The Progressive POPULIST

A Twice-Monthly Journal from the Heartland
March 1, 2000 -- Volume 6, Number 4
TABLE OF CONTENTS

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COVER/Bob Fitrakis
Watching Big Brother Watching Us

Echelon FAQ

EDITORIAL
The GOP shows its primary colors

JIM HIGHTOWER
Plutocracy, not democracy;
Bush's 'Cheshire cat tax cut';
DeLay's fatherhood hypocrisy;
Clean clothes, clean air;
Globalized guacamole;
Sinking deeper into Colombia's 'Big Muddy.'

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen
The tale of hay

CONVERSATIONS/Jim Van Der Pol
We need to recreate family farms

DISPATCHES
Greenspan renewal survives speedbump

SOLUTIONS/American News Svc.
Merits of hometown education

REPORT/Frank Lingo
Lawsuits give environmentalists tool

CALAMITY HOWLER/A.V. Krebs
World sees U.S. unfair business practices

JOHN NICHOLS
Trade policy is still the great lost issue

FEATURE/Leonard Williams, Neil Wollman & Abigail Fuller
Counsels of moderation: There they go again

GLOBAL CITIZEN/Donella H. Meadows
Watching primary from across the river

FEATURE/Ted Glick
Unity movement begins to emerge

RANDOLPH HOLHUT
AOL-Time Warner and the cyber have-nots

JOHN BUELL
The politics of poverty

MARK WEISBROT
Lessons from the long upswing

OUCH!/Public Campaign
Corruption Perception Index

GRANNY D/Doris Haddock
Don't give up the ship

CORPORATE FOCUS/Russell Mokhiber & Robert Weissman
The poison that's everywhere

GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet
Cashing in on reform

PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader
Predictable campaign puts voters to sleep

JESSE JACKSON
Pandering to racism

TED RALL
Confessions of a sexual dynamo

PRIMAL SCREED/James McC. Yeager
Gore wins, Bush losses

HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas
Childbirth 'mandates'": Costly victory

MEDIA BEAT/Norman Solomon
Dollar Bill and 'Politics of Ambiguity'

STEVEN HILL & BOB RICHIE
Cuban boy steamrollered by Electoral College

AMERICAS/Gonzales & Rodriguez
Back where we came from

ALEXANDER COCKBURN
FCC OK's low-watt radio

WAYNE O'LEARY
Bill Clinton, the born-again liberal

BOB BOROSAGE
The Faustian bargain

DONNA LADD
Netscape mogul gets it right

MARTY JEZER
Three cheers for democracy

CHARLES LEVENDOSKY
More national monuments on the horizon

BOOKS/Alvena Bieri
Having a stake in the business

PLAIN TALK/Dave Zweifel
Errors demand death penalty elimination

MOLLY IVINS
The important music we're not hearing;
Money makes politics go 'round (and America's laws as well);
Clutter on political radar

FRANK LINGO
Don't distract the driver with driving


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