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SPORT | In the city known as ‘The Big Heart’: Resistance at Super Bowl LI
This will be a Super Bowl with political action outside the stadium and political symbolism all over the field. By Dave Zirin | The Rag Blog | February 4, 2017 HOUSTON — The New England Patriots and the Atlanta Falcons … Continue reading
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Tagged Dave Zirin, Houston, Houston Protests, Muslim Ban, Rag Bloggers, Sports, Super Bowl LI, The Big Heart, Tom Brady, Trump Resistance
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How is Trump illegitimate?
Let me count the ways… By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | January 25, 2017 Since Rep. John Lewis challenged President Trump’s legitimacy, the mainstream media has stumbled over itself to declare Lewis wrong, saying that it is … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016 Elections, Donald Trump, John Lewis, Lamar W. Hankins, Rag Bloggers, Trump Legitimacy, Trump Presidency
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2016: Another bad year for Mexico’s Peña Nieto
His presidency has been marked by corruption, social inequality, and broken promises. By Philip L. Russell | The Rag Blog | January 18, 2017 Philip Russell will join Thorne Dreyer on the syndicated Rag Radio program, Friday, January 20, 2017, … Continue reading
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Tagged Enrique Peña Nieto, Lopez Obrador, Mexican Politics, Mexico, Peña Nieto Series, Philip L. Russell, Rag Bloggers
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Foreign policy: The elephant in the room
An undercurrent in the 2016 election was growing opposition to an activist United States economic/political/military role in the world. By Harry Targ | The Rag Blog | January 11, 2017 An empire in decline United States global hegemony is coming … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016 Elections, Election Hacking, Harry Targ, Rag Bloggers, Russia, U.S. Foreign Policy, U.S. Hegemony, U.S. Imperialism, WikiLeaks
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My trip to the Rag Reunion
Tapping my ‘nest egg,’ I traveled from rural Massachusetts to trendy Austin… and into the past. By Allen Young | The Rag Blog | January 11, 2017 Allen Young, our dear friend and colleague from the good old days, came … Continue reading
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Tagged Allen Young, Gay Liberation, LNS, New Left, Rag Bloggers, Rag Reunion, Sixties, Stonewall Rebellion, Stonewall Riots, The Rag, Underground Press
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TELEVISION | ‘A Place to Call Home’ is good, soapy Aussie drama series
Upper-class matriarch has prejudices that create conflict for her whole family in small-town ‘50s Oz. By Alan Waldman | The Rag Blog | January 9, 2017 [In his Rag Blog column, Alan Waldman reviews some of his favorite films and … Continue reading
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Tagged A Place to Call Home, Alan Waldman, Australian Television, Criticism, Marta Dusseldorp, Rag Bloggers
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Rethinking our revolution: A proposal for a
rural strategy
Tuition-free education, universal healthcare, and legalized pot are pieces of the puzzle. By Ed Felien | The Rag Blog | January 9, 2017 MINNEAPOLIS — What happened? Clinton lost Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. She almost lost Minnesota. Why? When … Continue reading
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Why Ecuador is choosing to sabotage its
top universities
Above all, it is a move by Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa to consolidate his power. By James McEnteer | The Rag Blog | January 9, 2017 QUITO, Ecuador — On December 13, Ecuador’s National Assembly passed a law compromising the … Continue reading
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Tagged Ecuador, Higher Education, James McEnteer, Rafael Correa, Rag Bloggers
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METRO | Mourn, then organize
By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | January 8, 2017 AUSTIN — In 1915, when Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) organizer Joe Hill was awaiting execution before a Utah firing squad, he wrote the following to his fellow … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Embree, Austin Activism, Metro, Notes from the Resistance, Rag Bloggers, Trump Inauguration
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METRO | An ecumenical gathering for
Chanukah in Austin
Members of Austin Jewish Voice for Peace stage vigil at Texas State Capitol. By Pamela Ellen Ferguson | The Rag Blog | December 27, 2016 AUSTIN — Elaine Cohen, an activist with Austin Jewish Voice for Peace (AJVP) and a … Continue reading
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Tagged AJVP, Chanukah Vigil, Elaine Cohen, Jewish Voice for Peace, Metro, Pam Ferguson, Rag Bloggers
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VERSE | Two poems
Words Have we moved beyond word time, beyond the poet’s terrain where words describe events or pull us into new orbits of wonder and release? Words: those beautiful evocations strung together to birth ideas, whispered as comfort, sung as … Continue reading
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Putin’s puppet and the really big deal
All Trump has to do is help the Russians build their pipeline through Afghanistan. By Ed Felien | The Rag Blog | December 20, 2016 It’s the biggest deal he’s ever done. If he gets this done, he’s the richest, … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan Pipeline, Donald Trump, DonkeyHotey, Ed Felien, Pakistan, Rag Bloggers, Vladimir Putin
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