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The Rag Blog Digest May 26, 2011 theragblog.blogspot.com ( http://e2ma.net/go/7079729181/208572414/223186062/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/ ) Richard D. Jehn, founder Thorne Webb Dreyer, editor Chellis Glendinning : The Way We Were ( http://e2ma.net/go/7079729181/208572414/223186063/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/05/chellis-glendinning-way-we-were.html )by Chellis Glendinning / The Rag Blog. A colorful, evocative (and action-filled)reminiscenceof Sixties activist Berkeley. Glendinning, now an award-winning writer living in Bolivia, was in the thick of things -- runningfromteargas, facing down bayonet-wielding National Guardsmen, and, in a "pre-feminist" moment, sharing a jail cell with 100 women rounded up in a "mass bust." Later, she and husband Bill hightailed it to Europe and then retreated to a maple-sugar farm in Vermont. VERSE / Mariann G. Wizard : Fire in the Hole ( http://e2ma.net/go/7079729181/208572414/223186064/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/05/verse-mariann-g-wizard-fire-in-hole.html )by Mariann G. Wizard / The Rag Blog. Wizard, The Rag's resident bard, tells us that "Daily before our eyes / spoiled executives flaunt / staggering profits while / staggering veterans beg for alms..." "The powder keg is full," she opines, "and the fuse is lit." Lamar W. Hankins : The Latest Plan for Perpetual War ( http://e2ma.net/go/7079729181/208572414/223186065/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/05/lamar-w-hankins-latest-plan-for.html )by Lamar W. Hankins / The Rag Blog. Have the wise men and women of Congress found a way to institutionalize the "perpetual" war desired by Eisenhower's"military-industrial-Congressional complex"? Just check out a defense authorization bill recently passed by the House Armed Services Committee that would provide the president with war powers against "terrorist" forces until "the termination of hostilities." Like, whenever that is... Marc Estrin : Up, Up, and Away ( http://e2ma.net/go/7079729181/208572414/223186066/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/05/marc-estrin-up-up-and-away.html )by Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog. Novelist Estrin, who lives in Burlington, Vermont, discusses that town'slove/hate relationship withan air showcalled "Wings Over Vermont" that features, in part, high-performance military jets. And the extreme reactionignited by the"tree-hugging wing nuts" who oppose it. Warns one show supporter: "If you don't stand behind our troops, PLEASE feel free to stand in front of them." Kate Braun : Lady Moon in Gemini for Fourth Phase ( http://e2ma.net/go/7079729181/208572414/223186067/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/05/kate-braun-lady-moon-in-gemini-for.html )by Kate Braun / The Rag Blog. For the moon's fourth quarter, Lady Moon is in Gemini. This is a good moon phase for dealing with the public, and -- with Pluto in retrograde --for takingcare of unfinished business. EVERY FRIDAY: KEEP TUNED IN WITH RAG RADIO! Rag Radio with Thorne Dreyer ( http://e2ma.net/go/7079729181/208572414/223186068/32516/goto:http://www.koop.org/schedule/detail.php?ext=info&oa_id=33 ): Every Friday, 2-3 p.m. (CST) on KOOP 91.7 Austin. To stream online, go here ( http://e2ma.net/go/7079729181/208572414/223186069/32516/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 May 27, 2011: Psychologist Hirokazu Yoshikawa, author of Immigrants Raising Citizens. June 3, 2011: Populist author Bruce E. Levine. Listen to Thorne Dreyer's May 20, 2011 ( http://e2ma.net/go/7079729181/208572414/223186070/32516/goto:http://www.archive.org/details/RagRadio2011-05-06 )interview with cultural historian Richard Pells ( http://e2ma.net/go/7079729181/208572414/223186071/32516/goto:http://www.archive.org/details/RagRadio2011-05-20&reCache=1 ). Listen to earlier shows on Rag Radio ( http://e2ma.net/go/7079729181/208572414/223186072/32516/goto:http://www.koop.org/schedule/detail.php?ext=info&oa_id=33 ). The way we were: Flower power at People's Park. SPORT / Dave Zirin : Why Lance Armstrong Will Survive ( http://e2ma.net/go/7079729181/208572414/223186073/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/05/sport-dave-zirin-why-lance-armstrong.html )by Dave Zirin / The Rag Blog. Sportswriter/activist Zirin has a fresh take on Austin's champion cyclist, now enmeshed in controversy involving accusations of performance-enhancing drug use. Zirin sees the problems with drugs as institutional, andfinds the federal grand juries aimed at "cleaning up sports" to be a "vulgar use of government power." Davepoints out that cancer survivors see Lance as "more than an icon of athletics," but "as an icon of survival and recovery." Jordan Flaherty : Rising Anxiety on the Gulf Coast ( http://e2ma.net/go/7079729181/208572414/223186074/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/05/jordan-flaherty-rising-anxiety-on-gulf.html )by Jordan Flaherty / The Rag Blog. Journalist Flaherty reports from New Orleans on renewed anxiety over flooding along the Mississippi among people who have weathered one major disaster after another. The waters of the river have reached historic heights, and for many in the swamps of southeast Louisiana, a place where day-to-day life hasn't changed much in generations, a way of life is now in danger. David P. Hamilton : 'Le Perv,' 'Le Perp,' and Justice in America ( http://e2ma.net/go/7079729181/208572414/223186075/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/05/david-p-hamilton-le-perv-le-perp-and.html )by David P. Hamilton / The Rag Blog. In his second letter from Paris, David provides his perspective on the scandal involving Dominique Strauss-Kahn, with special emphasis on the differences between the criminal justice systems in the United States and Europe.David makes it clear he isn't defending DSK,but points to "the defect in American jurisprudence" that allows pre-trial exposure that amounts to "public humiliation of the accused." Bill Fletcher, Jr. : Obama, Progressives, and the White Nationalist Backlash ( http://e2ma.net/go/7079729181/208572414/223186076/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/05/bill-fletcher-jr-obama-progressives-and.html ) by Bill Fletcher, Jr. / The Rag Blog. While acknowledging the legitimate criticisms progressives have of the Obama administration andits "unacceptable compromises" with Republicans, writer and African-American activist Fletcher warns of a "white nationalist backlash" againstthe presidentthat needs to be addressed in the context of the 2012 elections. The racist attacks on Obama, he says, "fuse with the larger right-wing narrative," andmust notbe ignored. Enhanced performance: Lance the survivor. The Rag Blog is a non-profit internet newsmagazine produced by activist journalists committed to progressive social change. 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