The Progressive POPULIST

A Twice-Monthly Journal from the Heartland
October 15, 2011 -- Volume 17, Number 18


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COVER/Nick Turse p. 1
Deficit cutters depend on defense contractors

EDITORIAL p. 2
Ruining the GOP brand; Texas Justice

JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
More Perry tales; Obama stands up, knocks GOP down; GOP’s jobs debate; Playing Washington’s inside game; Privileged vs. poor
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
We can’t eat business models

DISPATCHES p. 5
Republicans won’t stop lying; Warren’s social contract lesson; US worst in preventable deaths; Execs backing trade deals offshore jobs ...

FROMA HARROP p. 6
Obama has it right in deficit plan
STEPHANIE PAIGE OGBURN p. 6
CRP faces high corn and budget crisis
MARTHA BURK p. 6
Does the GOP dislike women?
DAVE ZWEIFEL p. 7
Child poverty rise should shame us
GENE LYONS p. 7
Incredible vanishing Michele Bachmann
DAVID SIROTA p. 7
University of hypocrisy
CLAY ROBISON p. 9
Real victims of ‘class warfare’

KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 9
Fighting for ‘shared sacrifice’
DEAN BAKER p. 9
If Social Security is ‘Ponzi’ what is the ‘Post’?
MARGIE BURNS p. 10
NRA helps to arm Mexican drug cartels

BOB BURNETT p. 10
Job Wars: The GOP strikes back

ARIANNA HUFFINGTON p. 11
Obama needs to make change in himself
RANDOLPH T. HOLHUT p. 11
Time is running out for Obama and Dems
HAL CROWTHER p. 12
Murdoch casts tabloid shadow over media

VICTOR FEHRENBACH p. 13
Truly proud day for the military
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
38 states rig voting rules for GOP
ROBERT REICH p. 14
Texas creates more jobs by lowering wages
DON ROLLINS p. 14
Different Carolina, same old bigotry

SAM URETSKY p. 15
Faith in the private sector

HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Cervical cancer: the ties that bind

CLIFF SCHECTER p. 15
Cons keep gov’t programs for themselves
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Dysfunctional democracy

JOHN BUELL p. 16
Pocket book politics

JOEL D. JOSEPH p. 17
Foreign-built monuments a shame

N. GUNASEKARAN p. 17
India also a victim of 9/11

WILL DURST p. 17
Hot dog time
ALEXANDER COCKBURN p. 18
Buck, Perry and the politics of death
AMERICAS/Roberto Rodriguez p. 18
Indigenous knowledge on trial in Arizona
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
Imagine Obama dressing down the big boys
TED RALL p. 19
Dems need a primary for 2012
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 20
Golden State billionaires hoard cash

ROGER BYBEE p. 20
Wisconsin progs rally at Fighting Bob Fest
TINA DUPUY p. 20
Why middle class fears tax increases on rich
ROB PATTERSON p. 21
Ubiquity of social media: You can get away

POPULIST PICKS p. 21
Back in the clubs with Doc Pomus

EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Nebraska Cornhusker fans chop-block pipeline
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
99 percenters occupy Wall Street
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
I like the real Jackie
DONALD KAUL p. 23
Colbert asks ‘heroes’ to help funny business
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
Political haiku

Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen


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