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BOOKS | The story of an eccentric
This unique tale is lovingly told by Clare Green. By Allen Young | The Rag Blog | August 7, 2020 WARWICK, Massachusetts — Eccentric people are everywhere. They can be found in Texas and in Massachusetts (where I live). They … Continue reading
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Tagged Allen Young, Books, Clare Green, Eccentrics, Massachusetts History, Rag Bloggers, Zylpha Smith
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REPORT | In search of the final freedom
For the last 30 years, the idea of a right to die has been widely debated in the U.S. By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | August 6, 2020 SAN MARCOS, Texas — In 1993, John Brand, John … Continue reading
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THE VOTE | Step out of line for democracy!
This is the most important election of our lives. By Alice Embree and Julie Fleming | The Rag Blog | August 4, 2020 AUSTIN — Get ready to step out of line for democracy for the national election on November … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Embree, Julie Fleming, Rag Bloggers, Register2Vote, TARA, The Vote, Vote by Mail
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PANDEMIC | The Covid-19 testing myth
If more tests meant more cases, the number of cases would mirror the number of tests. By Bruce Melton | The Rag Blog | July 23, 2020 AUSTIN — More tests means more cases, right? And, everyone can get a … Continue reading
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BOOKS | ‘A Life of Olson’ by Ed Sanders, cultural revolutionary
The book is a feast for the eyes, food for the mind, and balm for the soul. [Jonah Raskin will be Thorne Dreyer‘s guest on Rag Radio, Friday, July 24, 2020, 2-3 p.m. (CT) on KOOP 91.7-FM in Austin and … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Charles Olson, Ed Sanders, Jonah Raskin, Poets, Rag Bloggers
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BOOKS | Genealogy effort leads to book about people becoming Americans
This impressive new volume is the work of Carla Barringer Rabinowitz. By Allen Young | The Rag Blog | July 9, 2020 ROYALSTON, Mass. — Borderers: Becoming Americans on the Southern Frontier is the title and subtitle of an impressive … Continue reading
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OPINION | Trump’s Fourth of July ‘remarks’
The demagogue sounds off. By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | July 9, 2020 SONOMA COUNTY, Calif. — Donald Trump’s Fourth of July oration has been heralded in some quarters as a genuine expression of the highest ideals of … Continue reading
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ECONOMICS | New thinking, political economy, and economic policy
The university community as a microcosm of the national economy. By Harry Targ | The Rag Blog | July 8, 2020 WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana — In a recent article Shawn Hubler surveys the impacts of the Covid 19 pandemic on … Continue reading
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Tagged Coronavirus, Economics, Government Spending, Harry Targ, Political Economy, Rag Bloggers, University Campuses
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ENVIRONMENT | Covid-19, climate change,
and permafrost collapse…
…and our new, abruptly evolving culture. By Bruce Melton | The Rag Blog | July 3, 2020 AUSTIN — The origin of Covid-19 is still in dispute in academia. The classic connection is from contemporary bats via pangolins or civets, … Continue reading
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Tagged Bruce Melton, Climate Change, COVID-19, Habitat Loss, Pathogen Reanimation, Permafrost Collapse, Rag Bloggers, Telework, Virus Origin
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FILM | Spike Lee’s ‘Da 5 Bloods’: An anti-imperialist perspective
Come on, Spike. You can do better than this. By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | July 2, 2020 SONOMA COUNTY, California — Spike Lee has made a name for himself over the past 35 years as the preeminent … Continue reading
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Tagged Da 5 Bloods, Film, Jonah Raskin, Rag Bloggers, Spike Lee, Vietnam War
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ANALYSIS | Obscure moment in 1951 recalls long history of racial injustice
The CPUSA was the only predominantly white organization to make anti-racism a major priority. By Allen Young | The Rag Blog | July 2, 2020 ROYALSTON, Mass. — When I read the news a few weeks ago that Philonise Floyd, … Continue reading
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Tagged Allen Young, Black History, Communist Party, CPUSA, Paul Robeson, Racism, Rag Bloggers, William Patterson
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