The Progressive POPULIST

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February 15, 2012 -- Volume 18, Number 3


TABLE OF CONTENTS

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COVER/Michael Lind p. 1
Obama turns attention from Iraq to Asia

EDITORIAL p. 2
The battle is joined

JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Santorum denies class inequality; Repeal the farce of ‘corporate personhood’; Poppy war in Afghanistan; Ugly surprise from Big Oil; GOP ‘mad as a hatter’ about EPA regs
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Bugs, biotech salesmen pester farmers

DISPATCHES p. 5
Saul Alinsky — the ‘radical’ Republicans love to hate; States lag in health care overhaul; Big GOP wants to shut down Newt; Working-class voters souring on Romney; Union targets ‘job cremator’ Romney ...

FROMA HARROP p. 6
Huntsman threatened Obama re-election
ANDREW KORFHAGE p. 6
Earthquakes underscore fracking danger
ED QUILLEN p. 6
Fixing what ain’t broke in Foggy Bottom
DAVID SIROTA p. 7
Rich folks occupy America
BILL JOHNSTON p. 7
Many Catholics don’t follow ‘holy’ orders

GENE LYONS p. 7
Investigative reporters ignored by media
ROBERT REICH p. 8
Newt accuses Mitt of looting companies
JONATHAN TURLEY p. 9
10 reasons US no longer land of the free
MARK WEISBROT p. 9
Obama increases hostility toward Venezuela
JEFFREY SACHS p. 10
Libertarian Ron Paul shakes up election
TA-NEHISI COATES p. 10
Ron Paul and Louis Farrakhan share traits
DON ROLLINS p. 11
Hitchens made the zombies think

BOB BURNETT p. 11
Tea Partiers just can’t stand Romney

ARIANNA HUFFINGTON p. 11
Look to the mayors for leadership
BILL MOYERS & M. WINSHIP p. 12
The 99% fight to save American Dream
WENDELL POTTER p. 12
Romney’s health care fantasy world
SAM PIZZIGATI p. 13
Uncle Sam shelters SWAG economy
ELLEN BROWN p. 13
Postal banking creates economic mobility
JOEL JOSEPH p. 14
Obama touts free trade deals

JESSE JACKSON p. 14
S.C. shows how far we have to go
M. BRUNE & B. McKIBBEN p. 14
Big Oil demands Keystone pipeline
JEFFERSON MORLEY p. 15
Occupy Congress greets returning lawmakers
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Medical debt is the trifecta of misery

SAM URETSKY p. 15
Narcotics laws don’t make pharmacies safe

JOHN BUELL p. 16
GOP sheds tears for oppressed wealthy

WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Corporate man

ALLAN BRAWLEY p. 17
Stand with unions against workers’ enemies

DEAN BAKER p. 17
Social Security: Time is on our side
TINA DUPUY p. 18
S.C. detours GOP march to inevitable nominee
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 18
Charter schools grow amid questions

ALEXANDER COCKBURN p. 18
US will go to war with Iran
TED RALL p. 19
GOP exploits anti-Wall Street protests
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
Neocons prepare for war in Iran

JEFF BIGGERS p. 20
Who’s afraid of ‘The Tempest’? Arizona
ANNIE KEEGHAN p. 20
Marine urination video displays mental issues
POPULIST PICKS p. 21
Muslims become common folk in Dearborn

ROB PATTERSON p. 21
Songs were only a start for Harry Belafonte

EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Muhammad Ali turns 70
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
Time to talk politics at the dinner table
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Guantanamo prison turns 10 years old
DONALD KAUL p. 22
Giving up on climate change and guns
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
America’s new Horatio Alger story

Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen


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