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Remembering Tom Hayden and Jane Fonda
Tom was not only a world-class leader in the movement but also a beloved brother in struggle. By Ray Reece | The Rag Blog | November 2, 2016 REMEMBERING TOM HAYDEN Peace activist and spiritual leader Rabbi Arthur Waskow and … Continue reading
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Tagged Deaths, Jane Fonda, Jimmy Carter, New Left, Obituary, Rag Bloggers, Ray Reece, SDS, Sixties, Solar Power, Tom Hayden, Tom Hayden Tribute
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We interviewed Tom Hayden on Rag Radio as Port Huron turned 50
‘If we appear to seek the unattainable, as it has been said, then let it be known that we do so to avoid the unimaginable.’ — Port Huron Statement By Thorne Dreyer | The Rag Blog | October 27, 2016 … Continue reading
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Tagged New Left, Podcasts, Port Huron Statement, Rag Bloggers, Rag Radio, SDS, Sixties, Thorne Dreyer, Tom Hayden, Tom Hayden Tribute
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My friend and comrade, Tom Hayden
He inspired me and many others to go to the battlegrounds and ‘put our bodies on the line.’ By Carl Davidson | The Rag Blog | October 26, 2016 REMEMBERING TOM HAYDEN Peace activist and spiritual leader Rabbi Arthur Waskow … Continue reading
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Tom Hayden, ¡Presente!
The Port Huron Statement that Hayden drafted, a deeply intelligent critical analysis of American society, became the manifesto of a generation. By Rabbi Arthur Waskow | The Rag Blog | October 26, 2016 REMEMBERING TOM HAYDEN Peace activist and spiritual … Continue reading
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Tagged Chicago 8, New Left, Obituary, Peace Activists, Port Huron Statement, Rabbi Arthur Waskow, Rag Bloggers, Remembrance, SDS, Sixties, Tom Hayden, Tom Hayden Tribute
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Tom Hayden: Raising a cup to my fallen pal
By Judy Gumbo Albert | The Rag Blog | October 25, 2016 REMEMBERING TOM HAYDEN Peace activist and spiritual leader Rabbi Arthur Waskow and activist and SDS vet Carl Davidson, joined Thorne Dreyer on Rag Radio, Friday, Oct. 28, 2016, … Continue reading
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Tagged Bobby Seale, Judy Gumbo Albert, Obituaries, Rag Bloggers, Remembrance, Sixties, Stew Albert, Tom Hayden, Tom Hayden Tribute, Yippies
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The murder of George J. Vizard IV
George, a Ragstaffer and leading force in the Austin left, was found dead in the cold locker of an Austin convenience store in 1967. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | July 27, 2016 Rag Blog associate editor Alice … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Embree, Austin Activists, Austin History, George Vizard, Mariann G. Wizard, Metro, Rag Bloggers, Rag Reunion 2016, SDS, Sixties, The Rag, Underground Press
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The Rag: 50 years of cutting-edge journalism
A series of public events, October 13-16, 2016, will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Austin’s historic Sixties underground newspaper. By Thorne Dreyer and Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | May 9, 2016 AUSTIN — In a public celebration of … Continue reading
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METRO | Deep in the heart of Texas: The guns
of August
Mass shootings of the innocent are commonplace now. But Charles Whitman, the Texas Tower sniper, shocked the nation’s psyche. By Jeff Shero Nightbyrd | The Rag Blog | March 29, 2016 With introduction by Thorne Dreyer On August 1, 1966, … Continue reading
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Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the 60’s underground press, Part III: The ‘countercultural’ underground papers
The underground press was everywhere you looked: on campus and off, in urban, suburban, rural, ghetto, barrio, in every state of the Union. By Ken Wachsberger | The Rag Blog | February 23, 2016 [This is the third of a … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternative Media, Joint Issue, Ken Wachsberger, Rag Bloggers, Sixties, The Rag, Thorne Dreyer, Underground Press, Underground Press Series
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