The Progressive Magazine: May 2010
Volume 74, Number 5
In This Issue
Editor's Note
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Letters
Comment Next Up: Immigration Reform?
On the Line
Columns
Luis J. Rodríguez finds hope amidst the violence of Ciudad Juárez.
Terry Tempest Williams is inspired by a new generation of student activists.
Cover
The Bankers’ Latest Scam Ruth Conniff
See why the financial industry is supporting candidates condemning “bailouts” and “fat cats.”
Features
Mexico’s Squid Sweatshops Virginia Sole-Smith
The squid in our stores is often processed in horrendous conditions in Mexico.
Interview Ed Asner Ed Rampell “There are lots of people in Hollywood who give lip service to progressive causes,” says the TV legend and star of Up.
Culture Returning the Banjo to Its Black Roots Geoffrey Dobbins The Carolina Chocolate Drops revitalizes folk music.
Poem Kevin Young
Kate Clinton reviews the recent outpouring of nastiness.
Dave Zirin visits a new World Cup stadium in South Africa.
Books Amitabh Pal reviews Reset: Iran, Turkey, and America’s Future, by Stephen Kinzer.
Jim Hightower watches “Enlightenment values” flee Texas.
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Resist Censorship in Tucson
- Banned in Tucson
- An Interview with Carlos Muñoz on the Tucson Book Ban
| Banned Authors Respond | |
CURRENT ISSUE: FEBRUARY 2012
Inside the Occupy Movement
| We visited nearly thirty occupations in twenty states in two months.
A Taste of Freedom
I spent seven weeks in Zuccotti Park, and here is what I got.
Anniversary Blues
| Two years ago in Haiti, the Earth opened, buildings collapsed, and people died—300,000 to be precise. Anniversaries hurt. They brutalize the body. They pummel the spirit.
Progressive Matt
The Koch Brothers Conspire to Buy the White House
Standing for Justice at the Capitol. Matthew Rothschild.
Come to Progressive Talks and Events
Thurs. Feb. 9, 7:00 p.m., Madison
Ruth Conniff on
"The Wisconsin Uprising"
MATC Downtown, Rm. D240 (211 N. Carroll St.) Room D240
Sun. Feb. 12, 5:30 p.m., Madison
Matthew Rothschild,
"Forward for the First Amendment"
Madison Eastside Club (3735 Monona Dr.)
Thursday February 16 at 7:30 p.m.
VandeBurg Room, Pyle Center. Madison, WI
Not Just Gandhi: The Tradition of Nonviolence Among Muslims in South Asia
Amitabh Pal Managing Editor, The Progressive magazine.
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Friday February 17 at 7:30 p.m.
Kate Clinton at the Barrymore with Michael Feldman in Madison.
Thursday February 23 at 3:30 p.m.
Garden Key Room, Student Union, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida
Islam Means Peace: Understanding the Muslim Principle of Nonviolence Today
Amitabh Pal Managing Editor, The Progressive magazine.
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Ruth Conniff at the People's Legislature in Madison
