Thorne Webb Dreyer, Editor
RECENT POSTS
Tag Archives: Social Movements
Alan Haber : Exposing the Dark Forces
As long as these forces operate, and are not pursued, there is no democracy, whatever the window dressings. By Alan Haber / The Rag Blog / June 25, 2009 See ‘Did the CIA kill Bobby Kennedy?’ by Shane O’Sullivan, Below. … Continue reading
Posted in Rag Bloggers
Tagged American History, CIA, Iranian Elections, Robert Kennedy, Sixties, Social Movements
Leave a comment
‘Justice in the Coalfields’ : The Pittston Strike, April 5, 1989
Trailer: ‘Justice in the Coalfields’ by Anne Lewis Anne Lewis’ provocative and skillfully produced documentary of the strike, Justice in the Coalfields, has had a profoundly formative influence not only on my understanding of the struggle, but larger issues of … Continue reading
Posted in Rag Bloggers
Tagged American History, Anne Lewis, Coal Mining, Labor Unions, Social Movements, Strikes, West Virginia
1 Comment
Massacre at Tlatelolco : Art Can Help Us Remember
Freedom of Speech (1968) by Adolpho Mexiac. Inspired by the student protest in 1968 in Mexico City and the massacre at Tlatelolco. As I started to tell the story behind these sculpted ghosts, I realized how little I remembered of … Continue reading
Posted in Rag Bloggers
Tagged History, Human Rights, Mexico, Mexico City, Police Riots, Sixties, Social Action, Social Movements, Student Movement
2 Comments
Tom Hayden on Obama : Transformational President or Another Disappointment?
Screen print from Ray Noland’s (CRO) traveling Obama art show entitled Go Tell Mama!.‘Whether he wins or loses, the vast movement inspired by Obama will become the next generation of American social activists’By Tom Hayden Barack Obama, it is true, … Continue reading
Posted in RagBlog
Tagged Obama, Presidential Campaign, Social Movements, Student Activism, Tom Hayden
1 Comment
David Sirota on Building a Progressive Movement
Five Ideas to Start Going from Uprising to MovementBy David Sirota / July 9, 2008 David Sirota is a senior editor at In These Times magazine and contributes regularly to The Nation, the American Prospect and the Huffington Post. He … Continue reading
Posted in RagBlog
Tagged History, Labor Unions, Populism, Progressives, Social Movements, The Left
Leave a comment
Oaxaca’s Government Land Grab
Members of the Oaxaca People’s Popular Assembly (APPO) take part in a demonstration against Oaxaca’s governor Ulises Ruiz in Oaxaca on Nov. 5, 2006. At least a dozen people have been killed in the area since the protest movement began. … Continue reading
Posted in RagBlog
Tagged Latin America, Liberation Movements, Mexico, Protest, Social Movements
Leave a comment
A Progressive Obama? It Takes a Movement.
FDR, our most progressive president, had the support of a massive labor movement. Photo courtesy of Franklin D. Roosevelt Library and Museum.Barack Obama: deeply flawed,and it’s our job to make him betterBy Kathy G. Kathy G. is a shrill feminist, … Continue reading
Posted in RagBlog
Tagged Corporate Power, FDR, LBJ, Liberalism, Obama, Politics, Presidency, Presidential Campaign, Progressives, Social Change, Social Movements, The Left
Leave a comment
Hugo Chavez: A Commitment to Democracy, Egalitarianism and Civil Liberties
Chavez, not Bush, upholds U.S. idealsBy Jesús Rivas/ June 27, 2008 Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez often uses very harsh language when referring to President Bush. And the mainstream media in the United States always rushes to describe Chavez as ”anti-American.“ … Continue reading
Look Out Denver
“How can we make ourselves less frightening? We aren’t this scary image that protesters often get painted as.” – Zoe Williams, CodePink. Photo by Joe Amon, The Denver Post.New generation plans dissentat Democratic ConventionBy Colleen O’Connor / June 22, 2008 … Continue reading
Books : Writings for a Democratic Society : The Tom Hayden Reader
Richard Flacks discusses Tom Haydenand the new collection of his writings By Richard Flacks / June 12, 2008 If you were on the campus at Ann Arbor at the dawn of the 1960s, you’d have been aware of Tom Hayden’s … Continue reading
Posted in RagBlog
Tagged American Society, Authors, Books, Civil Rights, History, New Left, Peace Movement, Sixties, Social Action, Social Movements, The Left
Leave a comment
