The Progressive POPULIST

A Twice-Monthly Journal from the Heartland


August 1, 2016 -- Volume 22, Number 13


TABLE OF CONTENTS

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COVER/Ellen Brown p. 1
War on weed is winding down

EDITORIAL p. 2
Busting TPP is our Brexit; Sanders pushes Dems left

JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Why was the Brexit vote so shocking to global elites? It’s getting hot in Indianapolis. Souring Chicago’s sweet treat.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
DON ROLLINS p. 4
Why I must let Bernie go

RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
The right to know about GM food

DISPATCHES p. 5
Dallas police shooting polarizes opinions over ‘Black Lives Matter;
‘Open Carry’ fails in Dallas;
Dems uniting behind Clinton;
Trump losing badly among Latinos — and so is GOP;
Bayh bid puts Indiana Senate seat in play;
Ryan tax plan designed with rich in mind;
'Other' solar energy can run at night;
Net new jobs in June ...

FROMA HARROP p. 6
In manufacturing, Americans back in action
ANNE MARIE TAPP p. 6
Time for Utah to let go of oil shale dreams
JILL RICHARDSON p. 6
It’s not just Trump who’s confused about racism

GENE LYONS p. 7
Another so-called scandal fails to hinder Hillary
ERIC BLUMBERG p. 7
The tyranny of the minority

DAPHNE WYSHAM p. 7
To stop ‘bomb trains,’ I honeymooned in jail
JOHN YOUNG p. 8
Straight-faced liars of TRAP

DAVID DAYEN p. 9
Hope for those in debt
SAM PIZZIGATI p. 9
You’re overdrafted, they’re overpaid
BOB CESCA p. 10
Playing the ‘rigged’ card
BOB BURNETT p. 10
Defending Hillary

MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
Fear of a female administration? We’ll see
DEAN BAKER p. 11
Bill Gates to fund huge XPrize to end austerity in Europe
WILL DURST p. 11
Who will win the Donald Trump Veepstakes?
LES LEOPOLD p. 12
Bernie’s next big task: Build a large-scale, national progressive movement

HEATHER DIGBY PARTON p. 12
Following the Trump money
AMANDA MARCOTTE p. 13
‘Political sleight-of-hand’
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 13
Undue burdens

JESSE JACKSON p. 14
The choice we face
WENONAH HAUTER p. 14
You can’t keep Big Oil down

JIM GOODMAN p. 14
Genetically engineered crops, the grand and failed promise

HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
The poor: Gumming up the healthcare bureaucracy

SAM URETSKY p. 15
Trump’s star power

JOE CONASON p. 15
What Republican assault on Comey reveals
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Currency culture wars

JOHN BUELL p. 16
Financing our extinction

SETH SANDRONSKY p. 16
Machines and minimum-wage increases

JUAN COLE p. 17
Real problem with the Iraq War: It was illegal
N. GUNASEKARAN p. 17
The siege of consumerism in Asia

ROBERT BOROSAGE p. 18
Dems and TPP: Who speaks for the future?
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 18
The myth of Paul Ryan
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
How unpatriotic is Donald Trump?
TED RALL p. 19
Who’s really to blame for Brexit (and Trump)
FR. DONNELL KIRCHNER p. 20
Current political season and organized religion(s)

ROBERT KUTTNER p. 20
Can parody bring down Trump?
MOVIES/Ed Rampell p. 21
Out of sight outlandish outlaws in ‘Outback’: A must-see movie about Maoris and more

EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Durant and the discomfort with player power
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Iraq War, based on lies, rages on
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
It’s summer, the season for grandparents
ROBERT B. REICH p. 23
The huckster populist
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
Psalm 23-Updated

Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen


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