir of the Black Panthers
Heyday is brave to have published this book, which blows the lid off the BPP. By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | March 7, 2019 Mention the two words “Black Panther” to anyone under the age of 40, and … Continue reading
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BOOKS | ‘There may not be answers’
We review Allen Young’s autobiography, ‘Left, Gay & Green: A Writer’s Life.’ By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | April 12, 2018 “Rejection of marginalization is certainly not the same as assimilation.” — Allen Young Allen Young begins his … Continue reading
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Tagged Allen Young, Books, Gay & Green, Gay Movement, Jonah Raskin, Left, Liberation News Service, Rag Bloggers, Sixties, Underground Press
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INTERVIEW | Are those typewriters still smoking?
Jonah interviews John Campbell McMillan, author of ‘Smoking Typewriters,’ the definitive work on the ’60s underground press. By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | February 5, 2018 An associate professor of history at Georgia State University in Atlanta, with … Continue reading
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Marijuana madness: From Harry Anslinger to Jeff Sessions
Marijuana has been a heated political issue in the United States for more than 100 years. By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | September 21, 2017 Three months before he died of pancreatic cancer in July 2012, Judge Gustin … Continue reading
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BOOKS | Blowing themselves up: Revisiting the Weather Underground
‘Swords in the Hands of Children’ is Jonathan Lerner’s passionate tale of his adventures as a young, gay insurgent. By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | September 14, 2017 Jonathan Lerner, author of Swords in the Hands of Children, … Continue reading
