The Progressive POPULIST

A Twice-Monthly Journal from the Heartland
June 1, 2009 -- Volume 15, Number 10


TABLE OF CONTENTS

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COVER/Roger Bybee p. 1
Chrysler Bailout a stimulus for Mexico

EDITORIAL p. 2
Reset for single payer; Dirty Dozen Dems

JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
‘Profits,’ other bankster tricks; Wall St. wins, people lose; Rein in tax dodgers; Hiding facts on climate; Death, taxes, debt collectors
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
JOYCE MARCEL p. 5
Calm down, America
DISPATCHES p. 5
New Orleans still coming back; For Pete’s sake; Make Obama do it; ‘Justice’ to enforce antitrust law; Car dealers question cuts ...

FROMA HARROP p. 6
Health care: Will Dems ride camel or horse?
RANDY UDALL p. 6
New mantra for oil patch: Chill, baby, chill
LISA HAMILTON p. 6
Let’s grow a new crop of farmers
GENE LYONS p. 7
Keep whining, Republicans
DAVID SIROTA p. 7
Piggish capitalism; Populism is popular
DEAN BAKER p. 8
Outsourcing management with Fiat-Chrysler
ANDREW LEONARD p. 8
Obama crushes Chrsyler hedge funds
MIKE MADDEN p. 9
Uncle Sam gets stressed
DON ROLLINS p. 9
Pat’s perturbations

ROBERT REICH p. 10
Obama, enemy of economic inequality
RICHARD RHAMES p. 10
Piggies come home to root

DAVE ZWEIFEL p. 10
Single-payer is the only way to go
MEDIA BEAT/Norman Solomon p. 11
How the left media covers Obama
JOHN NICHOLS p. 11
Kemp vs. the party of no
MICHAEL LIND p. 12
‘Best and brighest’? Spare me
ROBERT BOROSAGE p. 12
Corruption is dangerous to your health
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON p. 12
Bankers stroll the Beltway’s red carpet
BOB BURNETT p. 13
Obama’s passed his probation

JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Homeowners learn resistance works
ANDREW KORFHAGE p. 14
It’s time for clean energy victory bonds
JOEL D. JOSEPH p. 14
Stop foreclosures, limit bank charges

HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Springtime optimism for health policy

SAM URETSKY p. 15
Superman meets Keynes

GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 15
No magic number

WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
The big gamble

NATE PEDERSEN p. 16
Wisconsin Progressives span parties

JIM GOODMAN p. 16
Ag and environment, it’s our choice
MARK WEISBROT p. 17
US strategy in Latin America was wrong
BEN BURKETT p. 17
Green revolution a failure in Africa
AMERICAS/Roberto Rodriguez p. 18
New GOP: Guns, gays, god, go home!
ALEXANDER COCKBURN p. 18
Sheep before swine
JOHN BUELL p. 18
Fortress USA can’t save us

PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
The lethargy virus
TED RALL p. 19
Why Bush must go to prison
JOE CONASON p. 20
Stop ‘Hillary-Care’ now!
CHRISTINA NEALSON p. 20
Garbage grows along the border
JACK SHANAHAN p. 20
New defense budget: Common sense at last
ROB PATTERSON p. 21
Music press gets pushed

EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Kentucky Derby: Seabiscuit meets Syriana
POPULIST PICKS p. 21
Birthplace of the ’60s

AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Pete Seeger carries us on
GARRISON KEILLOR p. 22
Let war crimes be bygones
DONALD KAUL p. 23
Don’t mess with the CIA
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
The king of expectations speaks


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