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September 1997 -- Volume 3, Number 9
TABLE OF CONTENTS

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EDITORIAL
The Human Face of Labor Wins


JIM HIGHTOWER
Corporatized Justice
WTO Attacks Massachusetts
Side-Track 'Fast Track'
Newt's Ethics Moratorium
Marines 'Score' One in Drug War
The Dow ... and the Rest of Us

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Clean Energy and Utility Restructuring
E-Mag Takes Exception
Obsessive-Compulsive Progressive
Fourth Estate Tax Builds Chains
The Decade of Delusion
Businesses Usurp Citizens' Responsibility
The Earth's People are More Liberal!
Fruitful and Multipliable


RURAL ROUTES/Abigail Wright
Facing Extinction, Southern Black Farmers Unite to Compete.


COMMENT/Art Cullen
A State of Hired Hands


CALAMITY HOWLER/A.V. Krebs
Monsanto vs. DuPont: Let the Battle Begin
The Pig Trough: Wondrous Place
Smithfield Pollutes, Smithfield Pays
Nestle's Magic and Disney
Tomorrow's Menu
Taking a Bite out of the Apple

UPS STRIKE: TEAMSTERS WIN
Rebellion of the Young and Part-Time
By David Bacon

JESSE JACKSON
The Fight for America's Future

BUSINESS ETHICS/Marjorie Kelly
Workers, not Stockholders, are Truly the Corporation

WORK IN PROGRESS
from the AFL-CIO and staff reports

FEATURE/A.V. Krebs
ConAgra: An Unhealthy Choice?


JOE CONASON
A Poke in the Eye for Newt's Stooges

THE SCOOP/Bob Harris
At the Movies

FEATURE/Frank Lingo
Rabid Response: The Raccoons' Revolt

THE BIG BUDGET DEAL

Tax-Cutting to a Balanced Budget
By Wayne M. O'Leary


JAMES K. GALBRAITH
Reagan Rides Again


FEATURE/Jason Murphy
Building Progressive Political Power in Bill's Home Town: The New Party

COVER STORY:
Not So Clear-Cut:
Timber, Jobs and the Environment
By Glynn R. Wilson


Forest Workers and Environmentalists are Natural Allies
By Paul Cienfuegos

Enemies No More: Ranchers and Conservationists Work Together
By Susan Davis

HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas
Old Folks Can Stay Out of the Boat

DAVID MORRIS
The Demise of Democracy?

PRIMAL SCREED/James McCarty Yeager
Megan's Precedent

BOOK REVIEW/Patrick Mazza
The Heat is On

REPORT/Ellen Murphy
March Seeks to End Domestic Violence

GLOBAL CITIZEN/Donella Meadows
From Dump to Garden

MEDIA BEAT/Norman Solomon
Adam Smith: Too Left Wing for TV

PROGRESSIVE REVIEW/Sam Smith
Fighting the Slave Economy


GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet
NJ Candidate Hopes Gov's Race will Build Green Movement.

LATINO SPECTRUM / Roberto Rodriguez and Patrisia Gonzales
'Show Me the Money': Wrong Attitude

TED RALL
America on $100 a Day: The Young Adult's Guide to Financial Planning

NEWSPEAK/Wayne Grytting
Special Achievements in Youth Outreach

JESSE JACKSON
Hold Onto Your Wallets

IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader:
Drug Industry Fights Regulation

BOOK REVIEW/Ben Kjelshus
Taking up the Challenge

HAL CROWTHER
What Rough Beast


CHARLES LEVENDOSKY
Congress Wants Its Own Legal Aid
Arizona Squeezes Prison Appeals

MOLLY IVINS
Rising Tide Lifts Many Boats, But Many are Stuck on the Wharf
We're Going Out on a Limb, for What?
UPS Strike: Better Story than You Realize

CHARLIE WILSON
A Geezer and Proud


EULOGY/Brett Campbell
A Justice for All




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