The Progressive Magazine: June 2011
Volume 75, Number 6
In This Issue
Editor's Note
No Comment
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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