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The Rag Blog Digest June 30, 2011 theragblog.blogspot.com ( http://e2ma.net/go/7117399329/208603877/223666630/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/ ) Richard D. Jehn, founder Thorne Webb Dreyer, editor Paul Krassner : My Lesson in Mindfulness ( http://e2ma.net/go/7117399329/208603877/223666631/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/paul-krassner-my-lesson-in-mindfulness.html )by Paul Krassner / The Rag Blog. Famed satirist Krassner reflects on a life-changing event when police brutally beat him after the 1979trial of Dan White, who was convicted of killing progressive San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor (and gay leader) Harvey Milk. The injury resulted in an ongoing and life-threatening physicalcondition and finally -- after Paul "limped the gamut of therapists" and was told he was a "walking time bomb" -- he went under the knife. All of which ultimately resulted in a new "mindfulness" for the man novelist Ken Kesey once labeled a "Zen Bastard." Jonah Raskin : Interviewing Journalist and Gay Activist Allen Young ( http://e2ma.net/go/7117399329/208603877/223666632/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/jonah-raskin-interviewing-journalist.html )by Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog. Jonah -- who ishimself a veteran of the Sixties counterculture--interviews Young on the occasion of his 70th birthday. It is a refreshing and revealing discussion, as Allen reflects on his historic life as a journalist (Washington Post and Liberation News Service) and an activist, providing anunflinching assessment of the Sixties New Left and the historic struggles of the gay liberation movement. Glenn W. Smith : Conservative Lies About Human Nature ( http://e2ma.net/go/7117399329/208603877/223666633/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/glenn-w-smith-conservative-lies-about.html )by Glenn W. Smith / The Rag Blog. Since World War II, America's elite policy makers haveinterpreted our political and economic relationships around an understanding of human behavior thatfeeds a dog-eat-dog individualism and a sense of powerless in the face of godlike market forces. But virtually every field in the human sciences has found that, in fact, we are hard-wired for empathy and aren't the "selfish... and exclusively materialist creature invented by conservative propagandists." Mary Tuma : Rick Perry (Selectively) Touts Texas Economy With Glenn Beck ( http://e2ma.net/go/7117399329/208603877/223666634/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/mary-tuma-rick-perry-selectively-touts.html )by Mary Tuma / The Texas Independent. While schmoozing with Glenn Beck on Fox News, Texas Gov. Perry again hit on his prime talking points, touting the Texas economy and job creation numbers. But he failed to add that Texas leads the nation in people making minimum wage or less and avoided mentioning the state's structural budget deficit and sweeping cuts to health services and public education -- as well as what Time Magazine has called his"job poaching" from states like California and New York. Dr. Stephen R. Keister : Poverty and Public Health in America ( http://e2ma.net/go/7117399329/208603877/223666635/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/dr-stephen-r-keister-poverty-and-public.html )by Dr Stephen R. Keister / The Rag Blog. In his latest commentary on the state of health care, the good doctor reports on an academic study that "found that poverty, low levels of education, poor social support, and other social factors contribute about as many deaths in the U.S." as do heart attacks, strokes, lung cancer, and other familiar health issues. Yet our representatives continue their attempts to cut "an already inadequateMedicaid program" and to "revise" Medicare benefits. EVERY FRIDAY: KEEP TUNED IN WITH RAG RADIO! Rag Radio with Thorne Dreyer ( http://e2ma.net/go/7117399329/208603877/223666636/32516/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/7117399329/208603877/223666637/32516/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 1, 2011: Media Producer and Counterculture Veteran Bob Simmons. July 8, 2011: Author, Journalism Professor, and Political Activist Robert Jensen. Listen to Thorne Dreyer's June 24 interview with ( http://e2ma.net/go/7117399329/208603877/223666638/32516/goto:http://www.archive.org/details/RagRadio2011-06-24 )Environmental Activist ( http://e2ma.net/go/7117399329/208603877/223666639/32516/goto:http://www.archive.org/details/RagRadio2011-06-24 )Diane Wilson ( http://e2ma.net/go/7117399329/208603877/223666640/32516/goto:http://www.archive.org/details/RagRadio2011-06-24 ), author of Diary of an Eco-Outlaw. Listen to earlier shows on Rag Radio ( http://e2ma.net/go/7117399329/208603877/223666641/32516/goto:http://www.koop.org/schedule/detail.php?ext=info&oa_id=33 ). Hungry for your love: Dog eat dog world. Harvey Wasserman : Countdown to Nuclear Disaster ( http://e2ma.net/go/7117399329/208603877/223666642/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/harvey-wasserman-countdown-to-nuclear.html )by Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog. Harvey tells us that "humankind is now threatened by the simultaneous implosion, explosion, incineration, courtroom contempt, and drowning of its most lethal industry," as "Fukushima spews, Los Alamos burns, and Vermont rages," and in Nebraska, the flooding Missouri River continues to threaten at least two heartland nuclearreactors. FILM / Gregg Barrios : 'Incendies' is Scorching Odyssey of Death, Rebirth ( http://e2ma.net/go/7117399329/208603877/223666643/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/film-gregg-barrios-incendies-is.html )by Gregg Barrios / The Rag Blog. Gregg says that Denis Villeneuve's Incendies, nominated for best foreign film at last year's Oscars, is rendered on an almost epic scale asthe director"weaves his riveting tale alternating past with present to a fever pitch." It's partly set in a fictional Middle East country, modeled after Lebanon and its long civil war between Muslims and Christians, and features a "pitch perfect" performance by Lubna Azabel. Lamar W. Hankins : Michele Bachmann's Revelations ( http://e2ma.net/go/7117399329/208603877/223666644/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/lamar-w-hankins-michele-bachmanns.html )by Lamar W. Hankins / The Rag Blog. Bachmann, who once called herself a "fool for Christ," has said that Godpersonally directed her to run for Congress --and now for President of the United States. (He also apparently told her to oppose "Obamacare.") Bachmann, who is the darling of the current news cycle, hasopined that public school teachers should not encourage children to share, because sharing is socialistic.Wedon't know if God advised her on that one. Alice Walker : Why I'm Joining the Freedom Flotilla to Gaza ( http://e2ma.net/go/7117399329/208603877/223666645/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/alice-walker-why-im-joining-freedom.html )by Alice Walker / The Guardian. Pulitzer prize-winning American poet and novelist Alice Walker is participating in an international flotilla sailing to Gaza to challenge the Israeli blockade. She is aboard The Audacity of Hope, a boat that will be carrying letters of solidarityto the people of Gaza. Walker tells us why she's doing it. The post also includes an analysis by The Guardian's Emine Saner. Robert Jensen : The Anguish in the American Dream ( http://e2ma.net/go/7117399329/208603877/223666646/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/robert-jensen-anguish-in-american-dream.html )by Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog. In this provocative essay, Professor Jensen -- who will be Thorne Dreyer's guest on Rag Radio, Friday, July 8 -- suggests that, once weface the "anguish inherent in the American Dream," and recognize that thedream has always been"dependent on domination," we can see more clearly "ouroptions for a just and sustainable future." Jordan Flaherty : Murder Trial Begins for Danziger Bridge Cops ( http://e2ma.net/go/7117399329/208603877/223666647/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/jordan-flaherty-murder-trial-begins-for.html )by Jordan Flaherty / The Rag Blog. Arguments have begun in whatsome considerthe most important trial New Orleans has seen in a generation. It is a shocking case of police brutality that has already redefined the city's relationship to its police department and radically rewritten the official narrative of what happened in the chaotic days after Hurricane Katrina. Michele Bachmann: God made me do it. 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. 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