The Progressive Magazine: June 2011

June 2011

Volume 75, Number 6

In This Issue

Editor's Note

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Letters

Comment Budget Chicanery

On the Line



Columns

Terry Tempest Williams reports from the broken mountains of Appalachia.

Cover
Ruth Conniff searches for ways to build "a mass democratic
movement—not just a moment."

Dogging Walker Matthew Rothschild Activists say it's time to make Wisconsin ungovernable.

Feature

Obama in Libya Dennis Kucinich
The critical issue before this nation today is not Libyan democracy; it is American democracy.

1st Person Singular

What's After the Piggy Bank? Sandy Williams
For some Americans, gasoline is quickly becoming a luxury.

Essay

A Man of Courage, Constant to the End Wendell Berry
Harry Caudill was what Thoreau called "a standard man."

Interview

The Yes Men Elizabeth DiNovella
"When we started doing this, we thought we would get arrested," say the corporate pranksters.

Culture

Poem Anthony Opal.

Will Durst breaks down the GOP Presidential candidates.
Dave Zirin calls Georgia out for its new anti-immigrant law.

Books Matthew Rothschild reviews Hot, by Mark Hertsgaard.

Jim Hightower obliterates Paul Ryan’s “Path to Prosperity.”

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