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The Rag Blog Digest October 28, 2011 theragblog.blogspot.com ( http://e2ma.net/go/7319958457/208720325/226392192/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/ ) Richard D. Jehn, founder Thorne Webb Dreyer, editor Susan Van Haitsma : 'Viva la Vida' in Austin ( http://e2ma.net/go/7319958457/208720325/226392193/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/susan-van-haitsma-viva-la-vida-in.html )by Susan Van Haitsma / The Rag Blog. One of Austin's most colorful events of the year is the "Dia de los Muertos" festival organized by the Mexic-Arte Museum. Called "Viva la Vida," this year's festival included a beautiful procession in downtown Austinand members of CodePink added an anti-war theme to the traditional skeleton motif, honoring the dead women and children of Afghanistan.Don't missSusan'sbeautiful gallery of photos. David Van Os : 'Non-Lethal Projectiles' in Oakland ( http://e2ma.net/go/7319958457/208720325/226392194/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/david-van-os-non-lethal-projectiles-in.html )by David Van Os / The Rag Blog. Tuesdaypolice in riot gear opened fire on Occupy Oakland demonstrators, usingso-called "non-lethal ordnance." Scott Olsen, a member of Veterans for Peace, was shot in the head with what police glibly called a "projectile," fracturing his skull. We update the action with a surprisingly conciliatory statement from Oakland Mayor Jean Quan. William Rogers : Austin Labor Marches in Solidarity with 'Occupy' Movement ( http://e2ma.net/go/7319958457/208720325/226392195/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/william-rogers-austin-labor-marches-in.html )by William Rogers / The Rag Blog. 500 spirited union members, chanting, "They got bailed out, we got sold out," marched through downtown Austin Sunday during the Occupy Austin Labor Solidarity March. The group, thatincluded iron and sheet metal workers, electricians, telecom and transit workers, teachers and government workers, marched to a skyscraper that houses Wells Fargo, a bank that received $43.7 billion in bailout funds and has since made $24.6 billion in profits. Rag Radio : Academic/Activist Bernardine Dohrn, Former Leader of Weather Underground ( http://e2ma.net/go/7319958457/208720325/226392196/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/rag-radio-academicactivist-bernardine.html ) Interview by Thorne Dreyer / Rag Radio.Dreyer's guest on Rag Radio, Friday, Oct. 21,was controversial Sixties activist Bernardine Dohrn, now a respected academic who teaches law at Northwestern University School of Law. In the lively andfar-ranging interview,shereflects onher history with SDS and Weatherman, discusses the criminal justice system and its effect on young people -- and expresses enthusiasm about the possibilities for social change offered by the mushroomingOccupy Wall Streetmovement. Listen to it at the above link. Kate Braun : Let the Spirits Dance at Samhain ( http://e2ma.net/go/7319958457/208720325/226392197/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/kate-braun-let-spirits-dance-at-samhain.html )by Kate Braun / The Rag Blog. Monday, Oct. 31, is Samhain, Halloween, All Hallow's Eve, Third Harvest. Samhain marks the end of summer on the Wheel of Life calendar and falls on the eve of All Souls Day or "Dia de los Muertos,"It offersan opportunity for celebration and to honor the spirits of those who have crossed over. EVERY FRIDAY: KEEP TUNED IN WITH RAG RADIO! Rag Radio with Thorne Dreyer ( http://e2ma.net/go/7319958457/208720325/226392198/32516/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/7319958457/208720325/226392199/32516/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. 21, 2011, Rag Radio interview with Academic/Activist Bernardine Dohrn ( http://e2ma.net/go/7319958457/208720325/226392200/32516/goto:http://www.archive.org/details/RagRadio2011-10-21-BernardineDohrn ), former Leader of Weather Underground. Oct. 28, 2011: Singer/Songwriter & Community Activist Charlie Faye. Nov. 4, 2011: Greenlandic Inuit Actor & Explorer Ole Jrgen Hammeken & French Filmmaker Marc Buriot. Listen to earlier shows on Rag Radio. ( http://e2ma.net/go/7319958457/208720325/226392201/32516/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. Viva la Vida : No mas guerra... ( http://e2ma.net/go/7319958457/208720325/226392202/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/kate-braun-let-spirits-dance-at-samhain.html )Bob Feldman : The Confederate State of Texas, 1846-1860 ( http://e2ma.net/go/7319958457/208720325/226392203/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/bob-feldman-confederate-state-of-texas.html )by Bob Feldman / The Rag Blog. In the latest installment of his series on the "hidden history of Texas," Bob talks about the Confederate years when the state seceded from the union and joined the Confederacy, doing so, according to Barr's "Black Texans," to defend "the servitude of the African to the white race." Between 12-15,000 Texans lost their lives in the Civil War. Harry Tarq : Does U.S. Foreign Policy Respect Human Life? ( http://e2ma.net/go/7319958457/208720325/226392204/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/harry-tarq-does-us-foreign-policy.html )by Harry Tarq / The Rag Blog. A new narrative about the Obama administration has begun to take shape: that on the national security front Obama is markedly more tough and effective than Republicans claim. The brutal murder of Qaddafi on global television, followed by celebratory remarks by the president and members of his administration "capped three years of U.S. violence on people of the Global South." Joan Wile : Granny for Peace Welcomes Iraq Withdrawal ( http://e2ma.net/go/7319958457/208720325/226392205/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/joan-wile-granny-for-peace-welcomes.html )by Joan Wile / The Rag Blog. Wile, who started Grandmothers Against the War in 2004 "with just two of us nervous, shivering old ladies" in avigil at Rockefeller Center, reacts to Obama's announcement that our 41,000 U.S. troops will be leaving Iraq by the end of the year. She calls the news "hopeful and unexpected" and says she and her fellow grannies are "cautiously optimistic." Harvey Wasserman : Occupy Nukes! ( http://e2ma.net/go/7319958457/208720325/226392206/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/harvey-wasserman-occupy-nukes.html )by Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog. Alternative journalist Wasserman, a longtime force in the movement against nuclear power, sees with the Occupy Wall Street movement a new long-term agenda emerging: social justice, racial and gender equality, ecological survival, true democracy, and an end to war. Now he believes Occupy Wall Street and the No Nukes movement must intersect "because a grassroots-based energy supply is at the core of a sustainable Solartopian future." Lamar W. Hankins : Free Speech and the Texas Confederate License Plate ( http://e2ma.net/go/7319958457/208720325/226392207/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/lamar-w-hankins-free-speech-and-texas.html )by Lamar W. Hankins / The Rag Blog. Lamar says the efforts by the sons of Confederate Veterans to have the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles approve a license plate with Confederate imagerycreates more than a simple conflict between offensive speech and free speech.Himself adescendent of Confederate soldiers, Hankins sees the Confederate Battle Flag as a treasonous symbol -- of racism and the Ku Klux Klan. Go go grannies : Bringing the troops home. 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. 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