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BOOKS : Carl Oglesby’s ‘Ravens in the Storm’
Last updated July 29, 2008 Former SDS president reflects on that organization’s stormy history at the leading edge of the sixties New LeftBy Mariann G. Wizard / The Rag Blog / July 24, 2008 When I joined UT Students for … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Authors, Books, Carl Oglesby, COINTELPRO, Education, Memoir, New Left, Peace Movement, SDS, Texas, The Left, UT-Austin, Weather Underground, Writers
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Under The Hood : An Anti-War GI Coffeehouse in Texas
Last updated July 28, 2008 Jane Fonda at Oleo Strut Coffee House, Killeen, Texas, circa May, 1970. Photo by Thorne Dreyer / Space City! The Under the Hood cafe offers an oasis for members of the military to gather and … Continue reading
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Tagged GI's, History, Iraq Occupation, Iraq War, New Left, Peace Movement, Sixties, Texas, The Left, Underground Press, Vietnam
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Amira Baraka : Avoid a Split on the Left
Amira Baraka. Photo by Lynda Koolish.Obama & The Tragic Errors of The Weimar RepublicBy Amiri Baraka Amiri Baraka, formerly LeRoi Jones, was born in 1934 in Newark, New Jersey. He is the author of over 40 books of essays, poems, … Continue reading
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Tagged Depression, Fascism, Nazi Germany, Obama, Presidential Campaign, The Left
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Scott Trimble : ‘We Are Not Sufficiently Democratic’
An open letter to Ralph Nader:The issues we face todayBy Scott Trimble / The Rag Blog / July 11, 2008 What is the most important political issue in America today? There are probably many different answers to that question; however, … Continue reading
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Tagged Democracy, Progressive Movement, Ralph Nader, The Left
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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
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Tagged History, Labor Unions, Populism, Progressives, Social Movements, The Left
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Abbie and the Theater of the Flag
Abbie Hoffman, proudly attired.What Would Abbie Hoffman Have Thought Of The Flag Lapel Pin Debate?By Chris Weigant / July 4, 2008 I’d like to address, in as patriotic spirit as can be mustered, the wearing of United States flag lapel … Continue reading
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Tagged Abbie Hoffman, Agitprop, Bill of Rights, Civil Liberties, Criminal Justice, Direct Action, Flag Pin, New Left, Peace Movement, Sixties, Street Theater, The Left, The Movement, Yippies
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Interview with an Outlaw Woman
Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz: Roots of ResistanceBy Andrej Grubacic Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz grew up in rural Oklahoma, daughter of a landless farmer and half-Indian mother. During the first two decades of the 20th century, her paternal grandfather, a veterinarian from a Scots-Irish … Continue reading
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Tagged Authors, History, Interview, IWW, Native Americans, New Left, People, SDS, Sixties, The Left, Weather Underground, Women, Women's Movement, Writers
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Barack Obama and the Tradition of Community Organizing
Saul Alinsky, a major architect of the community organizing concept. Photo from cover of Let Them Call Me Rebel: Saul Alinsky, His Life and Legacy by Sanford D. Horwitt. The following article by Peter Drier from Dissent online discusses the … Continue reading
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Tagged Campaign Tactics, Community Organizing, History, Obama, Presidential Campaign, The Left
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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
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Tagged Corporate Power, FDR, LBJ, Liberalism, Obama, Politics, Presidency, Presidential Campaign, Progressives, Social Change, Social Movements, The Left
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Mariann Wizard’s Political Wisdom
Obama will open new opportunities for progressivesBy Mariann Wizard / The Rag Blog / June 22, 2008 I had a long conversation recently with a close friend who is usually a few steps ahead of me in political facts and … Continue reading
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Tagged Democratic Party, Obama, Politics, Presidential Campaign, Progressives, The Left
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Tom Hayden : Obama’s Core Constituency is Progressive
Journalist and documentary filmmaker John Pilger.With All Respect, John Pilger Is Wrong By Tom Hayden John Pilger’s “Continuing the Tradition – Obama is a Hawk” was recently published in the British Economist and circulated widely. (See Pilger’s article on The … Continue reading
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Tagged Foreign Policy, Iraq, Iraq Occupation, McCain, Obama, Presidential Campaign, Progressives, Republican Party, Robert Kennedy, The Left, Tom Hayden
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Another One Bites the Dust
George Carlin: American RadicalBy John Nichols / June 23, 2008 I think it’s the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately. — George Carlin. The last vote that George Carlin said … Continue reading →