The Progressive POPULIST

A Twice-Monthly Journal from the Heartland
June 15, 2000 -- Volume 6, Number 11
TABLE OF CONTENTS

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COVER/Bill Berkowitz
Revving up the Christian Right

EDITORIAL
Make Al Run

JIM HIGHTOWER
Rejecting Monsanto's Frankenspud;
Say no to drug price gouging;
Bush plays ball with Kenneth Lay;
Bush's pay-to-play game;
Granny D commits free speech;
Drug czar gets loopy on hemp.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen
Parkinson's, pesticides and organic standards

CONVERSATIONS/Jim Van Der Pol
Arrogant agribusiness

DISPATCHES
Black farmers, allies rally against discrimination

BOOK REVIEW/Marianne Comfort
Strategies for protecting farms

CALAMITY HOWLER/A.V. Krebs
Farm Bureau: the enemy within

CORPORATE FOCUS/Russell Mokhiber & Robert Weissman
GE: the Multinational Barge

SOLUTIONS/American News Svc.
Social audits pay dividends

JOHN BUELL
New views on international debt

DARYL LEASE
Sharks bite credit risks

JOHN NICHOLS
Lust for special interest cash ruins Dems

REPORT/Kent Paterson
Mexican populist pitches change with stability

MARTY JEZER
Jack-boot globalizers

JANE HOLTZ KAY
Cars are key to global warming

PLAIN TALK/Dave Zweifel
Big drug companies try to shift blame

GRANNY D/Doris Haddock
Where honor comes from

BOB BOROSAGE
Gore doesn't need friends like these

MARK WEISBROT
Not exactly free trade

TED GLICK
Democracy is waking up

TED RALL
Not really at the movies

MEDIA BEAT/Norman Solomon
Overcoming hazards of media monoculture

GLOBAL CITIZEN/Donella Meadows
Kalle Lasn is mad as heck

GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet
Firing line

ARIANNA HUFFINGTON
Drug war & Colombia: Deny and escalate

HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas
Underinsured beneath iceberg

WAYNE O'LEARY
FICA follies

ALEXANDER COCKBURN
Al Gore's war on crime

AMERICAS/Gonzales & Rodriguez
Honoring our 'Abuelas'

PATRICK MAZZA
Clean energy a global opportunity

PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader
FBI misses crime in the suites data

JESSE JACKSON
The real threat

BILL KNIGHT
Rural residents face 'digital divide'

SILICON LOUNGE/Donna Ladd
Smart women, stupid sites flood web

CHARLES LEVENDOSKY
Appeals court questions use of pepper spray

BOOKS/Alvena Bieri
Irony in America

MOLLY IVINS
Your mugger may wear a white collar;
Health sacrificed for campaign contributions;
Easy virtue on utility deregulation

FRANK LINGO
Moms back common-sense laws

WILL DURST
Gun nuts


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