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David P. Hamilton : French Healthcare is the World’s Best
Image from Yale Journal of Medicine and Law. CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE. Letters from France III:The French healthcare systemis the best in the world By David P. Hamilton / The Rag Blog / June 1, 2011 “There are no … Continue reading
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Tagged David P. Hamilton, France, The World, Universal Health Care, World Health Organization
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Ted McLaughlin : U.S. Students Losing Education Race
Cartoon from Hermes-Press.International standardized test results:U.S. students aren’t making the grade By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / December 7, 2010 The graph below shows how students in many countries did on a standardized test, when the same test … Continue reading
Ted McLaughlin : U.S. Leads World in Incarceration Rate
Chart shows skyrocketing rate of incarceration in U.S. as of 2006. CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE We’re number one!U.S. is off charts in rate of incarceration By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / November 11, 2010 The citizens of … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Criminal Justice, Drug War, Incarceration, Prisons, Ted McLaughlin, The World
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Employment Crisis : Inequality and the Global South
How it impacts workers:Transformation in the Global South The end product… has been increasing global inequality in wealth and income and the continuation of massive poverty, powerlessness, and precariousness. By Harry Targ (with David Cormier) / The Rag Blog / … Continue reading
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Tagged Economics, Harry Targ, Neo-liberalism, Poverty, The World, Third World, Unemployment, World History
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And in this Corner : The Globalists Vs. the Pragmatists
‘Globalist discourse’ on war and peace:2010 will be year of ideological struggle By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / January 7, 2010 The year ends with the resurgence of what we might call “globalist discourse.” Globalist discourse is a … Continue reading
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Tagged Foreign Policy, Globalism, Harry Targ, Imperialism, Peace Movement, Pragmatism, The World
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Turk Pipkin : A Simple Truth… or Two
Turk Pipkin with students at Mahiga Primary School in Kenya.One Peace at a Time:A simple truth… or two By Turk Pipkin / The Rag Blog / November 30, 2009 With the problems of the world appearing more challenging with each … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Charity, Climate Change, Developing World, Environment, Film, Filmmakers, Nobel Prize, Nonprofits, Sustainability, The World, Third World, Turk Pipkin, Willie Nelson, Youth
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Iran and the Geneva Talks
Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Saeed Jalili expressed Tehran’s readiness to cooperate with the international community in all areas, saying he entered the talks with six powers in Geneva with “good will.” Photo: Al Alam.Real Progress With IranBy … Continue reading
World Hunger Spiralling Out of Control Because of Capitalist Profit System
Copyright: WFP/Rein Skullerud.UN reports 1 billion of the world’s people going hungryBy Jerry White / September 18, 2009 For the first time in history, more than one billion people, or nearly one in every 6 inhabitants of the planet, are … Continue reading
Global Peace Index : Nations With More Atheism are More Peaceful
Graphic from Epiphenom.‘It’s another blow to the idea that secularization leads to social meltdown. Atheist countries are, in fact more peaceful.’ By Tom Rees / June 4, 2009 The 2009 Global Peace Index has just been released. It’s basically a … Continue reading
Danny Glover : Barack Obama Must Support the Global Struggle Against Racism
Danny Glover. This should be a moment for the United States to rejoin the global struggle against racism, the struggle that the Bush administration so arrogantly abandoned. I hope President Obama will agree that the United States must participate with … Continue reading
Our Correspondent : Germany’s Alternative ‘Rag’ Hopeful About Obama
Die Tageszeitung: ‘As Obama so often said: Change is not about me, it is about you. Europeans should feel addressed by that.’By David MacBryde / The Rag Blog / November 14, 2008 BERLIN — After the election, the headline of … Continue reading
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Tagged 2008 Elections, Alternative Media, David MacBryde, Europe, Freak Brothers, Germany, Gilbert Shelton, Obama, Sixties, The Rag, The Rag Blog, The World, Underground Press
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The Rhetoric of Fear About Ahmadinejad Is Foolish
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addresses the United Nations General Assembly in New York Sept. 23, 2008. Photo: Reuters/Mike SegarObama goes over the top in bashing Mahmoud AhmadinejadBy Juan Cole / September 24, 2008 Once again, U.S. politicians, including both Sarah … Continue reading
