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IssueVol. 043 Issue 004 (April 1 1979)
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Paid articleLETTERS
LETTERS Spin-off letters That was indeed a horrifying lead sentence in your editorial opening the February issue of The Progressive: "The U.S. Government is preparing to wage nuclear war, and...
Paid articleCOMMENT
COMMENT Chinese roulette The invasion of Vietnam by the People's Republic of China, mounted in mid-February and still continuing as this issue of The Progressive goes to press early in March,...
Paid articleNO COMMENT
NO COMMENT Mistaken Identity Received in the mail from Washington, D.C.: A genuine plastic wallet-card identifying The Progressive as a 1979 "sustaining member" of the Republican National...
Paid articleO PROMISED LAND!
Knoll, Erwin
O Promised Land! It has been promised to too many Erwin Knoll The old British prison in Jerusalem does not appear on the "must" list for tourists. We came across it by accident while meandering...
Paid articleA VIEW FROM THE EGYPTIAN LEFT
Mandel, David
A view from the Egyptian Lett 'We are not against peace' David Mandel Several years ago, Mohammad Sid-Ahmad, a prominent Egyptian journalist, wrote an important and controversial book. It was...
Paid articleCHILDREN IN JAIL
Children in jail Cruel, mindless, unconstitutional --and widespread Three brothers — Billy, age twelve; Brian, age thirteen, and Dan, age fourteen — were suspected of stealing some coins from a...
Paid articleREFLECTIONS
Bessman, James
REFLECTIONS The war is over James Bessman Unlike the other 10,000 or so toga-clad revelers at the University of Wisconsin's biggest ever Toga Party, I donned my white sheet with a nagging sense...
Paid articleTHE LESSON OF IRAN
Stone, I. F.
The lesson of Iran Enormous military power can be meaningless I.F. Stone When Congress begins its debate on proposals to reinstitute the draft, I hope opponents will not overlook the lessons to...
Paid articleDECLINE AND FALL
Lens, Sidney
Decline and fall Iran's revolution marks a turning point for the American empire Sidney Lens In 1953 I had a long talk with Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh in the bedroom of his home in...
Paid articleNUCLEAR BURIAL GROUND
Solomon, Norman
Nuclear burial ground An industry suffocating in its garbage Norman Solomon With familiar assurances and little fanfare, the U.S. Department of Energy is drilling mile-deep test holes into basalt...
Paid articleGREAT! LET'S HAVE IT HERE'
'Great! Let's have it here' The name "Hanford" may generate dismay in those who associate it with the birth of the Bomb, but after thirty-three years, it has a familiar, comfortable sound to most...
Paid articleRADIOACTIVE SHELL GAME
Quigg, Catherine
Radioactive shell game The industry has a plan for all that 'waste' Catherine Quigg Nuclear power may have its enthusiasts, but even the most enthusiastic want little to do with the nuclear...
Paid articleTHE TREMORS AT DIABLO
Wasserman, Harvey
The tremors at Diablo A nuclear power plant near an earthquake fault Harvey Wasserman In the coastal hills of central California, fifteen miles south of San Luis Obispo, stands a landmark in the...
Paid articleFOOD OR FUEL?
Ostendorf, David L.
Food or fuel? The conglomerates dig for a new cash crop David L. Ostendorf We don V really look upon ourselves as mining this land; we're just plowing furrows eighty feet deep to recover our coal...
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 articleCHECKBOOK BASEBALL
BUELL, JOHN
Checkbook baseball Pete Rose isn't the only one cleaning up John Buell Listening to the lamentations of the sports commentators, you might suspect that dollar-hungry baseball players were...
Paid articleBASKETBALL'S BIGGEST LOSERS
Basketball's biggest losers Dwight Slaughter majored in criminology during his four years at California State University, Los Angeles (CSLA). But he took no criminology courses. He played on the...
Paid articleJOBS AND JUSTICE
Primack, Phil
Jobs and Justice Organizing a constituency that has largely been ignored Phil Primack About 400 teen-agers marched on Boston's City Hall last year to protest restrictions on a Federally funded...
Paid articleTELEVISION
Getlein, Frank
TELEVISION The short-take life Frank Getlein Every grown-up who has established even fleeting contact with members of the television generation, those kids who have grown up with the tube — that...
Paid articleBOOKS
BOOKS Pursuit of liberty JEROLD S. AUERBACH POLITICAL REPRESSION IN MODERN AMERICA FROM 1870 TO THE PRESENT by Robert I. Goldstein Two Continents/Schenkman. 682 pp. $22.50 hardcover. $6.50...
Paid articleTHE LAST WORD
Lipez, Richard
THE LAST WORD Way to go Richard Lipez When Hubert Humphrey died, Vice President Mondale concluded his moving eulogy with the words, "He taught us how to live — and, finally, he taught us how to...
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