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MARY MANTLE | REMEMBRANCE | Early Austin activist has died: Tom Mantle was a founder of ‘The Rag’ in 1966
By Mary Mantle | The Rag Blog | August 28, 2024 When I was a 17-year-old girl in Corpus Christi, Texas, then a small city at the bottom of America, Naval cadets came for ROTC training at the Naval Air … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin History, Mary Mantle, Obituary, Peace Movement, Rag Bloggers, Remembrance, Sixties, The Rag, Tom Mantle
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THORNE DREYER / REMEMBRANCE / Kinky Friedman 1944 – 2024
Kinky Friedman. Image from Wikipedia. By Thorne Dreyer | The Rag Blog | July 4, 2024 Kinky Friedman, a singer, songwriter, humorist and sometime politician who with his band, the Texas Jewboys, developed an ardent following among alt-country music fans … Continue reading
THORNE DREYER | REMEMBRANCE | Daniel Jay Schacht, July 4, 1945 – December 22, 2022
Danny was involved in a precedent-setting landmark case before the U.S. Supreme Court. By Thorne Dreyer | The Rag Blog | January 24, 2023 With tributes from friends John R. Herrera and Roger Baker In September 2015, our mutual friend … Continue reading
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Tagged Danny Schacht, Houston Activists, John Herrera, Obituary, Radical History, Rag Bloggers, Remembrance, Roger Baker, Sixties, Thorne Dreyer, U.S. Supreme Court
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ALICE EMBREE | REMEMBRANCE | Scott Pittman: March 23, 1940 – July 31, 2022
A former UT-Austin activist, Scott settled in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he devoted himself to the teaching of Permaculture. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | November 28, 2022 Many people knew Scott Pittman in Austin as a … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Embree, Austin Activist, Obituary, Permaculture, Rag Bloggers, Remembrance, Scott Pittman
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ROBERT C. COTTRELL : PERSONAL REMEMBRANCE | Todd Gitlin, RIP
He was always fiercely independent and intelligent. By Robert C. Cottrell | The Rag Blog | March 24, 2022 Listen to Thorne Dreyer’s two classic Rag Radio interviews with Todd Gitlin from July 19, 2013, and August 16, 2013. Listen … Continue reading
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Tagged Deaths, New Left, New Left Critics, Obituary, Rag Bloggers, Robert C. Cottrell, SDS, Todd Gitlin
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REMEMBRANCE | Texas film and theater icon Gary Chason passes at 78
Events celebrating Gary’s life are planned for Austin and Houston. By Thorne Dreyer | The Rag Blog | June 11, 2021 Listen to Thorne Dreyer’s August 17, 2010 Rag Radio interview with Gary Chason, here. Gary Chason, an iconic figure … Continue reading
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Tagged Deaths, Gary Chason, Gary Chason Obituary, Obituary, Rag Bloggers, Texas Filmmakers, Thorne Dreyer
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OBITUARY | Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919-2021)
He was an insurgent poet, feisty publisher, lover of the written and spoken word. By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | February 23, 2021 SONOMA COUNTY, Calif — He was a poet, a painter, a publisher, and a bookstore … Continue reading
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Tagged Beat Movement, City Lights Bookstore, Jonah Raskin, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Obituary, Poets, Rag Bloggers
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OBITUARY | Rennie Davis (1940-2021): Not the boy next door
He was a man with a deep moral consciousness who followed the dictates of his heart and his head no matter where they took him. By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | February 9, 2021 SONOMA COUNTY, Calif. — … Continue reading
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Tagged Divine Light Mission, Guru Maharaj Ji, Jonah Raskin, Obituary, Rag Bloggers, Rennie Davis, SDS, Sixties Radicals
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A ‘Yippie original’ remembers ‘Realist’ editor Paul Krassner
Paul became what he called an ‘underground abortion referral service.’ By Judy Gumbo Albert | The Rag Blog | August 5, 2019 REMEMBERING PAUL KRASSNER Also read “Paul Krassner, 1932-2019: American satirist” by Jonah Raskin on The Rag Blog. [Paul … Continue reading
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Tagged Abortion Rights, American Satirists, Deaths, Judy Gumbo Albert, Obituary, Paul Krassner, Rag Bloggers
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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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Tagged American Satirists, Death, Jonah Raskin, Lenny Bruce, Obituary, Paul Krassner, Rag Bloggers, The Realist
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Akwasi Evans: poet, publisher, and
born rebel
Publisher of Austin community newspaper, ‘NOKOA: The Observer,’ is dead at 70. By Mariann G. Wizard | The Rag Blog | June 19, 2019 Also see “METRO EVENT: Akwasi Evans: Speaking Truth to Power: A Tribute,” on The Rag Blog … Continue reading
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Tagged Akwasi Evans, Austin Journalist, Black Activist, Mariann G. Wizard, Obituary, Rag Bloggers, Remembrance
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