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 Vol. 075 Issue 008 (August 1 2011)
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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 Overcoming Defeat June was brutal here in Wisconsin. After months of inspirational labor protests the likes of which this country hasn't seen since the 1930s, we...
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NO COMMENT
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No Comment Buying Liberal Support AT&T lined up support for its acquisition of T-Mobile from a group of liberal groups with no obvious interest in telecom deals—except that they've received cash...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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Kennedy, Theresa; Muzzy, Leo; Bershad, Stephanie; Johansen, Bruce E.; Quintero, David; Maes, Terry; Saul, Sandra; Rylaarsdam, Katharine W.
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Letters to the Editor Shades of Steinbeck I celebrate the sentiments aroused in Sandy Williams's article about the desperate straits of the working poor in this economy ("What's After the Piggy...
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COMMENT
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Rothschild, Matthew
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Comment Three More Years of War Our President promised more war. While he trumpeted his big speech on June 22 as the first step in ending the Afghanistan War, Barack Obama essentially told the...
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ON THE LINE
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On the Line Koch brothers Exposed New York City In May, the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center in New York City went through a process of "identity correction." Activists from a group...
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THE BOWL OF CHERRIES
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Williams, Terry Tempest
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Open Space Terry Tempest Williams A Bowl of Cherries I refuse to feel guilty. It's summer. I am in Tuscany eating cherries. Certainly, there is a political import to my gluttony. What is politics...
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LEAVING A STENCH BEHIND
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Conniff, Ruth
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Political Eye Ruth Conniff Leaving a Stench Behind Five months after the rightwing assault on Wisconsin began, protesters in red Madison Teachers Inc. shirts marched around the state capitol, as...
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OBAMA AND BLACK AMERICA:
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Gray, Kevin Alexander
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By Kevin Alexander Gray Illustration by Zina Saunders Obama and Black America: Who Has Whose Back? "I've said to you on many occasions that each of us is something of a schizophrenic...
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ATOMKRAFT? NEIN DANKE!
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Hockenos, Paul
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By Paul Hockenos Illustration by Christopher Serra Atomkraft? Nein Danke! The Secret to Germany's Anti-Nuclear Success Late this march, at the biggest anti-nuclear energy rally ever in...
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WAS MY FATHER EVIL?
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Silver, Diane
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By Diane Silver Illustration by Barry Bruner Was My Father Evil? I'm sitting in a psychotherapist's office in Kansas City. It's been a harrowing session, one of a series where I recount the...
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SPAIN'S YOUNG PEOPLE TURN INDIGNANT
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Carrion, Maria
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By Maria Carrion Illustration by Nicole Schulman Spain's Young People Turn Indignant CAMP SOL REPRESENTS the possibility of a new Spain. For twenty-five days in May and June, this peaceful...
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THE PROGRESSIVE INTERVIEW WITH CHRIS HEDGES
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Barsamian, David
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THE PROGRESSIVE INTERVIEW by David Barsamian Chris Hedges Chris Hedges is an award-winning journalist who has covered wars in the Balkans, the Middle East, and Central America. He writes a weekly...
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POEM
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Steingesser, Martin
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Poem The Red Bird From some podium hidden high in one of the maples behind my house, a cardinal is filling morning with the glory of Verdi. His song comes native with the Sun, not only because...
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OBAMA: HEAVE SOME HO
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Durst, Will
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Off the Map Will Durst Obama: Heave Some Ho CNN hosted the first GOP debate of the year and the clear winners were the 99.99 percent of the American people who neglected to watch it. But for the...
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ROOTING FOR LEBRON
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Zirin, Dave
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Edge of Sports Dave Zirin Rooting for LeBron It was a year ago that LeBron James shocked the world by telling us he was taking his talents to South Beach. It was the most publicized, scrutinized,...
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BOOKS
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Rothschild, Matthew
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Books Poetry Can Save Us The Trouble Ball By Martm Espada Norton. 66 pages. $24.95. Tonight No Poetry Will Serve: Poems 2007-2010 By Adrienne Rich Norton. 89 pages. $24.95. Inside the Money...
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PUSHING PLUTOCRACY
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Hightower, Jim
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Vox Populist Jim Hightower Pushing Plutocracy With widespread, entrenched joblessness in Michigan, working families there are mighty hard hit these days. But the state's new GOP governor, Rick...
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