Monday, February 28, 2011

Washington's Internal Security Apparatus-A Long History

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US citizens of almost all political stripes tend to live their lives ignorant of what the government that operates in their name is really ...
Sunday, February 20, 2011

Making the Robbed Pay for the Robbers' Crimes

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"Some men rob you with a six gun/and some with a fountain pen..."-Woody Guthrie As I write this, Republicans and other right wing...
Thursday, February 17, 2011

Ron Jacobs: Framing the Sixties

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Ron Jacobs: Framing the Sixties
Sunday, February 13, 2011

Father Time Wants to Forget--An Essay From the Past

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When I lived in the San Francisco Bay Area during the late 1970s until the mid-1980s, the week between Christmas and New Year's was a we...
Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Ron Jacobs: Suleiman and the Muslim Brotherhood

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Ron Jacobs: Suleiman and the Muslim Brotherhood
Saturday, February 5, 2011

Blasts From the Past-Stevie Wonder and Gil Scott Heron

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It's funny how many of us can remember the very first time we heard a particular song. Usually, it's because that song dramatically...
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Sunday, January 30, 2011

Is the Game Really Over for Mubarak? -updated January 31, 2011

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As I write this on January 31, 2011, Al-Jazeera English is ireporting that six of its reporters have been arrested by the Egyptian military...
Thursday, January 13, 2011

Ron Jacobs: When Destruction Sickens

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Ron Jacobs: When Destruction Sickens
Saturday, January 1, 2011

The Co-Conspirator's Tale

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There's a place where love and mistrust are never at peace; where duplicity and deceit are the universal currency. The Co-Conspirato...
Saturday, December 25, 2010

Warren Haynes' Xmas Jam 2010 Jes Grew Report

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"Jes Grew which began in New Orleans....They are calling it a plague when in fact it is an anti-plague." -- Mumbo Jumbo ...
Sunday, December 5, 2010

Socialist Worker Reviews Tripping Through The American Night

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Keith Rosenthal wrote a nice review of my ebook in Socialist Worker
Sunday, November 14, 2010

Ron Jacobs: Palestine, a Family's Story

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https://www.counterpunch.org/2010/11/12/palestine-a-family-s-story/
Saturday, October 30, 2010

Ron Jacobs: Vietnam's Revolution in the Revolution

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https://www.counterpunch.org/2010/10/29/vietnam-s-revolution-in-the-revolution/
Saturday, October 9, 2010

Tripping Through the American Night

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My latest book, titled Tripping Through the American Night , was published in ebook format on October 8, 2010. The format used is known as...
Sunday, September 26, 2010

We Will Not Be Intimidated-The FBI Raids In Context

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On September 24, 2010 the FBI raided several houses and a couple offices in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Chicago and North Carolina under the guis...
Friday, July 9, 2010

Video Gamers and the Future of Labor Rights

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Even though I’ve been involved in at least four union organizing efforts at jobs I have had since I began working in 1971, I have never work...
Monday, May 31, 2010

Rachel Corrie Lives-The Israeli Attack On the Aid Flotilla

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Just when you think Israel can not do anything more to anger most of the world, it does. The attack on the aid flotilla of ships that inclu...
Sunday, May 16, 2010

When the Sunshine Rose and Set On the Brotherhood of Eternal Love

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The popular history of the 1960s includes a number of stories that are rife with rumor and unsubstantiated tales. From the possibility of c...
Thursday, April 29, 2010

It's Hard to Run With the Weight of Lead...

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The last days of April 1970 seemed relatively uneventful. The first Earth Day occurred on April 22nd that year. For the most part it bore ...
Saturday, April 17, 2010

Did Capitalism Destroy China's Democratic Stirrings?

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Back in 1989, the world was captivated by media images of hundreds of thousands of Chinese students and workers camped out in Tienanmen Squa...