The Progressive POPULIST
A Monthly Journal from the Heartland
April 1999 -- Volume 5, Number 4
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COVER/David Moberg
Going Bananas: Chiquita Drives Trade Policy
EDITORIAL
Medicare Reform: Why Not the Rest?
JIM HIGHTOWER
Zapping Beef with X-Rays;
Defend Yourself;
A Mess of Hogs;
The Speaker's Buddies;
Rainforest Natives Sue Mighty Texaco;
Truth in Slaughtering
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
DISPATCHES
Black Farmers Still Seek Justice
RURAL ROUTES/Margot F. McMillen
It's the Sell, Stupid
CONVERSATIONS/Jim Van Der Pol
Farmers Need to Make Their Own Wave
REPORT/A.V. Krebs
'Freedom to Farm' Results in Failure
CALAMITY HOWLER/A.V. Krebs
Free Enterprise in Cattle
SOLUTIONS/Mieke H. Bomann
Appalachian Spring for Women
TALES/Carol Countryman
Try to Survive Tryouts
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet
Dirty Work to be Done
COMMENT/Ralph Durham
Tobacco Farmers Must Weigh What Matters
FEATURE/Peter Downs
HMOs Provide Cover for Hospital Profits
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas
Standards: Gold and Near-Gold
COMMENT/David Morris
Bill of Rights vs. Power
COMMENT/John Buell
Death Penalty Be Not Proud
COMMENT/Mark Weisbrot
Record Trade Deficits Haven't Slowed U.S.
ALEXANDER COCKBURN
Tough Talk Won't Hurt China Trade
CORPORATE FOCUS/Russell Mokhiber & Robert Weissman
The Blood Tax You Never Read About
COMMENT/T.J. Walker
Monica's Story on Starr
PLAIN TALK/Dave Zweifel
Levis Shows Us Real Sweatshop Culprit
GLOBAL CITIZEN/Donella H. Meadows
Why Do We Go on Sprawling?
COMMENT/John Nichols
Mourn the Soaring Dow
HUMOR/Martin Kaufman
Should We Really Fix 'Millenium Bug'?
PROGRESSIVE REVIEW/Sam Smith
Sleepless in Seattle
PRIMAL SCREED/James McC. Yeager
Education: Utility or Priviledge?
MEDIA BEAT/Norman Solomon
A 'Need to Know' Basis
TED RALL
Monica Madness Lives On
COMMENT/Marty Jezer
Ho-Hum: Genocide in Guatemala
AMERICAS/Gonzales & Rodriguez
The Guatemalization of Colombia
BILL STATUS/Congress Watch
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader
OOD Men Out!
JESSE JACKSON
This is Not What We Want
HAL CROWTHER
The Real Culture War
HUMOR/Will Durst
Sue Their Arses
PROJECT CENSORED
MAI Named 'Most Censored' Story of '99
MOLLY IVINS
No Matter How You Slice It, GOP Tax Cut's For Rich; When the Loan Shark
Bites
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