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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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RICHARD CROXDALE | REMEMBRANCE | Doyle Niemann
Photo by Alan Pogue | The Rag Blog. By Richard Croxdale | The Rag Blog | June 2, 2024 [Originally posted May 28, 2024, in the People’s History in Texas Substack and cross-posted to The Rag Blog.] Doyle Niemann passed … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin History, Doyle Niemann, Obituaries, Rag Bloggers, Remembrance, Richard Croxdale, SDS, Sixties
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ROBERT COTTRELL | ALTERNATIVE MEDIA | Looking Back at ‘The Village Voice’: ‘The Freaks Came Out to Write’
By Robert Cottrell | The Rag Blog | May 8, 2024 [Robert Cottrell will be Thorne Dreyer’s guest on Rag Radio, Friday, May 10, 2-3 p.m. on KOOP-FM 91.7-FM in Austin, and streamed on KOOP.org, where they will discuss the … Continue reading
JONAH RASKIN | STUDENT PROTEST | Columbia protests now and in 1968
Demonstration on University of Texas campus, April 27, 2024. Creative Commons image. By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | May 3, 2024 This article was originally published at CounterPunch and was cross-posted to The Rag Blog by the author. … Continue reading
MICHAEL MEEROPOL | REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS | First, they came for abortion, now they’ve come for in vitro fertilization
Alabama Supreme Court. Photo by Jeffrey Reed / Creative Commons By Michael Meeropol | The Rag Blog | April 22, 2024 The following is an expanded version of a commentary delivered by Michael Meeropol, Professor Emeritus of Economics at Western … Continue reading
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Tagged Abortion, in vitro fertilization, Michael Meeropol, Rag Bloggers, Right to Life, The Rag Blog
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NORMAN SOLOMON | DEATHS | For media elites, war criminal Henry Kissinger was a great man
Can a war criminal really be a “noted statesman”? By Norman Solomon | The Rag Blog | December 13, 2023 For U.S. mass media, Henry Kissinger’s quip that “power is the ultimate aphrodisiac” rang true. Influential reporters and pundits often … Continue reading
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Tagged American Journalists, Diplomats, Henry Kissinger, Norman Solomon, Rag Bloggers, U.S. Foreign Policy, Vietnam, War Criminals
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LESLIE CUNNINGHAM | CIVIL RIGHTS | The March on Washington: Now 60 Years Later
Now it’s the 60th anniversary. Ten years ago (see my article below) I was marking a lot of half century points in my life; the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom and momentous events of the months following it … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Black History, Civil Rights, Leslie Cunningham, March on Washington, Martin Luther King, Rag Bloggers, Sixties
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JIM SIMONS | A PASSING | Greg Olds and the Gang of Six: An Abiding Memory
By Jim Simons | The Rag Blog | August 25, 2023 AUSTIN — A dear friend passed in June at 86. Greg Olds was a quiet, thoughtful person. Even though he was very sick, he assured us he was fine. No … Continue reading
LAMAR HANKINS | EDUCATION & DIVERSITY | SCOTUS majority misunderstands benefits of college in its recent affirmative action decision.
By Lamar Hankins | The Rag Blog | July 27, 2023 Listen to Thorne Dreyer‘s interview with Lamar Hankins on Rag Radio at 2 p.m., Friday, July 28, 2023, on KOOP 91.7 in Austin or stream at KOOP.org. Six members … Continue reading
BRUCE MELTON | CLIMATE | It’s not the heat… The difference today with climate change is duration.
Is it time to rent out Texas? By Bruce Melton | The Rag Blog | July 21, 2023 Listen to Thorne Dreyer’s interview with Bruce Melton on Rag Radio at 2 p.m., Friday, July 21, 2023, on KOOP 91.7 in … Continue reading
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Tagged Bruce Melton, Climate Change, Global Warming, Heat Wave, Rag Bloggers, Texas Climate
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