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BOOKS | Love in the twilight of capitalism
The story may be set in Finland, but the plot is universal. By Maxine Phillips | The Rag Blog | September 3, 2019 [Me, Mikko, and Annikki, A Community Love Story in a Finnish City, by Tiitu Takalo, translated by … Continue reading
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Tagged Graphic History, Graphic Novels, Maxine Phillips, Me Mikko and Annikki, Paul Buhle, Rag Bloggers, Tiitu Takalo
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Two global peace leaders pass
Uri Avnery and David McReynolds carried on the tradition of the great Eugene V. Debs. By Paul Buhle | The Rag Blog | August 25, 2018 Within just a few days, 94-year-old Uri Avnery and 88-year-old David McReynolds died. I … Continue reading
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Tagged David McReynolds, Deaths, Obituary, Paul Buhle, Peace Activists, Rag Bloggers, Socialism, Uri Avnery
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BOOKS | ‘Johnny Appleseed: Green Spirit of the Frontier’
Paul Buhle and Noah Van Sciver’s graphic history tells a tale very relevant to our time. By Maxine Phillips | The Rag Blog | September 25, 2017 [Johnny Appleseed: Green Spirit of the Frontier, a graphic history written by Paul … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Environment, Graphic History, John Chapman, Johnny Appleseed, Maxine Phillips, Noah Van Sciver, Paul Buhle, Rag Bloggers
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‘A Full Life: James Connolly the Irish Rebel’
Historian Buhle writes about ‘The Irish socialist who organized an uprising’ and joins us on Rag Radio. (Listen to the podcast here!) By Paul Buhle | The Rag Blog | May 9, 2016 Historian Paul Buhle, a leading figure on … Continue reading
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Tagged Easter Rising, Irish History, Irish Republic, James Connolly, Paul Buhle, Radical Comics, Rag Bloggers, Rag Radio, Socialists
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BOOKS | A ‘Bohemian’ comic rhapsody
Paul Buhle and David Berger’s graphic history is a fascinating collection of personalities, their lives drawn in a manner equal to the stories they tell. By Ron Jacobs | The Rag Blog | June 5, 2014 [Bohemians: A Graphic History … Continue reading
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Tagged Bohemians, Books, Comics, David Berger, Graphic Historic, Paul Buhle, Rag Bloggers, Ron Jacobs
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BOOKS | C.L.R. James: Back in style, black in style
‘C.L.R. James in Imperial Britain’ opens up the issue of the Third World struggle in an elegant and memorable way. By Paul Buhle and Milton Knight | Truthout | May 5, 2014 Author’s note: This marks the first appearance of … Continue reading
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Tagged African-American, Black Intelectuals, Books, C.L.R. James, Comics, Cricket, Graphic History, Historians, Marxism, Milton Knight, Pan-Africanism, Paul Buhle, Rag Bloggers
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Radical justice and ‘Radical Jesus,’ coming to a bookstore near you
‘Radical Jesus’ rediscovers Jesus as a radical leftist thinker and traces changemakers inspired by his teachings. By Sarah Berlin | In These Times | April 2, 2014 A comic book might be the last place you’d expect to find Jesus. … Continue reading
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Reza Aslan’s ‘Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth’
Whose Radical Jesus? ‘Zealot’ is the story of a literary success. By Paul Buhle | Truthout | February 6, 2014 [Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth by Reza Aslan (2013: Random House); Hardcover; 336 pp; $27.] A … Continue reading
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Tagged Biblical History, Books, C. Osborne Ward, Christianity, Jesus, Paul Buhle, Radical Jesus, Religion, Reza Aslan, World History, Zealot
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December guests on Rag Radio include ‘Radical Jesus’ editor, criminal justice blogger, Chicano novelist
Our Rag Radio podcasts feature interviews with historian and graphic nonfiction publisher Paul Buhle, Texas blogger and prison reform advocate Scott Henson, and fiction writer Daniel Chacón, author of ‘Hotel Juárez.’ By Rag Radio | The Rag Blog | January … Continue reading
BOOKS / Alan Wieder : Paul Buhle’s ‘Radical Jesus: A Graphic History of Faith’
Paul Buhle’s ‘Radical Jesus’: Comic artists explore the history and social message of Jesus Christ By Alan Wieder | The Rag Blog | December 19, 2013 Paul Buhle, the noted historian, author, graphic novel publisher, and editor of Radical … Continue reading
Paul Buhle : Comix Artist Spain Rodriguez (1940-2012)
Spain Rodriguez: Transforming comics. Image from CBLDF.The passing of a comix pioneer:Spain Rodriguez (1940-2012) By Paul Buhle / Dissent / December 12, 2012 In Trashman: Agent of the Sixth International, the signature saga of his early years, Rodriguez’s revolutionaries took … Continue reading
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Tagged Artists, Deaths, Graphic History, Paul Buhle, Sixties, Spain Rodriguez, Underground Comix, Underground Press
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