TABLE OF CONTENTS
April 1996

EDITORIALS:
Progressive Populists: Stand up and Fight

JIM HIGHTOWER:
Where are the Democrats?; Disney's 7-cent Pajamas; Food Labels that Lie; Ms. Smith Goes to Washington; Sen. Bond Goes Fishing; Telecom Cash.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

CYNTHIA A. McKINNEY:
Democracy we can be proud of.

TALES FROM EAST TEXAS by CAROL COUNTRYMAN.
More Gags in Gun Barrel City.

FEATURE:
Poultry Growers seek rights in Mississippi, by Jim Cullen.

RURAL ROUTES:
Farm Crisis and the Progressive Community, by Merle Hansen.

ESSAY by Sen. Russell Feingold:
Who you callin' a Populist, buddy?

FEATURE:
Health Care McGuffin, by Joan Retsinas.

FEATURE:
The Free Trade Bill of Rights, by Joel D. Joseph.

TED RALL:
Forget China: America gets rich on slave labor.

FEATURE:
The Phony Populists, by Harry C. Boyte and Nancy N. Kari.

A BOOK REVIEW, by Jim Nesbitt:
Lassoing Western Myths.

ESSAY, by David Morris:
NAFTA: A clear failure of public policy.

AN AMERICAN'S STORY:
Where people feel connected, voter turnout soars, by Jane Braxton Little.

FEATURE:
Displaced, Downsized, Degraded, Deflated: Workers tell Congress their stories, by Peggy Roberson.

PETER MONTAGUE:
Books Reveal an Excess Optimism on Environment.

JAMES McCARTY YEAGER:
Dead Men Talking.

LATINO SPECTRUM by Roberto Rodriguez and Patrisia Gonzales:
A Toast to "Champagne '96".

FEATURE:
Say it ain't so, Bob, by Bill Craven.

FEATURE:
European 'Conservatives' stand on left, by Christopher Cook.

ESSAY by Norman L. Thomas:
Problem is, capitalism in America dominates.

IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST WITH RALPH NADER:
Shaking up the House of Labor.

MEDIA BEAT, by Norman Solomon:
Clinton's Triumph: a Victory over Debate.

JESSE JACKSON:
Republicans Talk Populism, but the Rhythm's All Wrong; How Low They Go.

CHARLES LEVENDOSKY:
High Court Takes the Low Road on Seizure; From the Grassroots; Interfaith Alliance.

HAL CROWTHER:
In Stassen's Footsteps.

FREE LANCE: Prairie Festival 1996

MOLLY IVINS:
Can You Say 'Downsizing'? I Thought So; Law of Unintended Consequences, Part IX; Big CEOs and Other Matters.

AN ESSAY BY EUGENE McCARTHY:
Modest Proposals for dealing with United States political and social problems in the manner of Jonathan Swift.

THE EVERLASTING GOP-STOPPER, by Sean Allen.
Cake Eaters in California; Logging Without Laws; Voters Want Differences.

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