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The Rag Blog Digest October 13, 2011 theragblog.blogspot.com ( http://e2ma.net/go/7299516342/208702601/226138928/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/ ) Richard D. Jehn, founder Thorne Webb Dreyer, editor Ellen LaConte : Finding Democracy in Unexpected Places ( http://e2ma.net/go/7299516342/208702601/226138929/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/ellen-laconte-finding-democracy-in.html ) by Ellen LaConte / The Rag Blog. "What if nature," Ellen asks, "rather than our own history, provides 'the inspiration for genuine democratic thinking'"? Since our leaders are evidently incapable of dealing with the issues -- economic, environmental, political/social -- before them, she suggests that we reassess how we view the concept of democracy. For some of the answers, we might turn to nature itself. Steve Russell : 'Chief' Was Born on Death Row ( http://e2ma.net/go/7299516342/208702601/226138930/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/steve-russell-chief-was-born-on-death.html ) by Steve Russell / The Rag Blog. Retired judge and Cherokee Indian Russell looks at capital punishment ("those without the capital get the punishment") and the case of American Indian Douglas "Chief" Stankewitz, who has spent 33 years on death row at San Quentin. Steve tells us that Chief has essentially been a condemned man hisentire life, and that, to understand his story, we must also understand the "spectacular destruction of California Indians." Rag Radio : Activist/Journalist Jonah Raskin, Author of 'Marijuanaland' ( http://e2ma.net/go/7299516342/208702601/226138931/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/rag-radio-activistjournalist-jonah.html ) Interview by Thorne Dreyer / Rag Radio. Go here to listen to the podcast of Dreyer's interview with California-based writer Jonah Raskin, author of Marijuanaland: Dispatches from an American War. Raskin discusses cannabis culture, politics, economics, medicine, and law -- and the unsuccessful2010 Prop. 19 campaign to legalize some possession of marijuana. Robert Creamer : Why the Occupy Wall Street Movement Frightens the Right ( http://e2ma.net/go/7299516342/208702601/226138932/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/robert-creamer-why-occupy-wall-street.html )-- By Robert Creamer / Progressive America Rising. Theminions of the Right aren'tafraid of the Occupy Wall Street movement because of Eric Cantor's feigned fear of "the mob" that is "occupying our cities." But they are worried that their electoral heads may roll. Telling us that all elections are decided by "persuadable voters" and "mobilizable voters," Creamer says that the movement could affect the behavior of those groups -- and he lays out five reasons why. EVERY FRIDAY: KEEP TUNED IN WITH RAG RADIO! Rag Radio with Thorne Dreyer ( http://e2ma.net/go/7299516342/208702601/226138933/32516/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/7299516342/208702601/226138934/32516/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 Oct. 7, 2011 Rag Radio interview with Writer/Activist Jonah Raskin ( http://e2ma.net/go/7299516342/208702601/226138935/32516/goto:http://www.archive.org/details/RagRadio2011-10-07-JonahRaskin ), 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/7299516342/208702601/226138936/32516/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. Green democracy : Learning from nature. Lamar W. Hankins : Documenting Flawed Forensics and the Willingham Execution ( http://e2ma.net/go/7299516342/208702601/226138937/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/lamar-w-hankins-documenting-flawed.html ) by Lamar W. Hankins / The Rag Blog. The new documentary film-- Incendiary: The Willingham Case -- is about the execution of Cameron Todd Willingham for arson in a fire that killed his three children.The film focuses on "what happens when supposedly expert witnesses in a criminal case get the forensic science wrong," and "what happens when politicians pretend that the criminal justice system works well." Harry Targ : Drones, Banks, and Multitudes ( http://e2ma.net/go/7299516342/208702601/226138938/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/harry-targ-drones-banks-and-multitudes.html ) by Harry Targ / The Rag Blog. Professor Targ's latest post deals with the point at which "symbolic" politics becomes "real" politics. He usesthree symbols to represent today's politics. Drones refer metaphorically to high-tech state-directed murder. Banks symbolize the capitalist economic system "that organizes workers to generate wealth that is increasingly appropriated by the few." And the multitudes refers to the rising up of the masses, "the underside of a new global order." Jonah Raskin : Occupy Austin: This is Just the Beginning ( http://e2ma.net/go/7299516342/208702601/226138939/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/jonah-raskin-occupy-austin-this-is-just.html ) by Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog. Raskin'scolorful impressions of Occupy Austin which, on its first day, brought 1,500 "youthful demonstrators, aging protesters, and ageless rabble-rousers" to agathering outside Austin City Hall.Jonah tellsus that Occupy Austin had some of the flavor of aprotest from the 1960s -- a time when everything "felt frozen and dead." "America needed awakening then, too," Jonah reminds us. Includes a great gallery of photos from the event. Something's happening here : Austin occupied. The Rag Blog is a non-profit internet newsmagazine produced by activist journalists committed to progressive social change. 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