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 Vol. 060 Issue 008 (August 1 1996)
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••Cover Page••
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••Contents••
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 EDITOR'S NOTE
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Rothschild, Matthew
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EDITOR'S NOTE Matthew Rothschild Tribal Hatreds Newt Gingrich's office called a while back. When I arrived at the office after my noontime basketball game. I found one of those pink phone-message...
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LETTERS
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LETTERS to the Editor slimed again In their article on the environmental groups ("Slime Green," May issue) authors Alexander Cockburn and Jeffrey St. Clair overlook some of the environmental...
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COMMENT
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Comment Empire Claptrap When a bomb exploded in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, in late June, killing nineteen American servicemen and wounding some 300 more, the Administration and much of the media tried...
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NO COMMENT
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NO COMMENT growth industry From a story on penis-enlargement surgery in The Wall Street Journal: "Frank Whitehead, a Los Angeles entrepreneur who had an operation to both lengthen and widen his...
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JUST INSIDE THE DOOR
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Jordan, June
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JUST INSIDE THE DOOR June Jordan Eyewitness in Lebanon When American pundits talk about "The Middle East," they mean Israel: what favors or what threatens Israeli interests. And so. for example,...
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HELLO, ELEANOR?
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Durst, Will
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OFF THE MAP Will Durst Hello, Eleanor? In the fiercest contest seen on the radical circuit this season, PETA versus ACT-UP was a classic overtime confrontation between two titans of the left....
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ON THE LINE
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Samuel, Leah; McKissack, Fredrick L. Jr.; Johansen, Bruce E.; Nichols, Lee; Bacon, David; Bernstein, Dennis; Kean, Lesley; Ervin, Mike
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ON THE LINE Trailmobile Workers Win Charleston, Illinois We've heard a lot about U.S. companies exploiting Indonesian workers. Here's a story about an Indonesian company exploiting U.S....
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PUNDIT WATCH
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Douglas, Susan
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PUNDIT WATCH Susun Douglas Stupid Press Tricks Hurry, hurry, come one, come all, into the big top for this summer's stupid press tricks. First up, William Satire. Huffing and puffing about...
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BUILDING SOLIDARITY
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Reed, Adolph Jr.
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CLASS NOTES Adoph Reed Jr. Building Solidarity Solidarity is a key notion on the left. It pops up a lot in leaflets and speeches, in calls to mobilize for demonstrations, attend forums, or...
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PARTY HARDLY
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NICHOLS, JOHN
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Party Hardly by john nichols Off the sidewalks and into the streets! let's show them what this labor party is all about!" With that chant, 1,400 union members from across the country flexed a...
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GOD SQUAD
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Novosad, Nancy
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GOD SQUAD The Promise Keepers fight for a man's world by nancy novosad In July 1991, Bill McCartney, then head coach of the University of Colorado's national championship football team, publicly...
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A MATCH MEDE IN HEAVEN
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Pharr, Suzanne
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A Match Made in Heaven Lesbian leftie chats with a Promise Keeper by suzanne pharr In February, as I boarded a plane to Portland, Oregon, I overheard a man say to a woman, "We're almost all...
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CAUTION CHILDREN AT WORK
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Nixon, Ron
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CAUTION Children at WorK by ron nixon The next time you buy fresh fruit or vegetables from the supermarket, think about the true costs. Rosa Rubina will. Her five-year-old son Jacob lost his hand...
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POEM
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Fiser, Karen
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POEM Karen Fiser The Angel Standing in the Sun Words come into your life unhidden. They arc messengers who must arrive on time. Here forever is the turtle with grandfather's knife plunged into...
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ATLANTA GOES FOR THE GOLD
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Chepesiuk, Ron
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Atlanta Goes for the Gold And the poor get left in the dust by ron chepesiuk The Olympic Games going on right now in Atlanta represent a major financial boon to the city's business community and...
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MISREPRESENTED
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Colatosti, Camille
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MISREPRESENTED by camille colatosti Women fight harassment and the union boys' club When the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission sued Mitsubishi in April in a historic class-action suit...
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THE PROGRESSIVE INTERVIEW EDWARD ALBEE
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Farr, Richard
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THE PROGRESSIVE INTERVIEW Edward Albee 'If I wrote plays about everyone getting along terribly well, I don't think anyone would want to see them/ by richard farr Despite wealthy adoptive parents...
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BOOKS
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Middlewood, Erin
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BOOKS Warning Calls Eyes Right! Challenging the Rightwing Backlash Edited by Chip Berlet South End Press. 398 pages. $17.00. Facing the Wrath: Confronting the Right in Dangerous Times by...
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UNPLUGGED
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Clinton, Kate
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UNPLUGGED Kate Clinton The Lull Before the Lull So the Southern Baptists are boycotting the Nation of Disney because it offers health benefits to employees and their partners. There's time...
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