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 Vol. 076 Issue 009 (September 1 2012)
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••Cover Page••
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••Contents••
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 EDITOR'S NOTE
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Editor’s Note Matthew Rothschild An Inspiring Subscriber We have a lot of inspiring subscribers here at The Progressive. Let me introduce you to one of them. His name is Harry Kelber. He turned...
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NO COMMENT
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No Comment Turn the Other Cheek Rawstory.com reports a conservative radio host said that the Catholic nuns who did a nine-state bus tour to protest the injustice of Representative Paul Ryan’s...
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LETTERS
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Letters to the Editor Kudos to Ian Murphy Redundancy of “loathsome lobbyists” aside, I wondered why a list of nine were chosen to represent this less than illustrious group; it certainly wasn’t...
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COMMENT
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Comment Europeans Fight Back European policymakers are intent on wrecking their economies, but the people keep getting in the way. Europe’s masters have foisted on the continent a ruinous...
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ON THE LINE
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On the Line Don’t Frack Ohio Columbus, Ohio June 14-17, activists protested in the Ohio state capitol to oppose fracking for natural gas. It was part of a three-day event that included trainings...
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CAMPAIGNING FOR THE 1 PERCENT
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Conniff, Ruth
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Campaigning for the 1 Percent Political Eye Ruth Conniff It’s incredible that Republicans are running for office on the idea that the rich need more tax shelters and the poor need less health...
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THE THIRD-PARTY DILEMMA
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Rothschild, Matthew
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The Third-Party Dilemma By Matthew Rothschild Illustration by Zela Lobb DR. JILL STEIN IS THE GREEN Party candidate for President this year. Her candidacy has won the endorsement of several...
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PERUVIANS FACE OFF AGAINST NEWMONT MINING
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Weinberg, Bill
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Peruvians Face Off Against Newmont Mining By Bill Weinberg Illustration by Wesley Bedrosian THE NEWMONT MINING CORPORATION, BASED IN COLORADO, has embroiled itself in a controversial project in...
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LIBYA, ONE YEAR LATER
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Erlich, Reese
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Libya, One Year Later By Reese Erlich Illustration by M.K. Perker DRESSED IN MILITARY FATIGUES and carrying AK-47 assault rifles, the Zintan militia surrounded a building in Tripoli this spring...
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GOING DUTCH
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Siegal, Nina
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Going Dutch First Person Singular by Nina Siegal ILIVE IN AMSTERDAM. WHEN I FIRST CAME HERE IN 2006, I NOTICED immediately how much more civilized it felt to be living in a country where I knew...
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KEEPING WOMEN DOWN
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Douglas, Susan
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Keeping Women Down By Susan Douglas Illustration by Louisa Bertman I’M SITTING HERE READING Urban Dictionary’s various definitions for a phrase I’ve heard way too many times over the last couple...
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GREENWALD VS. GOLIATH
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Atkinson, Michael
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Greenwald vs. Goliath By Michael Atkinson Illustration by Sako Shahinian THE NEWEST AND MOST vociferous agitprop from Robert Greenwald’s Brave New Films, Koch Brothers Exposed, takes bazooka-aim...
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LEYMAH GBOWEE
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Pal, Amitabh
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Leymah Gbowee THE PROGRESSIVE INTERVIEW by Amitabh Pal 2011 Nobel Peace Prize winner Leymah Gbowee has overcome tremendous adversity. A teenager at the start of the civil war in her native...
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DEFENDING PALESTINIAN SOCCER
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Zirin, Dave
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Defending Palestinian Soccer Edge of Sports Dave Zirin After three years of detention without facing any formal charges, after a ninety-day hunger strike that almost claimed his life, and after an...
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THE CARE LESS PARTY
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Durst, Will
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The Care Less Party Off the Map Will Durst Ithought it was going to be a summer without fireworks, as cities all over the country were forced to cancel Fourth of July festivities due to fear of...
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POEM
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Shapero, Natalie
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Poem I Don’t Sleep In White Religion being defined as the expectation of future punishments, my people sat in prayer. They sat on thatch and slashed their hair in marriage, traveled under...
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BOOKS
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Rothschild, Matthew
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Books Hammering Out Justice Pete Seeger: His Life in His Own Words Selected and edited by Rob and Sam Rosenthal Paradigm Publishers. 376 pages. $29.95. By Matthew Rothschild Ifirst heard of...
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THE DOUG JONES AVERAGE
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Hightower, Jim
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The Doug Jones Average Vox Populist Jim Hightower To report on how our economy is doing, media outlets keep a constant eye on the Dow Jones Average. But they’re like cats watching the wrong mouse...
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