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Felix Shafer : Mourning for Marilyn Buck, Part I
Mourning for activist, poet, and political prisoner Marilyn Buck, shown at three stages of her life.The blue afterwards:Mourning for Marilyn By Felix Shafer / The Rag Blog / January 13, 2011 First of three parts [On December 13, Marilyn Buck, … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Black Liberation Movement, Felix Shafer, Marilyn Buck, New Left, Political Activists, Political Prisoners, SDS, Sixties, The Rag
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Ray Reece : The Hard Landing of a Radical in Austin, 1967
Image from McMaster University Digital Collection.Desecration of the Violet Crown:The hard landing of a radical in Austin, 1967 By Ray Reece / The Rag Blog / January 4, 2011 A few months ago, editor Thorne Dreyer invited us Rag Blogsters … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin History, Fort Hood, LBJ, Michael Eakin, Native Americans, Peace Movement, Ray Reece, Sixties, Summer of Love
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Carlos Calbillo : On the Passing of Carlos Guerra
“America’s friendliest angry looking retired columnist… and feared by fish.” — Carlos Guerra, on Twitter.Columnist and Sixties Chicanoactivist Carlos Guerra dies See “Memories from ‘the day’: On the passing of Carlos Guerra,” by Carlos Calbillo / The Rag Blog, Below. … Continue reading
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Tagged Carlos Calbillo, Carlos Guerra, Chicano Movement, Journalists, La Raza Unida, MAYO, Mexican-Americans, Sixties, Social Activism, Texas, Thorne Dreyer
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Ivan Koop Kuper : Ken Kesey’s Houston Acid Test
The original “Furthur,” the magic bus of Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters, on the road. Photo from NoFurthur.Paying Larry McMurtry a visit:The Merry Pranksters’ last acid test By Ivan Koop Kuper / The Rag Blog / December 1, 2010 … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Drug Culture, Houston, Ivan Koop Kuper, Ken Kesey, Larry McMurtry, LSD, Merry Prankstes, Psychedelics, Rice University, Sixties, Tom Wolfe
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Rabbi Arthur Waskow : Thanksgiving, My Yarmulke, and Alice’s Restaurant
Rabbi Arthur Waskow (not in 1970!) wearing rainbow kippah.You can get anything you want:Thanksgiving and my yarmulke By Rabbi Arthur Waskow / The Rag Blog / November 28, 2010 Thursday, a little before noon, my phone rang. I knew at … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Chicago 1968, Chicago 8, Judaism, Peace Movement, Rabbi Arthur Waskow, Sixties, Social Activism, Thanksgiving
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BOOKS / Gary Chason : Glenn Jones’ Novel is Paranoiac Psychedelic Memoir
A dark psychedelic flashback:‘Why Are We in Texas?’ By Gary Chason / The Rag Blog / November 15, 2010 [Why Are We in Texas? A novella by Glenn Jones (Lulu.com, 2010); Softcover; 93 pp.; $14. Also available as an electronic … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Books, Counterculture, Gary Chason, Psychedelia, Sixties, The Rag, Underground Press, University of Texas
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Judy Gumbo Albert : The More Things Change…
L-R: Stew Albert, Attorney William Kunstler, and Judy Gumbo Albert, December 14, 1975. Photo from Wide World Photos.Adventures with the FBI:The more things change… By Judy Gumbo Albert / The Rag Blog / October 13, 2010 Last week a story … Continue reading
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Tagged FBI, Judy Gumbo Albert, Sixties, Stew Albert, Surveillance, William Kunstler, Yippies
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Bernardine Dohrn : The Obsolete and Dangerous Federal Grand Jury
Bernardine Dohrn, with Bill Ayers and five-year-old Zayd, on the steps of the federal courthouse in New York City, 1982. Photo by David Handschuh / AP.The curious, mysterious, obsolete,and dangerous federal grand jury The federal grand jury is a secret, … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Bernardine Dohrn, Criminal Justice, Dissent, FBI, Federal Courts, Grand Jury, New Left, Sixties
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Ivan Koop Kuper : KFMK-FM Was Houston’s ‘Mother Radio’
Bumper Sticker design for FM radio station KFMK. Graphic © Joel R. Cheves 1965 – 2008. Image from OmegaGraphix. Progressive Radio Roots:KFMK-FM was part of a radio revolution By Ivan Koop Kuper / The Rag Blog / September 22, 2010 … Continue reading
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Tagged Broadcast Media, Counterculture, Houston, Houston History, Ivan Koop Kuper, KFMK-FM, Pacifica, Progressive Radio, Sixties
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David McReynolds : Glenn Beck’s Faux Dream
The great March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, August 28, 1963. Photo by Warren K. Leffler / U.S. News & World Report / Wikimedia Commons.Remembering August 28th:Martin Luther King had a real dream By David McReynolds / The Rag … Continue reading
