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Vol. 052 Issue 002 (February 1 1988)
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••Cover Page••
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••Contents••
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MEMO FROM THE EDITOR
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MEMO from the Editor John McGrath, 1920-1987 When John McGrath retired as associate editor of The Progressive in 1980, he had, over the course of a third of a century, performed almost every task...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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LETTERS to the Editor The Shores of Haiti Ibelieve it was stupid and immoral for the United States to invade and bomb Southeast Asia and to destabilize about a dozen democracies. I believe our...
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COMMENT
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Comment the Progressive Eyeless in Gaza In 1967, when most of the Western world was celebrating the "miracle" of Israel's victory in the Six-Day War, Isaac Deutscher, an astute and prescient...
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NO COMMENT
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no Comment Not to Worry From Veterinary Economics magazine: "No one likes to think about nuclear war, but veterinarians can take an active role in educating the public about avoiding a panic...
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REFLECTIONS
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Falk, Richard A.
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REFLECTIONS Richard Falk The World After INF All but the die-hard Right have fallen into line for ratification of the treaty that will bar intermediate-range nuclear forces (INF) from Europe. It...
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DATE LINES
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Lever, Robert; Breyman, Steve; Penn, Karen; Kimery, Anthony L.
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DATE LINES Fighting French Racism Is His Job PARIS Wherever he goes, Harlem Desir finds himself surrounded. Elderly ladies grasp his hands and compliment him on his fine manners. Photographers...
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THE FEDS PREPARE A BLACKLIST
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Flaherty, Francis J.
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The Feds Prepare a BLACKLIST BY FRANCIS J. FLAHERTY If you are a striking teacher, a poor student who can't pay off your loans, a draft-registration resister, or someone who does business with any...
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PREGNANT IN PRISON
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Stein, Loren; Mistiaen, Veronique
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Pregnant in Prison In one jail, 80 per cent lose their babies BY LOREN STEIN AND VERONIQUE MISTIAEN When Doris Mitchell went up before a California judge in June 1985 for violating probation, she...
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IT'S A BIRD, IT'S A PLANE, IT'S PLUTONIUM
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Epstein, Robin
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It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Plutonium BY ROBIN EPSTEIN Deregulation has reached new heights with the Reagan Administration, which is opening up the skies fcr the transportation of...
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SCAPEGOATS AGAIN
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Moore, Michael
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'Hate crimes' against Asian-Americans are on the rise Scapegoats Again BY MICHAEL MOORE It is the night of June 19, 1982, and at the Fancy Pants Lounge in Detroit, three friends are helping...
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SMALL FAVORS
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Ivins, Molly
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SMALL FAVORS Molly Ivins No Way to Go But Up What splendid entertainment! What frisks and jollifications! Who could have asked for anything more to light up our dreary winter skies than the...
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BOOKS
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Skloot, Robert
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BOOKS More Than Survival TIMEBENDS by Arthur Miller Grove Press. 614 pp. $24.95. by Robert Skloot Arthur Miller's autobiography Timebends looks back over a turbulent seventy years of personal,...
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THE LAST WORD
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Kerley, Gillam
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THE LAST WORD Gillam Kerley Doing Time From the highway, the red brick building could be taken for a boarding school or, perhaps, a cheap roadside motel, but the sign out front establishes it as...
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