Tag Archives: New York City

Tom Hayden :
Marching for a green economy ‘built to last’

Posted on September 24, 2014 by Thorne Dreyer

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio commits to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent by 2030, calling it ‘a moral imperative.’ By Tom Hayden | The Rag Blog | September 24, 2014 NEW YORK — With hundreds of thousands … Continue reading →

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Jonah Raskin :
My Valentine’s Day

Posted on February 18, 2014 by Thorne Dreyer

I had my best Valentine’s Day ever dancing in the streets of New York with about 60 beautiful women protesting violence against women. By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | February 18, 2014 NEW YORK CITY — I didn’t … Continue reading →

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RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : ‘Radio Unnameable’ Legend Bob Fass and Filmmaker Paul Lovelace

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

Late-night radio revolutionary Bob Fass, left, and filmmaker Paul Lovelace. Rag Radio podcast: Free-form radio legend Bob Fass and‘Radio Unnameable‘ filmmaker Paul Lovelace “I wanna be a neuron — I don’t wanna be the brain. We’re all the brain.” — Bob … Continue reading →

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FILM / Michael Simmons : How Bob Fass Revolutionized Late-Night Radio

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

Bob Fass in the WBAI studios in New York. Photo by, yes, Bob Fass. Photos courtesy Radio Unnameable. Radio Unnameable:Bob Fass revolutionized late-night radio Fass and ‘Cabal’ changed history and deserve the credit and Lovelace and Wolfson have provided the … Continue reading →

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BOOKS / Ron Jacobs : ‘Love Goes to Buildings on Fire’

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

Love Goes to Buildings on Fire: New York City, just like I pictured it From the steamy streets of the South Bronx and the future that would become hip-hop to the steamier bathhouses and clubs in lower Manhattan that became … Continue reading →

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BOOKS / Ron Jacobs : ‘More Powerful Than Dynamite’

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Occupy 1914?‘More Powerful Than Dynamite’ By Ron Jacobs | The Rag Blog | May 2, 2012 [More Powerful Than Dynamite: Radicals, Plutocrats, Progressives and New York’s Year of Anarchy by Thai Jones (2012: Walker and Company); Hardcover; 416 pp.; $28.] … Continue reading →

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Joan Wile : Granny Votes ‘Yea’ on ‘Wall Street’ Youth

Posted on November 8, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

General Assembly at Occupy Wall Street in New York. Photos by Caroline Schiff / Flickr.A ‘granny-report’ from Occupy Wall Street:Discouraged about today’s youth?Fuggeddaboudit!!! I left the meeting with a singing heart. I absolutely believe these marvelous young justice-seekers will change … Continue reading →

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Joan Wile : Calling All Grannies!

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Another grandmother against the war. Photo from cessemi’s photostream / Flickr.Calling all peace granniesto get off their fannies By Joan Wile / The Rag Blog / February 8, 2011 NEW YORK CITY — There we were, last Wednesday as usual, … Continue reading →

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Thomas Good : Hatred and Healing at Ground Zero

Posted on August 24, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Photo by Bud Korotzer / NLN.The objectification of Other:Hatred and healing at Ground Zero By Thomas Good / The Rag Blog / August 23, 2010 See photo gallery, Below. NEW YORK — Sunday was another rainy day in New York … Continue reading →

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Mariann G. Wizard : Poet/Political Prisoner Marilyn Buck Dies in New York

Posted on August 3, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

UPDATED Wednesday, Aug. 4 at 9:03 a.m. (CST) Marilyn Buck was released from prison July 15, 2010.Recently released from Texas prison:Cancer takes poet Marilyn Buck By Mariann G. Wizard / The Rag Blog / August 3, 2010 AUSTIN — Friends … Continue reading →

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Tuli Kupferberg of The Fugs : Rock’s Inner City Shaman

Posted on July 14, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Tuli Kupferberg. Image from The Poetry Project.Beat poet, humanist, political mystic, rock star:The Fugs’ Tuli Kupferberg dies at 86 Despite all my waspy-whitebread cultural upbringing I fell in love with this individual immediately, even though he was probably the ugliest … Continue reading →

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A Poet’s Legacy : No Rest for the Weary?

Posted on April 12, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from Steve and Sara’s Photostream / Flickr.Edna St. Vincent Millay andThe profitability of charity By Carl R. Hultberg / The Rag Blog / April 12, 2010 “Thou canst not move across the grassBut my quick eyes will see Thee … Continue reading →

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