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The Rag Blog Digest July 21, 2011 theragblog.blogspot.com ( http://e2ma.net/go/7140268317/208621832/223935990/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/ ) Richard D. Jehn, founder Thorne Webb Dreyer, editor Mary Tuma : When One Man Owns Too Much ( http://e2ma.net/go/7140268317/208621832/223935991/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/mary-tuma-when-one-man-owns-too-much.html )by Mary Tuma / The Rag Blog. In her analysis of the scandal engulfing the media empire of Rupert Murdoch, Tuma concentrates on the aspect of media consolidation andthe special regulatory considerations that allowed Murdoch to build his massive international conglomerate --and the denial andbias toward thescandal exhibited by theMurdoch-controlled media.Tuma points out that six major firms now dominate our media -- down from 50 in the '80s. Rag Blog's Dreyer : Another Year Older and... ( http://e2ma.net/go/7140268317/208621832/223935992/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/rag-blogs-dreyer-another-year-older-and.html )Rag Blog editor and Rag Radio host Thorne Dreyer is turning 66 -- and we're having a party! The Dreyer Birthday Bash and Rag Blog Blowout takes place Friday, July 29, 6-9 p.m.,at Maria's Taco Xpress in Austin. It's a chance for our family, friends, and followers to get to know each other -- and to party down! Click on the link to see Jim Retherford's great poster art. Brooke Jarvis : A Tale of Carmaggedon ( http://e2ma.net/go/7140268317/208621832/223935993/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/brooke-jarvis-tale-of-carmaggedon.html )by Brooke Jarvis / CommonDreams. Over the weekend, Los Angeles -- perhaps America's most famously car-chocked city -- briefly became a transportation morality play. As 10 miles of the city's infamous 405 Freewayclosed for construction, manypredicted the apocalypse. But it ended up being a sweet respite -- a virtually car-free weekend. JetBlue, which offered a special limited edition flight from one end of LA to the other, was challenged to a race by a group of cyclists -- and the cyclists won! Leonardo Boff : Man as 'Lord and Master' of Nature ( http://e2ma.net/go/7140268317/208621832/223935994/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/leonardo-boff-man-as-lord-and-master-of.html )by Leonardo Boff / The Rag Blog. Brazilian theologian Boff tells usthat the worldis facing muchmore thana crisis in natural resources and services. We also face a crisis in a form of civilization that hasestablished the human being, as Descartes wrote, as the "lord and master" of Nature. "We are not God," Boff tells us, "and our desire to be such takes us to madness." EVERY FRIDAY: KEEP TUNED IN WITH RAG RADIO! Rag Radio with Thorne Dreyer ( http://e2ma.net/go/7140268317/208621832/223935995/32516/goto:http://www.koop.org/schedule/detail.php?ext=info&oa_id=33 ): Every Friday, 2-3 p.m. (CST) on KOOP 91.7-FM in Austin. To stream online, go here ( http://e2ma.net/go/7140268317/208621832/223935996/32516/goto:http://www.koop.org/pages.item.86/stream-koop-listen-online.html ). Rag Radio features hour-long in-depth interviews and discussion about issues of progressive politics, culture, and history. Our guests include newsmakers, artists, leading thinkers, and public figures July 22, 2011: Permaculture Institute founder Scott Pittman. July 29, 2011: Original Rag "Funnella" Sarito Carol Neiman on Politics and Spirituality. August 5, 2011: Anarchist Community Organizer and Writer Scott Crow. Listen to Thorne Dreyer's June 15 ( http://e2ma.net/go/7140268317/208621832/223935997/32516/goto:http://www.archive.org/details/RagRadio2011-07-08 )interview with ( http://e2ma.net/go/7140268317/208621832/223935998/32516/goto:http://www.archive.org/details/RagRadio2011-07-15 )Community Organizer ( http://e2ma.net/go/7140268317/208621832/223935999/32516/goto:http://www.archive.org/details/RagRadio2011-07-15 )Linda Stout ( http://e2ma.net/go/7140268317/208621832/223936000/32516/goto:http://www.archive.org/details/RagRadio2011-07-15 ), author of Collective Visioning. Watch Jeff Zavala's video ( http://e2ma.net/go/7140268317/208621832/223936001/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/video-jeff-zavala-and-thorne-dreyer.html ) of Robert Jensen's interview on Rag Radio. Listen to earlier shows on Rag Radio ( http://e2ma.net/go/7140268317/208621832/223936002/32516/goto:http://www.koop.org/schedule/detail.php?ext=info&oa_id=33 ). Beginning July 24, 2011, Rag Radio will be rebroadcast every Sunday at 10 a.m. on WTFE, 90.3-FM in Mt. Cobb, PA and 105.7-FM in Scranton, PA. Media octopus: When one man owns too much. Lamar W. Hankins : Remembering Woody Guthrie in the Age of Obama ( http://e2ma.net/go/7140268317/208621832/223936003/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/lamar-w-hankins-remembering-woody.html )by Lamar W. Hankins / The Rag Blog. Woody Guthrie, the songwriter, musician, social philosopher, and populist extraordinaire, would have turned 99 this past week. In 2008, at Barack Obama's pre-inaugural gathering, Pete Seeger, Arlo Guthrie, Bruce Springsteen, and others sang Woody's anthem, "This Land is Your Land," helping to promote high expectations for Obama and the creation ofa more compassionate world. Hankins believes Obama has failed that vision,throwing in with the wealthy and the exploiters. Ken Handel : The Port Huron Statement Spoke Truth to Power ( http://e2ma.net/go/7140268317/208621832/223936004/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/ken-handel-port-huron-statement-spoke.html )by Ken Handel / The Rag Blog. In June 1962, 59 members of the fledgling Students for a Democratic Society (whose membership would eventuallynumber more than100,000)assembled in the small Michigan town of Port Huron and wrote a manifesto for a generation. Scholar James Miller described the Port Huron Statement -- whose primary author was Tom Hayden --as "one of the pivotal documents in post-war American history." BOOKS / Rick Ayers : Marable's Malcolm Bio Hits and Misses ( http://e2ma.net/go/7140268317/208621832/223936005/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/books-rick-ayers-marables-malcolm-bio.html )by Rick Ayers / The Rag Blog. In one of several Rag Blog articles on thetowering legacy of Malcolm X -- and of the late scholar Manning Marable's at once heralded and controversial biography -- Ayerstells us that Marable "has made a great contribution," but that in some ways --especially in criticizingMalcolm forembracing "blacknationalism"-- he misses the "central significance"of Malcolm's life. BOOKS / Harry Targ : Remembering Malcolm and Manning ( http://e2ma.net/go/7140268317/208621832/223936006/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/books-harry-targ-remembering-malcolm.html )by Harry Targ / The Rag Blog. Professor Targ, who brieflyworked with Manning Marableat Purdue University, says that "telling Malcolm X's story was Marable's way of advocating for fundamental social change in a deeply troubled world." Targ tells of the impact that Malcolm -- and his autobiography, written with Alex Haley -- had on his life and that of his students. He says that Marable documents Malcolm's flaws and his strengths and, in doing so, humanizes him for the reader. Woody Guthrie : This guitar kills fascists. The Rag Blog is a non-profit internet newsmagazine produced by activist journalists committed to progressive social change. The Rag Blog is published by the New Journalism Project, inc., a Texas non-profit corporation that has been granted tax-exempt status under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. This status is retroactive to Oct. 9, 2008. If you do not wish to receive further email from The Rag Blog, please click on the "opt out" button below. If you have received this newsletter at more than one address, please "opt out" at addresses where you don't wish to receive these mailings. The New Journalism Project, inc. P.O. Box 16442 Austin, TX 78761-6442 theragblog.blogspot.com ( http://e2ma.net/go/7140268317/208621832/223936007/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com ) Please become a Rag Blog Supporter. 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