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The Rag Blog Digest September 29, 2011 theragblog.blogspot.com ( http://e2ma.net/go/7217079447/208685803/224890455/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/ ) Richard D. Jehn, founder Thorne Webb Dreyer, editor BOOKS / Mariann G. Wizard : Jonah Raskin's 'Marijuanaland' ( http://e2ma.net/go/7217079447/208685803/224890456/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/books-mariann-g-wizard-jonah-raskins.html ) by Mariann G. Wizard / The Rag Blog. The Wizard reviewsRag Blog regularJonah Raskin's new book, Marijuanaland: Dispatches From an American War. Jonah will be in Austin Oct. 7-8 -- for a Rag Blog Happy Hour at Maria's (Friday, 5-7 p.m.) and for Saturday book signings at Oat Willies and Brave New Books. Jonah will also be our guest on Rag Radio, Friday at 2. (See post for all the details.) Rag Radio : Suspense Novelist David Lindsey on the Private Intelligence Industry ( http://e2ma.net/go/7217079447/208685803/224890457/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/rag-radio-suspense-novelist-david.html ) Interview by Thorne Dreyer / Rag Radio.Austin resident andNew York Times bestsellingnovelist David Lindsey discusses hisfascinating career and the booming contract espionage business that is the subject of his latest novel cycle.Go to the postto learn more about Lindsey and his work,andto listen to theRag Radio podcast. Harry Targ : Remembering the Great Society ( http://e2ma.net/go/7217079447/208685803/224890458/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/harry-targ-remembering-great-society.html ) by Harry Targ / The Rag Blog. Noting that poverty is a growing problem in this country, with 46.2 million people living below the poverty line, Professor Targ reflects on the remarkable achievements of LBJ's Great Society --which ultimately floundered, not because of errors in its visions or programs, but because of a "disastrous imperial war." Robert Jensen : Revolutionizing the Way We Grow Food ( http://e2ma.net/go/7217079447/208685803/224890459/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/robert-jensen-revolutionizing-way-we.html ) by Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog. Wes Jackson of The Land Institute"has been pursuing the science and tweaking the strategy" of a sustainable agriculture movement for more than three decades. His research team"is working to build a resilient agriculture modeled on natural ecosystems." Tom Hayden : An Expanding War in Pakistan ( http://e2ma.net/go/7217079447/208685803/224890460/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/tom-hayden-expanding-war-in-pakistan.html ) by Tom Hayden / The Rag Blog. Hayden warns that the United States is "creeping deeper and deeper into a disastrous war in Pakistan," using drone technology as a substitute for American ground troops. Tom discusses the complex situation in the region, saying that the drone strategydoesn't make America safer becauseit requires massive investments in "nation-building" and inevitably "provokes blowback." EVERY FRIDAY: KEEP TUNED IN WITH RAG RADIO! Rag Radio with Thorne Dreyer ( http://e2ma.net/go/7217079447/208685803/224890461/32516/goto:http://www.koop.org/schedule/detail.php?ext=info&oa_id=33 ): Every Friday, 2-3 p.m. (CDT) on KOOP 91.7-FM in Austin. To stream online, go here ( http://e2ma.net/go/7217079447/208685803/224890462/32516/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 Listen to Thorne Dreyer's Sept. 23, 2011 Rag Radio interview with Suspense Novelist David Lindsey ( http://e2ma.net/go/7217079447/208685803/224890463/32516/goto:http://www.archive.org/details/RagRadio2011-09-23-DavidLindsey ) on the booming Private Intelligence Industry. Sept. 30, 2011: Progressive State Rep. Elliott Naishtat, D-Texas. Oct. 7, 2011: Former Yippie Jonah Raskin, Author of Marijuanaland: Dispatches From an American War. Oct. 14, 2011: Scholar, Urban Theorist, Author & Social Activist Mike Davis. Listen to earlier shows on Rag Radio. ( http://e2ma.net/go/7217079447/208685803/224890464/32516/goto:http://www.koop.org/schedule/detail.php?ext=info&oa_id=33 ) Rag Radio is rebroadcast every Sunday at 10 a.m. (Eastern) on WFTE, 90.3-FM in Mt. Cobb, PA and 105.7-FM in Scranton, PA. Pakistan : The war drones on. SPORT / Dave Zirin : John Carlos and the Moment That Still Matters ( http://e2ma.net/go/7217079447/208685803/224890465/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/sport-dave-zirin-john-carlos-and-moment.html ) by Dave Zirin / The Rag Blog. As Troy Davis was executed on Sept. 21, Howard University students pumped their fists in front of the White House. 43 years earlier, John Carlos and Tommie Smith raised their black-gloved fists on the medal stand at the summer Olympics -- in support of the black freedom struggle -- creating a moment "seared for all-time in the American consciousness." Don Swift : Rick Perry and the New Apostolic Reformation ( http://e2ma.net/go/7217079447/208685803/224890466/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/don-swift-rick-perry-and-new-apostolic.html ) by Don Swift / The Rag Blog. Swift continues his series on the theocraticChristian movement known as Dominionism with a discussion of its "most vigorous branch," the New Apostolic Reformation, andits connections to Texas Gov. Rick Perry. "Two years ago," Swift reports, NAR ministerstold Perry that Texas had been "anointed by God to bring America to Godly rule." Alice Embree : War is Trauma but GIs Have the Right to Heal ( http://e2ma.net/go/7217079447/208685803/224890467/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/alice-embree-war-is-trauma-but-gis-have.html ) by Alice Embree / The Rag Blog. As servicemen and women continue to be redeployed despite diagnoses of major traumatic disorders, the Iraq Veterans Against the War fight for the GIs' "right to heal." The Austin Lounge Lizards headline Hoodstock III at Austin's Jovita's, Sunday, Oct. 2, to benefit IVAW's Operation Recovery and Under the Hood, the GI coffeehouse and outreach center. Go to the post for details. FICTION / Marc Estrin : The Machine ( http://e2ma.net/go/7217079447/208685803/224890468/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/fiction-marc-estrin-machine.html ) by Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog. As capital punishment has once again been thrust into the forefront of public discussion, Estrin offers Rag Blog readers a chapter from his recent novel, The Good Doctor Guillotin, about the first use of the guillotine during the French Revolution. Lamar W. Hankins : The Death Penalty and the Question of 'Actual Innocence' ( http://e2ma.net/go/7217079447/208685803/224890469/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/lamar-w-hankins-death-penalty-and.html ) by Lamar W. Hankins / The Rag Blog. Hankins, who has been involved with the criminal justice system for more than 45 years, offers his perspective about capital punishment.Lamar believes the system to be "so imperfect and unreliable that it is irresponsible to assign it the authority to decide who should live and who should die." Hoodstock III : The GIs' right to heal. 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. 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