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Vol. 043 Issue 001 (January 1 1979)
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••Cover Page••
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••Contents••
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LETTERS
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LETTERS IQ tests William Ristow's account of "Larry P. versus IQ Tests" (November issue) clearly presents the usual discussion about the "cultural bias" of such tests. This discussion, however,...
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COMMENT
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COMMENT On the skids Despite much advance fanfare and ballyhoo, President Carter's long-awaited voluntary program to control prices and wages fizzled from the start. Only a few days after Carter's...
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THE WORD FROM WASHINGTON
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THE WORD FROM WASHINGTON Post-mortem It was a good thing The New York Times got back in business in time to report the election. If it hadn't, the vote might not have been valid. Many of us can...
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NO COMMENT
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NO COMMENT Hold the ketchup Publisher Smith Bagley, describing his new syndicated Sunday newspaper supplement, Today Is Sunday: "We control the quality of the paper the same way McDonald's...
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THE CRUMBLING MYTH OF THE 'GOOD' SHAH
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Abrahamian, Ervand
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The crumbling myth of the 'good' Shah Americans have consistently ignored the facts Ervand Abrahamian Since 1953, when the CIA helped overthrow the constitutionally elected Iranian government of...
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WINPISINGER MAKES WAVES
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Lens, Sidney
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Winpisinger makes waves The president of the IAM looks like a 'porkchopper' but talks of socialism Sidney Lens The Wobblies had a word for it: A "porkchopper" was a labor leader who fought for...
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A NEW POLITICAL BALL GAME
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Jacobs, Barry
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A new political ball game A half-hearted North Carolina populist loses to a hard-core conservative Barry Jacobs When Jesse Helms was a television commentator in Raleigh, North Carolina, my...
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ON THE 'OBJECTIVE' PRESS
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Steif, William
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REFLECTIONS On the 'objective' press William Steif Whenever the U.S. press lines up unanimously on a subject, I begin to get suspicious, and never more so than on the subject of the press...
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THE WAY WE SAW IT
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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...
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URBAN 'RENAISSANCE'
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Urban 'renaissance' The reality beneath the glitter Adecade ago you didn't have to dig beneath the surface to know that America's cities — and the country itself — were in trouble. The evidence...
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THE EMERGENCE OF GLOBAL CITY U. S. A.
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Schurmann, Franz; Close, Sandy
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The emergence of Global City U.S.A. New affluence--and a new kind of misery Franz Schurmann and Sandy Close Suddenly, as if the years of burning and looting and the decades of decay and despair...
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GENTRIFYING' THE GHETTO
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BESSER, JAMES DAVID
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'Gentrifying' the ghetto The new neighborhoods please everyone except those who are pushed out James David Besser The transformation has been startling. Ten years ago, downtown Alexandria,...
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THE SHRINKING MIDDLE CLASS
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Cavanaugh, Gerald
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The shrinking middle class Economic winds are eroding the self-image of a society of the moderately well-off Gerald Cavanaugh It is clear... that the best form of political society is one where...
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FAREWELL TO THE SKILLED WORKER
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Goodman, Al
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Farewell to the skilled worker No need in a chain store for a butcher who can cut like a surgeon Al Goodman Ron Checchi is part of a national dilemma. A thirty-four-year-old butcher at a large...
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THE NEW FACE OF POVERTY
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Currie, Elliott
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The new face of poverty It Is younger; darker, more female— and it is increasingly without hope Elliott Currie In the early 1960s, Michael Harrington shocked the nation with his vivid portrayal...
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MIRACLE' ON 12TH STREET
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Gilman, Andrew
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'Miracle' on 125th Street Boot strap salvation for Harlem— is it just another empty promise? Andrew Gilman The sign behind the chain-link fence running along the north side of 125th Street in...
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THE BATTLE OF MARQUETTE PARK
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Gustaitis, Rasa
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The battle of Marquette Park Beneath the veneer of racism and fascism an ethnic community struggles for survival Rasa Gustaitis We got off the bus in front of the long iron fence of the Sisters...
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BOOKS
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Crotty, James R.
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BOOKS Lifeline for capitalism James R. Crotty BEYOND BOOM AND CRASH by Robert Heilbroner W.W. Norton. Ill pp. $6.95. Robert Heilbroner opens his latest book with this simple yet startling...
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INDEX
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Section I A Abortion; Measuring Misery, Perspectives, Jan 13; Harmony and Dissonance in Houston, Nora Sayre, Feb 1 3; The Word From Washington, Frank Getlein, Apr 14 Action for Children's...
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THE LAST WORD
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Knoll, Erwin
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THE LAST WORD Vol. I, No. 1 Erwin Knoll Vol. I, No. 1 of The Progressive — it was then called LaFollette's Weekly Magazine — appeared on January 9, 1909. This issue, then, marks our seventieth...
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