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 Vol. 048 Issue 007 (July 1 1984)
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••Cover Page••
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••Contents••
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 Just to the Left
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Knoll, Erwin
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Just to the Left Seventy-five years, but who's counting? BY ERWIN KNOLL When an institution—almost any institution—endures for a span of seventy- five years, it is appropriate to take notice....
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The Twisting Path to Peace
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Lens, Sidney
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The Twisting Path to Peace A movement tries to find its way BY SIDNEY LENS The peace movement may be the last significant remnant of what was once a vigorous and viable American Left. But the...
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LF. Stone: The Last Optimist
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Knoll, Erwin
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LF. Stone: The Last Optimist 'You never can tell; sometimes you win' BY ERWIN KNOLL For a few years in the 1940s, New Yorkers were treated to a short-lived but memorable experiment in...
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Barred at the Schoolhouse Door
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SAYRE, NORA
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Barred at the Schoolhouse Door Autherine Lucy's case mirrored the black experience BY NORA SAYRE In the 1950s, the Democratic ballot in Alabama still bore the slogan WHITE SUPREMACY. In...
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The Secret Sharer
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MORLAND, HOWARD
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The Secret Sharer It turned out that styrofoam was one of the keys BY HOWARD MORLAND Five years ago, the Government of the United States, in an unprecedented act, secured a court order...
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From Walden Pond to Love Canal
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POLSGROVE, CAROL
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From Walden Pond to Love Canal They made a wasteland and called it progress BY CAROL POLSGROVE When Robert LaFollette started his magazine in 1909, some already understood that Americans had...
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How We Learned to Love the Bomb
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Day, Samuel H. Jr.
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How We Learned to Love the Bomb The atomic scientists put conscience on hold BY SAMUEL H. DAY JR. Iwas an eighteen-year-old seaman on a freighter in the South Atlantic on August 6, 1945, when...
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The Fighting Founder
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LUEDERS, BILL
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The Fighting Founder Robert LaFollette took on the rich and powerful BY BILL LUEDERS It was 1922, and Wisconsin Senator Robert M. LaFollette was speaking for the first time in four years before...
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Feminism: A House Divided
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ELSHTAIN, JEAN BETHKE
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Feminism: A House Divided Class differences pit women against women BY JEAN BETHKE ELSHTAIN The failure of the Equal Rights Amendment marked a watershed for American feminism. On its face, the...
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The Silencers Among Us
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Hentoff, Nat
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The Silencers Among Us Is the Bill of Rights just parchment under glass? BY NAT HENTOFF Seven years from now, on December 15, 1991, there will be celebrations across the land to mark the 200th...
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A Leaky Ship of State
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Schorr, Daniel
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A Leaky Ship of State Reagan's secrets are not for keeping BY DANIEL SCHORR Had the culprit been a liberal member of the U.S. Senate or a journalist, cries of treason would have reverberated...
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Labor Pains: The Unions Regroup
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SLAUGHTER, JANE
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Labor Pains: The Unions Regroup Hard times rally the rank and file BY JANE SLAUGHTER If you asked Lane Kirkland to cite the most important recent development in the labor movement, he would...
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McCarthy Unmasked
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Pollak, Roger
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McCarthy Unmasked How The Progressive helped ground Tailgunner Joe BY ROGER POLLAK Wisconsin's Senator Robert M. LaFollette Jr. (son of Fighting Bob) was profoundly discouraged in 1946. At the...
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The World According to Nader
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Dreifus, Claudia
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The World According to Nader The more corporate power, the less freedom BY CLAUDIA DREIFUS Ralph Nader is an American original. At fifty, he is this country's best-known consumer activist,...
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The Churches at the Crossroads
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WALLIS, JIM
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The Churches at the Crossroads The Gospel comes alive in new and unexpected ways BY JIM WALLIS On Pentecost, in May 1983, 3,000 clergy and lay leaders gathered in Washington, D.C., to protest...
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The New South Rises Again
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GAILLARD, FRYE
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The New South Rises Again Can it transcend a violent past? BY FRYE GAILLARD Seventy-five years ago. It was a time not altogether different from today, when the forces of reaction held positions...
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The Poverty of Growth
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BUELL, JOHN
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The Poverty of Growth How competition stifles community BY JOHN BUELL In recent decades, American conservatives and liberals alike have based their politics on the economic assumption that...
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The Sources of Insecurity
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Barnet, Richard J.
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The Sources of Insecurity Cold War fantasies hold us in thrall BY RICHARD J. BARNET What is the purpose of American foreign policy? When our Republic was founded 200 years ago, the goal was...
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Three Women
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Kauffman, L.A.
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Three Women The LaFollettes espoused an early feminism BY L.A. KAUFFMAN Hidden away, like much of women's history—in archives, footnotes, out-of-print books, and yellowed newsprint—are...
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A Struggle for Freedom
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HARDING, VINCENT
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A Struggle for Freedom Blacks seek a land that never has been yet BY VINCENT HARDING O, let America be America again— The land that never has been yet— And yet must be— The land where every man...
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Only Seventy-five
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Mayer, Milton
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Only Seventy-five Still time enough to change the world BY MILTON MAYER Seventy-five years ago, a nickel Hershey bar cost a nickel; a gentleman removed his hat when a lady entered the elevator;...
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