The Progressive POPULIST

A Twice-Monthly Journal from the Heartland
November 1, 2006 -- Volume 12, Number 19
TABLE OF CONTENTS

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COVER/Walter Shapiro p. 1
Elephant in the room

EDITORIAL p. 2
GOP war on workers

JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Torturous arrogance of Bushites; War profiteers; Katherine Harris speaks; Blockhead ‘protects’ whistleblowers; Clean up Congressional corruption; Marriott v. Las Manitas.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Cities need Farm Aid, too

DISPATCHES p. 5
Dem chances improve; Navy purges lawyer ...

THOMAS D. ROWLEY p. 6
‘Rural’ need not mean hopeless
JONATHAN THOMPSON p. 6
Don’t like the local rag? Start your own
MICHAEL ABLEMAN p. 6
Know your farmer, know your food
GENE LYONS p. 7
September scandal; October surprise?
CALAMITY HOWLER/A.V. Krebs p. 7
Beware ‘Property Fairness Initiative’

GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 8
No such thing as moderate Republican

MICHAEL HALL p. 8
Not a do-nothing Congress—for the rich
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON p. 9
Woodward as hero: Real state of denial
DAVID SIROTA p. 9
Rise of the populist Democrats
JEFF MILCHEN p. 10
Blow against the corporate empire
JAMES ABOUREZK p. 10
Waterboarding the republic
FRANK O’DONNELL p. 10
The stench from Texas
HOLLY SKLAR p. 11
Economy booming for billionaires
TOM PEREZ & ROB RICHIE p. 11
Elections need accountability, transparency

NICHOLAS VON HOFFMAN p. 12
Disillusioned Bushies waving white flag
JAKE WHITNEY p. 12
Lone wolf takes on the pharma pack

BILL MOYERS p. 13
Lincoln weeps
ANDREW LEONARD p. 13
Trade war to save world?
ROGER HICKEY p. 13
When pandering backfires
BARACK OBAMA p. 14
Think big on energy independence
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Bush crowd can’t get us out of Iraq
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Nonprofit drug company

SAM URETSKY p. 15
Brain drain at the CDC

JOHN NICHOLS p. 15
Clinton fires back, and it’s about time
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Bush’s Napoleonic complex

JOHN BUELL p. 16
Class war in America

N. GUNASEKARAN p. 16
Indians protest nuclear blackmail

ROBERT PARRY p. 17
Al Qaeda’s fragile foothold
AMERICAS/Patrisia Gonzales p. 18
Corn is our parent, elder
ALEXANDER COCKBURN p. 18
Decline of the Left
MOKHIBER & WEISSMAN p. 18
HP and the privacy erosion
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
Rule of law is the loser
TED RALL p. 19
It depends on your definition of ‘free’
JOE CONASON p. 20
‘All governments lie’
JEFF COHEN p. 20
Is Olbermann on thin ice?
KELLY SPARKS p. 21
Labor’s troubador passes on

MEDIA BEAT/Norman Solomon p. 21
Iraq is not a quagmire
BOOKS/Alvena Bieri p. 21
‘Overthrow’

MOLLY IVINS p. 22
Beyond pale; Bad news; Alamo of elections
GARRISON KEILLOR p. 23
Anger does wonders
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
Limerick look at the stock market


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