The Progressive POPULIST

A Twice-Monthly Journal from the Heartland
October 1, 2009 -- Volume 15, Number 17


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COVER/Michael Lind
Give ’em Hell, Barry, before it’s too late

EDITORIAL p. 2
We need fighters!

JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Holding Wall St. bankers accountable; Hoax of recovery; Reining in corporate tax dodgers; Obama continues Bush rendition policy; Should charity hospitals be charitable?
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
JOYCE MARCEL p. 5
Renewing the 19th Amendment
DISPATCHES p. 5
Labor looks to future; Wingers chase out ‘green jobs czar’; Court mulls corporate power grant; Catholc bishops disagree on health reform; Dems hold onto seats ...

FROMA HARROP p. 6
Biggest danger to Democrats
ROBIN MITTENTHAL p. 6
Old MacDonald never had a farm like this
PETE LETHEBY p. 6
Great Plains aura
GENE LYONS p. 7
Cake knife is useless in a gunfight
DAVID SIROTA p. 7
A party is not a movement
ART CULLEN p. 7
Calm them down, senator

ROBERT REICH p. 8
Democrat need to be like GOP: disciplined
ROGER HICKEY p. 9
Let’s pass Kennedy’s health reform plan
JOHN NICHOLS p. 9
Heed FDR and turn left
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON p. 10
Bank bailout undermines health reform
DEAN BAKER p. 10
Reverse bank robbery
GREG PALAST p. 11
Expert fired who warned levees would burst
ED KILGORE p. 11
Return of the welfare queen
JIM CULLEN p. 12
The end of Camelot

JESSE JACKSON p. 12
Kennedy’s legacy worth fighting for
JOE CONASON p. 13
Kennedy wanted the public option
DAVE ZWEIFEL p. 13
Our GIs: Out of sight, out of mind
CAROL JONES p. 14
The Poudre: River besieged by thirsty cities
MEDIA BEAT/Norman Solomon p. 14
Don’t cry for me, single option
BOB BURNETT p. 14
Healthcare: 2009’s Political Super Bowl
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
District 9 for the uninsured

SAM URETSKY p. 15
Insurance doesn’t solve staffing crisis

MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN p. 16
Life and death and child health reform
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Baucuscare

GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 16
Food for thought

JOHN BUELL p. 16
Tyranny by the minority

N. GUNASEKARAN p. 17
Afghanistan occupation unsettles region

JAMES BAMFORD p. 17
The NSA is still listening to you
AMERICAS/Roberto Rodriguez p. 18
What’s behind Door #2? Fear
ALEXANDER COCKBURN p. 18
Hollow champion
NATE PEDERSEN p. 18
Working Families supports progressives

PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
The drive for single-payer
TED RALL p. 19
The guns of August
JIM VAN DER POL p. 20
Populists should target thinking conservatives

SARAH ANDERSON p. 20
CEO pay still outrageous
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Jack Johnson punched back
ROB PATTERSON p. 21
Engaging the digital forum

POPULIST PICKS p. 21
It’s only rock’n’roll

AMY GOODMAN p. 22
With whom is Obama playing?
GARRISON KEILLOR p. 22
We need public pet option
DONALD KAUL p. 23
Great Merger: Republicans and lobbyists
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
A man and his tent


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