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IssueVol. 075 Issue 012 (December 1 2011)
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Paid articleEDITOR'S NOTE
Editor’s Note Matthew Rothschild Making History This year, you and I had the chance to participate in the making of history, whether here in the Wisconsin uprising or around the country with the...
Paid articleNO COMMENT
No Comment Sealed Waste The internal records of the Congressionally mandated panel investigating wasteful spending in America’s two wars will remain sealed to the public until 2031, reports The...
Paid articleLETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters to the Editor Rethinking Life Without Parole “Don’t Throw Away the Key” (October issue) by Luis J. Rodríguez was, in my opinion, both one-sided and naive. Conspicuously absent were the...
Paid articleCOMMENT
Comment Cry Democracy! Amassive popular movement is spreading around the globe. The Occupy Wall Street slogan sums it up: “We Are the 99%.” First came the soul-stirring scenes of popular revolt in...
Paid articleON THE LINE
On the Line Occupy Wall Street Occupy the...
Paid articleTHE BIG LIE ABOUT PUBLIC WORKERS
Conniff, Ruth
The Big Lie About Public Workers Political Eye Ruth Conniff “Gowovrekerrns maree tnh et new privileged class,” James E. MacDougald, the founder of Free Enterprise Nation, told The Washington Post...
Paid articleABOUT CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE
Berry, Wendell
About Civil Disobedience By Wendell Berry Illustration by Sterling Hundley MATT ROTHSCHILD HAS asked me to write a short piece about civil disobedience. This is a request I would ignore, if I had...
Paid articleEGYPT: THE AFTERGLOW HAS FADED
Kouddous, Sharif Abdel
Egypt. The Afterglow Has Faded By Sharif Abdel Kouddous ON THE EVENING OF October 10, a funeral procession of more than 20,000 people marched down Ramses Street, a main thoroughfare in downtown...
Paid articleNAWAL EL SAADAWI
Mayton, Joseph
Nawal El Saadawi By Joseph Mayton The Arab world’s most prominent feminist has lost none of her fire. Jailed by late Egyptian president Anwar Sadat, Nawal El Saadawi was forced into exile under...
Paid articleSAUDI ARABIA: "AS A FEMINIST, I'M ON THE FRONT LINE"
Al-Huwaider, Wajeha
Saudi arabia. As a Feminist, I’m on the Front Line” By Wajeha al-Huwaider Illustration by Barry Bruner IWAS BORN AND RAISED IN THE Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. As a feminist, I have chosen to be on...
Paid articleSYRIA: "YOU CAN'T BELIEVE THE VIOLENCE"
Erlich, Reese
Syria. “You Can’t Believe the Violence” By Reese Erlich FOR SECURITY REASONS, WE MET at one of the most crowded squares in Damascus and then drove through traffic-clogged streets to the old city....
Paid articleLIBYA: "QADDAFI GAVE US NO CHOICE"
Kamat, Anjali
Libya. “Qaddafi Gave Us No Choice” By Anjali Kamat EARLY THIS FEBRUARY, an underground group of Libyan activists and intellectuals across the country—some of whom knew each other only by the...
Paid articleISRAEL: A SPLIT IN THE PROTEST MOVEMENT
Avnery, Uri
israel A Split in the Protest Movement By Uri Avnery IT SOUNDS LIKE THE TITLE OF a romantic movie. Daphni, Itzik, and all the Others. It starts off with a friendship between two youngsters, he...
Paid articleJAPAN: FINALLY, NO TO NUCLEAR POWER
Tashiro, Akira
.Japan.. Finally, No to Nuclear Power By Akira Tashiro In the wake of simultaneous melt-downs in three nuclear reactors at Fukushima, a first in nuclear power history, public anger and anxiety...
Paid articleSOUTH KOREA: THE SHIPYARD STALWART
Seol, Kap Su
South Korea. The Shipyard Stalwart By Kap Su Seol AT DAWN ON JANUARY 6, Kim Jin-suk began a sit-in in the control cab of a shipyard crane to protest her employer’s plan to shed 400 workers....
Paid articleCHILE: THE STUDENTS CAN'T BE IGNORED
Kubal, Eloy Fisher And Mary Rose
Chile By Eloy Fisher and Mary Rose Kubal The Students Can’t Be Ignored Atop the old colonial watchtower on Santa Lucía Hill, you could track how the crowd flowed into Santiago Centro on August 9....
Paid articleGREECE: TURMOIL AHEAD
Lapavitsas, Costas
Greece Turmoil Ahead By Costas Lapavitsas In May 2011 mass action took place across the main squares of Greek towns. The movement of Aganaktis-menoi (“The Outraged”) occupied Syntagma Square in...
Paid articleGENE SHARP
Pal, Amitabh
Gene Sharp a PROGRESSIVE INTERVIEW with By Amitabh Pal Gene Sharp is the single most influential proponent of nonviolent change in our time. His work has served as a how-to manual for activists...
Paid articleNAOMI KLEIN
Cook, Christopher D.
Naomi Klein a PROGRESSIVE INTERVIEW with By Christopher D. Cook Author Naomi Klein has been speaking at Occupy Wall Street rallies across the country. On October 12 in San Francisco, she spoke at...
Paid articleTHE GUYS IN THE 1 PERCENT BROUGHT THIS ON
Ehrenreich, Barbara
The Guys in the 1 Percent Brought This On By Barbara Ehrenreich Illustration by Zela Lobb AT THE RISK OF BEING pedantic, let me point out that “99 percent versus 1 percent” is not a class...
Paid articleUPHOLDING THE BIG DREAM
Rodríguez, Luis J.
Upholding the Big Dream By Luis J. Rodríguez Illustration by Christopher Serra There were at least 1,000 people at Liberty Park on the corner of Broadway and Liberty in New York City, now known...
Paid articleTOM MORELLO
Rampell, Ed
Tom Morello a PROGRESSIVE INTERVIEW with By Ed Rampell During his October 8 solo appearance at Occupy L.A., Tom Morello—an original member of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave—wore a cap...
Paid articleBLOCKING THE PIPELINE
Mckibben, Bill
Blocking the Pipeline By Bill McKibben Illustration by Christophe Vorlet IN LATE SPRING, WE LEARNED A couple of crucial things about the proposed pipeline from the tar sands of Alberta to the...
Paid articleOUR MEMBERS KNOW HOW TO FIGHT
Sadlowski, Edward A.
Our Members Know How to Fight By Edward A. Sadlowski Illustration by Jon Krause ON FEBRUARY 11, 2011, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker boastfully proclaimed to reporters who were questioning the...
Paid articlePAID SICK LEAVE IS A WINNING ISSUE
Bravo, Ellen
Paid Sick Leave Is a Winning Issue By Ellen Bravo Illustration by Jeffrey Alan Love TRUE OR FALSE: THE UNITED States has no sick leave policy to deal with routine illness. Actually, it is false....
Paid articleLUCAS BENITEZ
Dinovella, Elizabeth
Lucas Benitez a PROGRESSIVE INTERVIEW with By Elizabeth DiNovella Lucas Benitez is one of the leading human rights activists of our times. He started working in the tomato fields in Florida when...
Paid article"DESPAIR IS NOT AN OPTION"
Sanders, Senator Bernie
“Despair Is Not an Option” By Senator Bernie Sanders Illustration by Jacqui Oakley Today in America, the great middle class of our country, the middle class that has been the envy of the entire...
Paid articleJOHN CARLOS COMES HOME
Zirin, Dave
Edge of Sports Dave Zirin John Carlos Comes Home We just passed the for ty-th ird anniversary of one of the most audacious political acts in sports history. It was when John Carlos and Tommie...
Paid articlePOEM
Thomas, Truth
Poem Numbers Running At the Brightwood McDonald’s on Georgia Avenue and Peabody Street, Francisco hooks me up—two Sausage McMuffins instead of one, in lieu of my unfocused coinage—little more than...
Paid articleIT'S MY MONEY
Durst, Will
It’s My Money Off the Map Will Durst Ah. The holiday season. Caroling with friends. Catching the first snowflake on your tongue. Stashing the last Butterball turkey in your shopping cart. Brand...
Paid articleOUR FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2011
Clinton, Kate
Our Favorite Books of 2011 By Kate Clinton First, let me say I wish Bridesmaids were a book and not just a movie. It’s a great story of women’s friendship, hilariously and sweetly told. Stream...
Paid articleSOMETHING BIG IS HAPPENING
Hightower, Jim
Something Big Is Happening Vox Populist Jim Hightower To paraphrase one of Bob Dylan’s songs, “Something’s happening here, and you don’t know what it is, do you Ms. Bel-lafante?” A New York Times...
Paid articleTHE PROGRESSIVE INDEX
Lukas, Ina
The Progressive Index A list of authors and subjects, followed by title, month of issue, and page number. For example, “Apr 19” refers to page 19 of the April issue. Compiled by Ina...
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