The Progressive Magazine: September 2012
Volume 76, Number 9
In This Issue
Editor's Note
No Comment
Letters
Comment Europeans Fight Back
On the Line
Columns
Ruth Conniff reveals the biases of Mitt Romney.
Cover
The Third-Party Dilemma
| Do you—do I—say no to Obama?
Features
Peruvians Face Off Against Newmont Mining Bill Weinberg
Protesters have had to battle both the U.S.-based company and their own government.
Libya, One Year Later Reese Erlich
Militias are the power centers, while Washington pushes privatization.
1st Person Singular
Going Dutch
Living in Holland, I've been surprised by the hostility in the U.S. toward requiring everyone to buy into the health care system. I've experienced it firsthand, and I'm completely satisfied.
Keeping Women Down
Susan Douglas | The new GOP initiative to attract women is stunningly cynical.
Greenwald vs. Goliath Michael Atkinson
The progressive filmmaker takes on the Koch brothers in his new venture.
Interview
Leymah Gbowee
| “It is the women who bring humanity to the table,” says the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize winner.
Culture
Dave Zirin chronicles the fate of a Palestinian soccer player.
Will Durst marvels at the GOP’s care less approach.
Poem Natalie Shapero
Books Matthew Rothschild reviews Pete Seeger: His Life in His Own Words, selected and edited by Rob and Sam Rosenthal.
Jim Hightower replaces the Dow Jones average with the Doug Jones average.
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