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IssueVol. 068 Issue 004 (April 1 2004)
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Paid articleDestabilization 101
Rothschild, Matthew
Editor's Note Matthew Rothschild Destabilization 101 George W. Bush chalked up another overthrow, this time that of Jean-Bertrand Aristide. No Mandela, Aristide was still the democratically...
Paid articleLetters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor More Questions for Smiley That was a very nice interview with Tavis Smiley (Interview, by Leah Samuel, March issue). I have come to respect his work and vision. In the...
Paid articleNader's Wrong Turn
Comment Nader's Wrong Turn At The Progressive, we are more sympathetic than most to third party efforts and Independent candidacies. It's a tradition here. After all, this magazine was founded by...
Paid articleNo Comment
No Comment And That's the Way It Is "I do think one of the factors was we were of different sexes. That doesn't mean I wouldn't have been happy to be married to several friends I had of the same...
Paid articleBob Barr for the Defense.
Hentoff, Nat
Ashcroft Watch Nat Hentoff Bob Barr for the Defense On February 4, New York City became the 250th "civil liberties safe zone"-a designation by the Bill of Rights Defense Committee in...
Paid articleTriumph of the Bland
Conniff, Ruth
The Word from Washington Ruth Conniff Triumph of the Bland Kerry, Kerry, he's our man, if he can't do it . . . oh, well. The primaries have wound down to this- the dull, establishment candidate....
Paid articleBad Habits
Galeano, Eduardo
The Upside-Down World Eduardo Galeano Bad Habits A small gesture of national dignity set off a raging scandal early this year. Throughout the world, the press gave the story top billing as if it...
Paid articleOn the Line
On the Line Bikes for the World Chicago "Bikes are magical," says Lee Ravenscroft amid piles of tires, handlebars, gear boxes, and buckets of chains in the unheated warehouse of Working Bikes...
Paid articleAn Army of Debt
Cusac, Anne-Marie
An Army of Debt By Anne-Marie Cusac Illustration by Jacqui Oakley Like many stories, this has several beginnings. Here is one: On a hot day in August, 1983, just before my senior year of high...
Paid articleBush's Odd Warfare State
Ehrenreich, Barbara
Bush's Odd Warfare State By Barbara Ehrenreich Illustration by Sara Tyson Here's one way our President proposes to "support our troops": According to his 2005 budget, the extra pay our soldiers...
Paid articleThe Ultimate Betrayal
Zinn, Howard
The Ultimate Betrayal By Howard Zinn Illustration by David Page Icannot get out of my mind the photo that appeared on the front page of The New York Times on December 30, alongside a story by...
Paid articleOutpost of the New Cold War
Mairowitz, David Zane
Outpost of the New Cold War By David Zane Mairowitz Illustration by Devon Bowman As I start to buckle up for the ride from the airport into Tbilisi, my friends look at me in disbelief and...
Paid articleThe Playwright vs. the Prime Minister
D'Ambroso, Antonino
The Playwright vs. the Prime Minister By Antonino D'Ambroso Dario Fo, the radical, Nobel Prize-winning Italian playwright and actor, has finally set his satirical sights on Italy's notorious prime...
Paid articleTarget
Krysl, Marilyn
Poem Target When I look at the photo of Hamed, boy whose skull keeps growing-when I look into those eyes that can't close-the iris of Hamed's eye is the center of the target at my uncle's...
Paid articleUri Avnery
Elmer, Jon
THE PROGRESSIVE INTERVIEW by Jon Elmer Uri Avnery Uri Avnery is a founding member of Gush Shalom (Israeli Peace Bloc). As a teenager, Avnery was an independence fighter in the Irgun, the armed...
Paid articleA Teacher Under Occupation
Audeh, Ida
A Teacher Under Occupation By Ida Audeh Qalandia, north of Jerusalem, is a major checkpoint between Ramallah and Jerusalem. The wall isolates 30,000 Palestinians in Kafr Aqab and Qalandia. One of...
Paid articleSay it, Bush: "My Bad"
Durst, Will
Off the Map Will Durst Say it, Bush: "My Bad" All I want the President to say is, "Oops, my bad." Is that too much to ask? I know the chances of prying an apology from a politician are about the...
Paid articleEnemy Aliens: Double Standards and Constitutional Freedoms in the War on Terrorism
Sarkar, Saurav
Good Books Lately Ready for Revolution: The Life and Struggles of Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture) By Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture) Scribner. 848 pages. $35. In 1971, a contemporary supporter of...
Paid articleDesesperanto: Poems 1999-2002
Zeiger, Melissa
Why I Burned My Book and Other Essays on Disability (American Subjects) By Paul K. Longmore Temple University Press. 278 pages. $22.95. The latest work by historian and activist Paul K. Longmore...
Paid articleKerry, Sigh
Ivins, Molly
Small Favors Molly Ivins Kerry, Sigh Well, it was a swell primary season, and here we are with John Kerry. Sigh. He's worthy. He has gravitas. He's our boring stiff. When will the doctors be able...
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