The Progressive POPULIST

A Twice-Monthly Journal from the Heartland
May 1, 2000 -- Volume 6, Number 8
TABLE OF CONTENTS

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COVER/Peter Montague
The hidden costs of animal factories

EDITORIAL
Push for clean money in elections

JIM HIGHTOWER
WTO double whammy;
High-tech assault on the middle class;
Flim-flam campaign;
GE's Abandon America campaign;
FrankenFish;
Babies on drugs

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen
Rural areas need holistic thinkers

CONVERSATIONS/Jim Van Der Pol
Farmers must control markets

FRANK LINGO
Time to switch fuels

A.V. KREBS
Cargill/Continental sale clears despite concerns

ROBERT JENSEN
Politics in the US: No questions, please

CALAMITY HOWLER/A.V. Krebs
GrainRAGE protesters block Cargill

SOLUTIONS/American News Svc.
Incentives help low-income earners save

HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas
Health policy: Springtime optimism

CORPORATE FOCUS/Russell Mokhiber & Robert Weissman
Is the stock market a Ponzi scheme?

JOHN BUELL
Reflections on Earth Day 2000

DISPATCHES
'Censored' publicizes under-covered stories

ARIANNA HUFFINGTON
It's gonna take a new movement

UNDERNEWS/Sam Smith
The liberal right

LABOR TALK/Harry Kelber
Prison: the ultimate sweatshop

GLOBAL CITIZEN/Donella Meadows
Shocked silence about biotech

MARK WEISBROT
Spring protests in DC target economic policy

MOKHIBER & WEISSMAN
Why you should join the DC protests

GRANNY D/Doris Haddock
A new Chautauqua

GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet
Unequal justice

MEDIA BEAT/Norman Solomon
Mickey Mouse network participates in abuse

PATRICK MAZZA
Fuel cells: Good chemistry for climate

JOHN NICHOLS
Activist Allard Lowenstein changed lives

TED RALL
Together and unequal

MADE IN USA/Joel D. Joseph
Greenspan's myth

PLAIN TALK/Dave Zweifel
Big retailers sap strength of locals

WAYNE O'LEARY
Closing the curtain on a class act

TED GLICK
'The personal is political'

AMERICAS/Gonzales & Rodriguez
Aztecs in 'Manhatitlan'

ALEXANDER COCKBURN
Hold that nun-killer

WILL DURST
Spying on yourself

PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader
Fannie and Freddie at the public trough

JESSE JACKSON
Texas education mirage

HAL CROWTHER
Twilight of the tiger

OUCH!/Public Campaign
Addicted to cash

CHARLES LEVENDOSKY
Attacking the people's ability to govern

BOOKS/Alvena Bieri
Time for another New Deal

MOLLY IVINS
Texans on TV bring out wince factor;
A school experiment;
Sorting good guys from the bad

EUGENE J. McCARTHY
Lame duck presidency -- an institution


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