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IssueVol. 042 Issue 011 (November 1 1978)
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Paid articleLetters
LETTERS The gypsies As a reader of The Progressive from time to time for many years, I have a problem that impinges on both of us: I'm about to retire, buy a trailer, and gallumph around the...
Paid articleBefore we cheer
COMMENT Before we cheer One might conclude from the reactions reported in the mass media that President Carter's Camp David summit meeting with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime...
Paid articlePotemkin missiles
THE WORD FROM WASHINGTON Potemkin missiles It was inevitable, of course, that the Pentagon would eventually get around to building non-missiles and digging empty holes to keep them in. The...
Paid articleNo Comment
NO COMMENT_ It figures Pennsylvania State University researchers report that people who carry pocket calculators are more cheerful and friendly than people who don't. Pentagon logic Defense...
Paid articleThe junk in outer space
Harris, Michael
The junk in outer space Pollution of the worst kind Michael Harris Tminus 60 and counting," the electronic voice still drones through the loudspeakers, "59, 58, 57, 56...." Like relics of the...
Paid article'Progress' on the land
REFLECTIONS 'Progress' on the land Carol Polsgrove There is no prettier farmland than Mason County, Kentucky, along the Ohio River. I lived in Mason County for a year, on one of its lush green...
Paid articleThe new sweatshops
Koeppel, Barbara
The new sweatshops They flourish outside the law, exploiting immigrants who can't fight back Barbara Koeppel The small signs tacked on the string of South Bronx buildings say, "Se necesitan...
Paid articleDisaster in Siberia
Day, Samuel H. Jr.
Disaster in Siberia The unthinkable has already happened Samuel H. Day Ir. Two years ago, a Russian geneticist caused a worldwide stir with his offhand report, tucked into an article in a...
Paid articleCreating a united Left
Boyte, Harry C.
Creating a united Left A strategy and program for the 1980s Harry C. Boyte In July 1901, American socialists held a unity convention in Indianapolis. It was a kaleidoscopic gathering — railroad...
Paid articleNo relief for renters
Barnett, Mary
No relief for renters Tenants get no share of the Proposition Thirteen windfall Mary Barnett The Sacramento apartment complex in which bachelor Jerry Brown lives was scheduled for a 10 per cent...
Paid articleFading of the dream
Brom, Thomas
Fading of the dream One American in three is a permanent renter Thomas Brom Renters are a "sleeping dragon" in American politics, beginning to awaken under the severe pressures of the housing...
Paid articleDenmark's tax revolt
Logue, John
Denmark's tax revolt After five years, the taxes are still there John Logue The world's most successful tax resisters' party will soon celebrate the fifth anniversary of its triumphal entry into...
Paid articleSweden's 'image' politics
Nosslter, Bernard D.
Sweden's 'image' politics Where substance is similar, style makes the difference Bernard D. Nossiter ^^^^ / ity poor Thorbjorn Falldin. Last spring, Sweden's Premier lost a ¦ libel suit against...
Paid articlePoison by the roadside
Drogin, Bob
Poison by the roadside . . . Bob Drogin General William T. Sherman's march to the sea had nothing on the truckers who dumped about 30,000 gallons of oil laced with toxic polychlorinated biphenyl...
Paid articleand in the Love Canal
Galdston, Ken
and in the Love Canal Ken Galdston It's called the Love Canal, but it's a pesthole. Last August 2, New York state's health commissioner, Dr. Robert Whalen, declared the Love Canal dumping site in...
Paid articleWelfare under the gun
Welfare under the gun Widening the income gap Food stamps denied to 800,000 eligible recipients." Mississippi? No, New York state, long a / leader in providing income-support programs to the...
Paid articleBeating missiles into kidney machines
Harris, lohn
Beating missiles into kidney machines A union plan for pea conversion John Harris California's Santa Clara Valley was once a prime fruit-growing area. The warm summer weather and the winter...
Paid articleLarry P. versus IQ tests
Ristow, William
Larry P. versus IQ tests A California lawsuit raises the question of intelligence and race William Ristow Some time this fail, a Federal judge in San Francisco is expected to rule on one of the...
Paid articleHeaven can wait
MOVIES Heaven can wait Kenneth Turan Terrence Malick's Days of Heaven is a critic's darling if ever there was one. The film has inspired awestruck and reverential comment from the start, and has...
Paid articleThe 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...
Paid articleRobert Kennedy 'might have changed history'
WITCOVER, JULES
BOOKS Robert Kennedy 'might have changed history' Jules Witcover It is hard to accept that ten years have gone by since the death of Robert Kennedy. The nature of his passing, at a time of...
Paid articleThe making of a Journalist
White, Theodore H.
The making of a Journalist IN SEARCH OF HISTORY: A PERSONAL ADVENTURE by Theodore H. White Harper & Row. 561 pp. $12.95. This extraordinary saga of an American journalist starts with Theodore H....
Paid articleOnly Scientists'
Beyerchen, Alan D.
'Only Scientists' SCIENTISTS UNDER HITLER by Alan D. Beyerchen Yale University Press. 287 pp. $18.50. This excellent presentation of a historical case — the author is not a scientist but a...
Paid articlePeople's lobbies
Berry, Jeffrey M.
People's lobbies LOBBYING FOB THE PEOPLE: THE POLITICAL BEHAVIOB OF PUBLIC INTEBEST GROUPS by Jeffrey M. Berry Princeton University Press. 331 pp. $20 hardcover; $5.95 paperback. What is...
Paid articleHer own agenda
Smith, Lillian
Her own agenda THE WINNER NAMES THE AGE by Lillian Smith W.W. Norton. 218 pp. $10.95. The South — and the nation — never knew quite what to make of Lillian Smith. From the mid-1930s until her...
Paid articleBooks Briefly
Books Briefly The changing American scene America Revisited: 150 Years after Tocqueville, by Eugene J. McCarthy (Doubleday. 256 pp. $7.95). The juxtaposition of American society today compared and...
Paid articleThe Mart
THE MART ASSOCIATIONS PROCLAIM YOUR AGNOSTICISM! Join the Society of Evangelical Agnostics. Request information from: SEA, Box 612, Fresno, CA 93709. BOOKS ENERGY TEACH-INS: How to organize your...
Paid articleThe Last Word
THE LAST WORD The holes in history Erwiii Knoll Totalitarian regimes make it a point, as we all know, to rewrite history. Rulers realize that their future is bound to be imperiled when their...
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