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Thorne Dreyer / James McEnteer : Dallas Underground Icon Stoney Burns Dead at 68
Stoney Burns is arrested by Dallas Police officers at Lee Park on April 12, 1970, after what The Dallas Morning News called “a clash between law officers and young people” that “occurred when police tried to arrest several hippie-types” at … Continue reading
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Tagged Censorship, Dallas, Deaths, James McEnteer, Journalists, Police Harassment, Political Activists, Sixties, Stoney Burns, Thorne Dreyer, Underground Press
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Thorne Dreyer : Journalist, Author, and ‘Investigative Poet’ John Ross (1938-2011)
The late great John Ross.Farewell to our great friend John Ross See “Los Muertos,” a poem by John Ross, Below. By Thorne Dreyer / The Rag Blog / January 18, 2011 Yesterday I received an email with the following message: … Continue reading
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Tagged Authors, Beat Generation, Cancer, Deaths, John Ross, Journalists, Mexico City, Poetry, Poets, The Rag Blog, Thorne Dreyer
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Lamar W. Hankins : ‘Death Panel’ Hysteria Gets New Life
Cartoon by Steve Sack / Minneapolis Star-Tribune / GoComics.Tales from the crypt, dept.A new attack on end-of-life counseling By Lamar W. Hankins / The Rag Blog / January 5, 2011 Charles Krauthammer, the right-wing political columnist, ended 2010 with an … Continue reading
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Tagged Health Care, Journalists, Lamar W. Hankins, Right Wing Extremists
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Carlos Calbillo : On the Passing of Carlos Guerra
“America’s friendliest angry looking retired columnist… and feared by fish.” — Carlos Guerra, on Twitter.Columnist and Sixties Chicanoactivist Carlos Guerra dies See “Memories from ‘the day’: On the passing of Carlos Guerra,” by Carlos Calbillo / The Rag Blog, Below. … Continue reading
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Tagged Carlos Calbillo, Carlos Guerra, Chicano Movement, Journalists, La Raza Unida, MAYO, Mexican-Americans, Sixties, Social Activism, Texas, Thorne Dreyer
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Paul Krassner : Ruben Salazar and the ‘Kiss of Death’
August 30, 1970 Los Angeles Times headlines death of journalist Ruben Salazar.Back in the news:Revisiting the 1970 killing ofCrusading journalist Ruben Salazar By Paul Krassner / The Rag Blog / August 21, 2010 Salazar had been working on an exposé… … Continue reading
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Tagged Conspiracy, FBI, Journalists, Law Enforcement, Los Angeles, Paul Krassner, Ruben Salazar, Watergate
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Houston Alternative Media : Telling It Like It Was
Underground in H-Town. Art by Shelby Hohl / Museum of Printing History.Underground [history] in H-Town:Veteran journalists compare notesOn counterculture and alt media By Raj Mankad / May 24, 2010 [Raj Mankad is the editor of Cite magazine, the “architecture and … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternative Media, Counterculture, Culture, History, Houston, Journalism, Journalists, Margaret Webb Dreyer, Museums, Raj Mankad, Sixties, Space City, Thorne Dreyer, Underground Press
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Citizen-Journalist Bill Moyers : Salute to a Colleague
Bill Moyers. Image from Cincinnati.comFinal entry:Closing the book on Bill Moyers’ Journal By Danny Schechter / April 30, 2010 I salute our colleague, our friend, our mentor and role model, Bill Moyers, who airs his last Journal program tonight on … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Moyers, Broadcast Media, Danny Schechter, Journalists, Media Criticism, People, Public Television
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A Dangerous Profession : Worldwide Abuse of Journalists
Honduran police surround AP photographer Dario Lopez-Mills as he covers protests that followed the June presidential coup. Photo by Oswaldo Rivas / Reuters / CPJ.CPJ report:Journalists around the worldFace harassment, prison, death 801 journalists have been killed since 1992, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Censorship, Freedom of Press, Journalism, Journalists, Ted McLaughlin, World
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Lester ‘Red’ Rodney : The Sportswriter Who Helped Break Baseball’s Color Line
Sportswriter Lester “Red” Rodney, September 2007. Photograph by Byron LaGoy / Wikipedia Commons.More than a sportswriter: Lester ‘Red’ Rodney: 1911-2009By Dave Zirin / December 24, 2009 It didn’t make SportsCenter, but one of history’s most influential sportswriters died this week … Continue reading
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Tagged African-American, Baseball, Civil Rights, Communist Party, Deaths, Jackie Robinson, Journalists, People, Sports
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Paul Krassner : In Praise of Indecency
Paul Krassner depicted in Oui Magazine advertisement for an upcoming October 1975 interview. Graffiti includes references to the Realist mascot, Lenny Bruce, and Jerry Rubin. Image from the Realist Archive Project.In praise of indecency:Paul Krassner is our ‘Satirist-Laureate’ By Harvey … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Authors, Censorship, Comedians, Humor, Journalists, Political Satire, Pornography, Sixties, Yippies
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Sudanese Journalist : Seven Years at Guantanamo was ‘Living Hell’
Above, supporters of Sami Al’Hajj unfurl banner during Al’Hajj’s 2008 hunger strike. Below, Al Jazeera interviews Sami Al’Hajj at the Doha International Airport in Quatar, May 30, 2008. Photo by omar_chatriwala / Flickr.Journalist Al’Hajj describes Guantanamo detentionBefore international war crimes … Continue reading
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Tagged Bush Administration, Guantanamo, Journalists, Torture, War Crimes
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