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Reflections on patriotism, July 4, 1776 to July 4, 2019
Only by helping create the change that makes liberty and equality possible can I feel patriotic. By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | June 26, 2019 “A man’s country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, … Continue reading
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The patriotism platitude
This July 4th we should be conscious of the ‘patriotic’ words used to evoke cheap emotion. By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | July 3, 2018 If any word in the English language has ceased to serve a … Continue reading
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Nineteen fifty-four: A fable
Bobby raised his hand and asked his teacher, Mrs. Miller, ‘Is God the same as the sun?’ By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | October 10, 2017 It was an unusual year, 1954. The U.S. Supreme Court held … Continue reading
Huw Beynon and Steve Davies : Bruce Springsteen Brings on the Wrecking Ball
Bruce Springsteen performs earlier this year with the E Street Band at the Paramount Theatre in Asbury Park, New Jersey. Photo by Mike Coppola / Getty Images.Bring on your wrecking ball:The politics of Bruce Springsteen Springsteen’s patriotism is a central … Continue reading
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Tagged Bruce Springsteen, Music, Obama Inauguration, Patriotism, Red Pepper, Rock 'n Roll, Singer-Songwriters, Working Class, Wrecking Ball
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Jim Rigby : The Flag by the Pulpit
Image from encountering love.The flag by the pulpit What does it mean when we tell preachers not to be political, but place a flag by the pulpit as though the flag were not itself a political statement? By Jim Rigby … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, Jim Rigby, Patriotism, Religion, Separation of Church and State
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Rabbi Arthur Waskow: A Declaration of Independence from Corporate Domination
A Declaration of Independencefrom Corporate Domination By Rabbi Arthur Waskow / The Rag Blog / July 4, 2011 We hold these truths to be self-evident: That all men and women are created equal, endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable … Continue reading
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Robert Jensen : ‘Greatest Nation’ Rhetoric Comes Roaring Back
The burden of being exceptional. Captain America graphic from Statue Marvels.American exceptionalism:‘Greatest nation’ rhetoric roars back By Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / January 4, 2011 My greatness as a writer is simply a fact. You don’t agree? Well, … Continue reading
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Tagged American Exceptionalism, Nationalism, Patriotism, Robert Jensen
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David McReynolds : Remembering December 7, 1941
Bombing of Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941. Photo from Naval Historical Center.Remembering December 7th:The Japanese attack Pearl Harbor I know that on Monday, when I went to Junior High School, I felt special pride as I saluted the flag. Any … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, David McReynolds, Patriotism, Pearl Harbor, World War II
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Marc Estrin : Our Unsingable National Anthem
Bombs bursting in air…Oh say can you sing? By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / March 11, 2010 Oh, say can you see? o sa cn u c? When did we have to stand and sing this at hockey … Continue reading
POETRY : True Homeland
Wubbzy in the style of Picasso / Frank Rocco. Welcome to the USA Patriarch Actwith its spying and break-insup its sleeve behind your backwith eavesdropping that’s a crackdownwith character attacks and panic attacksOh damn I’m indicted with fictionthough my sentence … Continue reading
Time to Get Over the American Superiority Complex
Why I’m Not PatrioticBy Matthew Rothschild / July 2, 2008 (In memory of George Carlin.) It’s July 4th again, a day of near-compulsory flag-waving and nation-worshipping. Count me out. Spare me the puerile parades. Don’t play that martial music, white … Continue reading
Reborn on the Fourth of July or Patriotism Once More Revisited
Fading GloryOn Patriotism.[revised annually on the 4th of July]By David Hamilton / The Rag Blog / July 4, 2008 Defending the patriotism of America’s internal critics is a time honored ritual, necessary because the warmongers invariably call it into question. … Continue reading
