THE WAY WE SAW IT
THE WAY WE SAW IT The following are excerpts from articles and editorials published by The Progressive since its founding on January 9, 1909. They have been edited only to achieve brevity. Unless...
...July 1975 Militarism in Iran [In Iran] the military power and security apparatus present a serious problem...
...June 1934 Runaway technology The history of the new contraceptives suggests that the revolution in birth control technologies has turned sour: We are unable to protect ourselves from the contraceptive technologies which the medical industry creates...
...During the past decade both have mushroomed on generous doses of U.S...
...It is the snake that we must kill...
...What marvelous manifestations of unrestrained patriotism...
...Elihu Bergman, April 1964 The venom of power The alliance between business and politics is the most dangerous thing in our political life...
...What sublime willingness to sacrifice shall characterize this generation on the pages of history...
...The coming catastrophe All that we know of history and of human psychology makes it certain that some accident or incident, some bluff or blunder, some snapping of nerves under terrific tension, will be the match to kindle an explosion such as the world has never known...
...assistance...
...Senator William E. Booth, January 1918...
...Unless an author's name is appended, the material was editorial comment...
...Norman Thomas, March 1949 One-way street It is all right, apparently, to redistribute wealth in one direction through the sales tax, but very unethical to redistribute wealth in the other direction through the income tax...
...We conscript our young men to fight and pass the burden of taxes on to the next generation...
...One assumes that the military and security officer corps, which have developed a strong stake in the status quo, will not press for reforms...
...Today they stand as the main prop to the regime...
...Thus, the Iranian military, in its growing prominence, must be reckoned as a negative factor in the pattern of national development and social change...
...Gifford Pinchot, June 1910 Who are the slackers...
Vol. 43 • March 1979 • No. 3
