The Progressive POPULIST

A Twice-Monthly Journal from the Heartland
November 15, 2010 -- Volume 16, Number 20


TABLE OF CONTENTS

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COVER/Danny Schechter p. 1
Who will rescue trapped Americans?

EDITORIAL p. 2
Credit where due; Bad judgment

JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Save the billionaires’ tax loophole; Corporations take jobs money and run; Corporate assault on an honest senator; A speaker lobbyists would love; Monsanto takes a tumble; ‘Free speech’ for corporations; Spreading weapons in name of peace.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Pay attention to people for a change

DISPATCHES p. 5
Chamber amplifies big biz agenda; Biggest myths about Obamanation; Why does Social Security drive Repubs crazy?; Voicemail revives perjury talk; China withholds minerals ...

FROMA HARROP p. 6
What was wrong with auto bailout? Nothing
LOUIS MEEKS p. 6
Gas drilling has blighted my life
LESLIE SAMUELRICH p. 6
Big food's blame game
GENE LYONS p. 7
Dems should slam GOP hypocrites
DAVID SIROTA p. 7
The imperial defense of Pentagon bloat
DAVE ZWEIFEL p. 7
Would we have said no to the interstate?
DEAN BAKER p. 8
Cracking down on liar liens
JOE CONASON p. 9
The public shaming of Anthony Kennedy
ROBERT REICH p. 9
The perfect storm
ANDREW LEONARD p. 9
New biz for bankers: Predatory tax collection
JOSEPH B. ATKINS p. 10
Unions don’t get respect by giving in

ROGER BYBEE p. 10
Kohler’s new demands in labor struggle
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON p. 11
Media refuses to take a stand on sanity
DON ROLLINS p. 11
Undoing war

GREG PALAST p. 11
SarahPAC candidate ‘caged’ votes
MICHAEL LIND p. 12
Bankruptcy of New Democrat ideology
SAM PIZZIGATI p. 12
Washington at work for the wealthy
LEE FANG p. 13
What right-wing conspiracy? This one

JESSE JACKSON p. 14
GOP runs on the ‘Big Lie’
ANA MARIE COX p. 14
Worst candidate? So many choices
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 14
Americans must fight for financial watchdog
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Beware mama grizzlies

SAM URETSKY p. 15
Future is New Jersey

BOB BURNETT p. 15
Enemy of people: Oil money vs. clean air

WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Bizarro election

GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 16
Fight the power

SARA JOSEPH p. 16
Rattling democracy in Latin America
MARK WEISBROT p. 17
Brazil’s election will matter for rest of world
NORMAN SOLOMON p. 17
Progressive canaries in a political mine
RAUL A. REYES p. 18
Who cleans the windows of glass houses
ALEXANDER COCKBURN p. 18
3 cheers for French strikers
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 18
In California, Kaiser workers vote SEIU

PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
Mainstreaming the extreme rightwing
TED RALL p. 19
How to save American capitalism
JIM VAN DER POL p. 20
Decorporatize your life

JIM CULLEN p. 20
Mexico: failed state or failed system?

ROB PATTERSON p. 21
Social network

POPULIST PICKS p. 21
Who’s ‘The Boss’

EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
NFL violence comes to a head
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
When banks are robbers
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
Accused are still human
DONALD KAUL p. 23
Tied to the train tracks
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
Get me an invite to the borrowers’ ball


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