Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor Sheehan Sparks the Peace Movement When the March issue arrived, I wondered, "Who is that woman on the cover?" (Interview with Cindy Sheehan, by David Barsamian). Despite all...
...The fact that most prominent Democrats support this lunatic operation is absolutely disgusting...
...Sandra E. Hardy Croton-on-Hudson, New York Yes, there are millions of us who agree with you, Molly...
...Answering our critics on their terms detracts from our ability to advocate for justice on our own terms...
...If it were not for you, Howard Zinn, your editor Matthew Rothschild, and the whole Progressive team, I could be dragging a rope and looking for a rafter...
...And, frankly, it wrecks things for those who can't or simply won't play their game...
...Let's spread the word and let him know that we're behind him...
...Ellen Barfield Baltimore, Maryland Cindy Sheehan was impressive in the interview by David Barsamian...
...We should be able to sue Halliburton, Bechtel, Cheney, and their ilk for every last penny they have to contribute to reparations...
...Thank you, Cindy, for your inspiring words...
...So let's pick a candidate and encourage him (or her) to run...
...We don't endorse candidates...
...Like Representatives John Murtha, John Conyers, Barbara Lee, Senator Russ Feingold, and a few others with a backbone, she speaks truth to power...
...Saving the country just might be fun if greater numbers find louder voices...
...They are the conscience of the nation...
...Does one have to have children, and grandchildren, to claim the right to a decent wage and reasonable work hours...
...The interview reveals her to be an extremely intelligent person with well thought out opinions...
...It cannot begin too soon...
...This withdrawal could be an indication of global post-imperialist behavior, but to clump my twenty-something son, nephews, and male college students in with the likes of Bush and Rove is not just simplistic and nasty...
...Anne Enke Madison, Wisconsin Hooray for Molly Thank you for "Enough of the D.C...
...Art Lyons Eau Claire, Wisconsin Advocate Justice on Our Own Terms Barbara Ehrenreich argues that it is not feminists who ruin schools, families, and society in general but, rather, inadequate wages and long work hours ("Corporate Home Wreckers," March issue...
...Please don't imply we don't exist...
...She has it exactly right...
...Some parents-those in many white-collar professions-actually do receive reduced work expectations because parents "have families to take care of...
...It inspired me to do some thinking myself...
...Parenthood, at least if combined with heterosexuality, is a highly privileged status, but it's not helping the labor movement at all...
...James D. Stempel Hawthorne, Nevada Clinton Counterproductive After reading Kate Clinton's "Withdrawal Syndrome" in the March issue, I wonder when our current progressive movement will help build its power base by moving beyond sniping at white men...
...So why not inundate him with letters promising money and time if he runs for President...
...The trumped up charges against her would never have been filed if her school had an effective teachers' union...
...But a busload of Veterans for Peace and Military Families Speak Out members accompanied Sheehan down to Crawford from the Veterans for Peace convention then happening in Irving, Texas...
...It's also counterproductive...
...My son is still finding his place in society...
...Without the backing of a strong union, teachers across the country are virtually powerless to defend themselves against determined parents and administrators...
...Once again you have coaxed me back from the brink...
...He and many young white men are easily salvageable...
...We laughed ruefully that even though we would both vote for Shirley Chisholm, a black woman in the White House just wasn't likely to happen first...
...I'm retired, and I have the time now to read more, but after a while the state of affairs gets me down...
...Walt Gardner Los Angeles, California The editors welcome correspondence from readers on all topics, but prefer to publish letters that comment directly on material previously published in The Progressive...
...we all do...
...After reading Molly Ivins's column this month while sitting all alone at my kitchen table, I felt like jumping up and shouting, yea...
...I feel so helpless...
...Once the war is over, the United States should be liable for all the damage it has caused in Iraq...
...Tom Erickson Glendale, California Trumped Up Charges The situation at Clear Creek Elementary School in Bloomington, Indiana, is not an isolated case ("A Chill in the Classroom," by Matthew Rothschild, March issue...
...Unless Democrats jettison the DLC (Republican Lite) agenda, they will continue to lose...
...Free market ideologues vigorously maintain that unions diminish educational quality by protecting incompetent teachers...
...There is a disappointing tendency of reporters to write about activists as if they are lone heroes instead of part of a movement...
...As Clinton notes, boys and men are disengaging from various social institutions, including education...
...Her spark has relit the larger peace movement, and encouraged many regular folks to speak out, too...
...David Como Stanford, California About thirty-five years ago, my best friend and I were discussing whether it would be a white woman or a black man who first broke the white man's grip on the White House...
...Dems, I'd like to say: Let's go for it...
...Sheehan has been learning very quickly on her feet, and I commend her for her courage...
...Of course, parents have people to take care of...
...I couldn't agree more: The brutal workplace hurts our abilities to exercise citizenship in all arenas of public life, and it puts crippling pressure on family and personal life...
...Letters may be e-mailed to: editorial@progressive.org Please include your city and state...
...I sure can't donate much money...
...Think of the current crop of incredible African American women in the House...
...David M. Brugge Albuquerque, New Mexico David Barsamian quoted Cindy Sheehan as saying, "We didn't have any other groups with us" when she went to Crawford, Texas...
...If progressives push them away, surely the GOP, neocons, and Promise Keepers won't...
...President Bush's unjustified invasion of Iraq-resulting in the regrettable death of her son and 2,300 other troops, plus countless Iraqis-certainly is cause for impeachment...
...Dems" (by Molly Ivins, March issue...
...But if Ehrenreich wants to "play fair" by competing with her anti-feminist critics, showing off photos of her grandkids is a dangerous way to do it...
...But after reading Molly Ivins's recent column on the D.C...
...I compare it to standing at the street curb and watching my house burn down and wondering, "Where is the !@#$%& fire department...
...Despite all the time she has been in the news, I had not seen a good picture of her...
...Other military families have been speaking out very strongly since the summer of 2003 when Bush said, "Bring it on...
...South Dakota's abortion ban almost finished me...
...We all have things to contribute to this world besides our labor, even if we won't compete with Ehrenreich or her anti-feminist critics for parental status...
...Judith Catterall Portland, Oregon Editor's Note: The Progressive is a 501 (c)(3) tax-exempt organization...
...The obvious choice, as Molly suggests, is Russell Feingold, a flat-out hero as far as I'm concerned...
...All letters may be edited for clarity and conciseness, and may appear either in the magazine or on its web page...
...Along with Molly Ivins, I share Sheehan's contempt for Hillary Clinton, who seems to be an opportunist...
...But many of us have been struggling in a media blackout for years...
...What they slyly avoid, however, are cases such as Deb Mayer's...
...I say Maxine Waters for President...
Vol. 70 • May 2006 • No. 5
