The Progressive POPULIST
A Monthly Journal from the Heartland
July 1998 -- Volume 4, Number 7
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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COVER/A.V. Krebs
Seed Patenters: Biotech Giants Force Farmers into Lockstep
EDITORIAL
Labor: Take the Offensive
JIM HIGHTOWER
The Merger Game
High-Flying Congressional Luxuries
Stop CEO Piracy
Corporate Murder
Canada's Contented Cows
A Summer Bummer
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
DISPATCHES
New Party Celebrates Election Wins
RURAL ROUTES/Jim Cullen
Cursor Cowboy Evangelizes Net Access
FOOD/Ben Kjelshus
Food Circles Develop Sustainable Foods
SOLUTIONS/Linda Lutton
Helping Immigrants Boosts Community
CALAMITY HOWLER/A.V. Krebs
Soon We'll Be Talking Real Money
GLOBAL CITIZEN/Donella Meadows
'Pesticide Free' vs. 'Organic'
COMMENT/Patrick Mazza
We are the Asteroid
COMMENT/John Buell
A Postcard from India
LABOR TALK/Harry Kelber
One Carmaker, Two Unions
TRADE/Chantell Taylor
MAI Lives with 'Charm Offensive'
COMMENT/Jon Entine
Turning Green Electricity Brown
CORPORATE FOCUS/Russell Mokhiber & Robert Weissman
Costly Speech for Corporations
REPORT/Michael Stumo
Biotechnology: The Rest of the Story
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet
An Unhealthy Approach
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas
As Surreal as It Gets
COMMENT/Ted Rall
FICA This: GenXers Lose Social Security
MADE IN THE USA/Joel D. Joseph
Save Social Security
COMMENT/Daryl Lease
Never the Twain Shall Meet
PRIMAL SCREED/James McCarty Yeager
Disabusing Capitalism
PROGRESSIVE REVIEW/Sam Smith
The Real F-Word
MEDIA BEAT/Norman Solomon
Dollars Per Vote
TECHNOLOGY/Frank Beacham
Mining TV's New Revenue Streams
NEWSPEAK/Wayne Grytting
New Age Labor Relations
AMERICAS/Patrisia Gonzales & Roberto Rodriguez
Seeking the Root of the Truth
IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader
House Sells Out to Financiers
JESSE JACKSON
Reject Petty Politics
HAL CROWTHER
The Glass Menagerie
CHARLES LEVENDOSKY
Selling Public Lands Endangers Species
COMMENT/Jean Hay
Stars and Stripes No More?
MOLLY IVINS
Lawmakers, Telecom Hang Up on Us
Manure Happens. Get the Shovels Ready!
Un-Christian Behavior Needs Amending
CHARLIE WILSON
Finding Antidote to Newt
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