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Democracy in Print: The Best of The Progressive Magazine, 1909–2009
edited by Matthew Rothschild
University of Wisconsin Press, 2009 Paper: 978-0-299-23224-5 | eISBN: 978-0-299-23223-8 Library of Congress Classification JK271.D435 2009 Dewey Decimal Classification 320.5130973
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | REVIEWS | TOC | REQUEST ACCESSIBLE FILE
ABOUT THIS BOOK
Democracy in Print captures many of the most influential voices from a century of United States history who have spoken out on the struggle to make real the promise of democracy for all Americans, railed against abuses of corporate power, renounced American empire, championed environmental causes, opposed war, and waged peace. It chronicles voices of the women’s rights movement, the civil rights movement, the labor movement, and the gay rights movement. And on every page, it declares the importance of an independent media, by culling the best of The Progressive magazine over the last one hundred years. Readers will discover the vision of the magazine’s founder, Robert “Fighting Bob” La Follette, and his suffragist wife, Belle Case La Follette. They’ll find historic gems from the likes of Jane Addams, Carl Sandburg, Huey Long, and John Kenneth Galbraith, and profound essays by Theodore Dreiser, Barbara Ehrenreich, Noam Chomsky, Upton Sinclair, Arundhati Roy, James Baldwin, Edwidge Danticat, and Edward Said. The collection is leavened with humor from Kate Clinton, Will Durst, Michael Feldman, and Molly Ivins, and graced by poems from such writers as Mahmoud Darwish, Rita Dove, Martín Espada, Maxine Kumin, Adrienne Rich, and Sandra Cisneros. Fascinating interviews bring readers into conversations with prominent cultural figures, including Chuck D, the Dalai Lama, Allen Ginsberg, Amy Goodman, Harold Pinter, Patti Smith, Susan Sarandon, and Yevgeny Yevtushenko. Eminently browsable, this book is for anyone concerned with American democracy, the global community, and the perils of the planet. With contributions by actors and Supreme Court justices, comedians and Nobel Prize-winners, Democracy in Print offers all readers nourishing food for thought. AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Matthew Rothschild is editor of The Progressive magazine and host of Progressive Radio, a weekly public affairs program syndicated nationally. He is author of the book You Have No Rights: Stories of America in an Age of Repression. REVIEWS
“From these pieces one gets a sense of the vigor of the left’s past . . . . and its perennial relevance to American life.”—Publishers Weekly
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Acknowledgments Introduction: A History of The Progressive Magazine Matthew Rothschild Part One: Championing Civil Liberties Free Speech and the Right of Congress to Declare the Objects of the War Robert M. La Follette, November 1917 Theodore Dreiser Denounces Campaign Against Communists Theodore Dreiser, September 1931 What Are We Afraid Of? Robert M. Hutchins, December 1950 Freedom's Most Effective Weapon Morris Rubin, April 1954 The Manifest Destiny of America Justice William O. Douglas, February 1955 The Last Best Hope Justice Hugo L. Black, August 1961 On Secrecy Daniel Schorr, July 1976 When Nice People Burn Books Nat Hentoff, February 1983 Lesbian Writer Fights Feminist Censors Holly Metz, August 1989 Your Urine, Please Barbara Ehrenreich, March 2 That Country Wouldn't Be America Senator Russ Feingold, December 2001 The New McCarthyism Matthew Rothschild, January 2002 Treated Like a Criminal: How the INS Stole Three Days of My Life Behrooz Arshadi, as told to Mark Engler, March 2003 Our Job Is Not to Stand Up and Cheer When the President Breaks the Law Senator Russ Feingold, April 2006 Part Two: Combating Corporate Power Punish the Real Offenders Robert M. La Follette, May 27, 1911 Borah Tells How Our Wealth Is Divided Senator William E. Borah, May 2, 1931 The Progressive Platform January 5, 1935 Lawless Big Business Must Be Controlled to Save Democracy Harold Ickes, Secretary of the Interior, January 8, 1938 The Profit in Highway Slaughter Ralph Nader, May 1966 Valley of the Shadow of Death Jane Slaughter, March 1985 Tobacco Roads: Delivering Death to the Third World Morton Mintz, May 1991 They Killed My Son Ron Hayes, December 1995 Free Market Fraud John Kenneth Galbraith, January 1999 Wake Me When We're Equal Molly Ivins, April 2001 Part Three: Renouncing Empire Why War? Robert M. La Follette, March 18, 1911 The Armed Ship Bill Meant War Robert M. La Follette, March 1917 Defense or Imperialism? Robert M. La Follette, February 1921 Armed Intervention in Nicaragua Robert M. La Follette Jr., January 1927 We Have Got to Lick Churchill Too Milton Mayer, November 23, 1942 Vietnam Whitewash: The Congressional Jury That Convicted Itself Thomas R. Harkin, October 1970 How It All Began David Halberstam, April 1973 Behind the Death Squads Allan Nairn, May 1984 The Secret Behind the Sanctions Thomas J. Nagy, September 2001 The Algebra of Infinite Justice Arundhati Roy, December 2001 Heckled in Rockford Chris Hedges, July 2003 The Scourge of Nationalism Howard Zinn, June 2005 The Curse of Columbus Eduardo Galeano, October 2007 Part Four: Campaigning for Women's Equality My Baby Girl Carl Sandburg, February 10, 1912 If Things Were Reversed Jane Addams, as recorded by Belle Case La Follette, April 6, 1912 May the Women of the United States Vote in 1920? Belle Case La Follette, February 1920 Women's Wages in Government Mary Anderson, Women's Bureau of the Labor Department, as recorded by Belle Case La Follette, December 1926 Women and the Law: Unjust Discrimination Susan Brandeis, February 9, 1930 The "Patriotic" Prostitute Jill Gay, February 1985 Memoirs of a Normal Childhood Bonnie Urfer, October 1986 Awesome Women in Sports Ruth Conniff, May 1993 An Interview with Gloria Steinem L A. Winokur, June 1995 What Shall I Wear? Elizabeth Karlin, October 1994 An Interview with Katha Pollitt, Columnist for The Nation Ruth Conniff, December 1994 An Interview with Gloria Steinem L. A. Winokur, June 1995 Dulcet Tones Molly Ivins, October 1995 An Interview with Ani DiFranco, Folksinger Matthew Rothschild, May 2 Part Five: Linking Arms with the Civil Rights Movement The Color Line Belle Case La Follette, August 23, 1913 Twin Evils of the Literacy Test: Privilege and Race Discrimination Threaten the High Standard of This Country Louis D. Brandeis, April 1915 Murdering Negroes Robert M. La Follette, August 1919 Lynching Punishes the Community Anna Howard Shaw, November 1919 The Plunder Harvest in Indian Affairs Senator Burton K. Wheeler, September 1929 Sato: A Letter to a Japanese American Ernest L. Meyer, January 17, 1942 Revolt Against Jim Crow A. Philip Randolph, May 1948 Intruder in the Dust Murray Kempton, November 1955 The Burning Truth in the South Martin Luther King Jr., May 1960 "I Will Keep My Soul" James Farmer, November 1961 A Letter to My Nephew James Baldwin, December 1962 "Arab": Did You Flinch? Pat Aufderheide, August 1984 The New Bigotry Mike Ervin, December 1984 The Underclass Myth Adolph L. Reed Jr., August 1991 My Father's Party Luis J. Rodríguez, April 2008 Part Six: Joining the Cause of Gay Liberation I'm Proud to Be a Sissie Richard Gollance, May 1973 An Interview with Randy Shilts, Author of And the Band Played On Laurie Udesky, May 1991 One Good Mother to Another Minnie Bruce Pratt, November 1993 An Interview with Larry Kramer, Playwright and Founder of ACT UP L. A. Winokur, June 1994 An Interview with Urvashi Vaid, Author and foundation leader in the lesbian and gay rights movement Anne-Marie Cusac, March 1996 An Interview with Harry Hay, Founder of the Mattachine Society, the First Modern Gay-Rights Group Anne-Marie Cusac, September 1998 I Do Weddings Kate Clinton, July 2004 Part Seven: Defending the Environment Teddy Roosevelt's Greatest Work Robert M. La Follette, March 13, 1909 Have You Ever Seen This Bird? C. F. Hodge, April 8, 1911 The National Pollution Scandal Senator Gaylord Nelson, February 1967 Earth Day: A Beginning Denis Hayes, April 1970 Fake Food Is the Future Jim Hightower, September 1975 The Clamshell Alliance: Getting It Together Harvey Wasserman, September 1977 Earth First! Dave Foreman, October 1981 An Interview with Wendell Berry, Writer, Farmer, Environmentalist Carol Polsgrove and Scott Sanders, May 1990 An Interview with Winona LaDuke, Native American environmentalist, Green Party Vice Presidential candidate with Ralph Nader Sonya Paul and Robert Perkinson, October 1995 Arctic Heat Wave Bruce E. Johansen, October 2001 An Interview with Terry Tempest Williams, Writer, Environmentalist David Kupfer, February 2005 An Interview with Wangari Maathai, Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize Amitabh Pal, May 2005 Part Eight: Reforming Criminal Justice To the Hangmen's Managers and Sympathizers Leo Tolstoy, December 3, 1910 Capital Punishment Belle Case La Follette, August 31, 1912 Death Punishment Does Not Deter Crime Senator John J. Blaine, August 1927 Requiem for the Champ June Jordan, April 1992 An Interview with Sister Helen Prejean, Criminal Justice Activist and Author of Dead Man Walking Judy Pennington, January 1996 Abu Ghraib, USA Anne-Marie Cusac, July 2004 Part Nine: Freeing the Media People Demand a Free Press Robert M. La Follette, November 1920 "Freedom of the Press" Bares Suppressed Facts Concerning Journalism George Seldes, March 21, 1936 The Media Monopolies Ben H. Bagdikian, June 1978 The Bounds of Thinkable Thought Noam Chomsky, October 1985 Body-Bag Journalism Susan Douglas, April 1997 Oligopoly: The Big Media Game Has Fewer and Fewer Players Robert W. McChesney, November 1999 An Interview with Helen Thomas, White House Correspondent Elizabeth DiNovella, August 2004 An Interview with Amy Goodman, Founder and Host of Democracy Now! Elizabeth DiNovella, February 2008 Part Ten: Standing Up for Labor The Strike of the Shirtwaist Girls Elizabeth Dutcher, April 23, 1910 Why Wisconsin Gave a Record-Breaking Vote to La Follette Louis D. Brandeis, April 13, 1912 The Eight-Hour Day Will Come Robert M. La Follette, July 19, 1913 Anti-Trust Law and Labor: An Appeal to Congress and the Public Samuel Gompers, President, American Federation of Labor, April 11, 1914 The War of Organized Capital Against the People Robert M. La Follette, December 1920 Human Wreckage: A Plea for Federal Relief William Green, President, American Federation of Labor, February 20, 1932 A Letter to Henry Ford Upton Sinclair, January 15, 1938 The Work Ethic: It Works Best for Those Who Work Least John Kenneth Galbraith, June 1981 An Interview with Dolores Huerta, Co-Founder, United Farm Workers Susan Samuels Drake, September 2 Part Eleven: Parading Poetry Solidarity June Jordan, June 1989 Sleeping on the Bus Martín Espada, November 1995 To the Poet Whose Lover Has Died of AIDS Kenny Fries, March 1996 Sonnet on the Location of Hell Jack Agüeros, April 1996 Storm C. K. Williams, September 1996 Poem for an Election Year: The Politics of Blindweed Maxine Kumin, November 1996 Black on a Saturday Night Rita Dove, June 1998 The Communist Party Philip Levine, November 1998 La Niña Obediente/The Obedient Girl Marjorie Agosín, June 1999 Veterans Day Adrienne Rich, November 2 The Avenue of the Americas Alicia Ostriker, February 2001 Not Spoken Tim Seibles, March 2002 Rue Beaurepaire Marilyn Hacker, July 2002 My Name's Not Rodríguez Luis J. Rodríguez, August 2002 Balance Mario Susko, April 2003 Book Burning Jay Rogoff, January 2004 Patriotic Poem Rafael Campo, December 2004 sizing up the cost of war devorah major, February 2006 On the Third Anniversary of the Ongoing War in Iraq Sam Hamill, August 2006 The House Murdered Mahmoud Darwish, November 2006 No Moon Spoon Jackson, December 2006 Prayer for the New Millennium Sandra Cisneros, July 2007 Part Twelve: Waging Peace Take the Profit Out of War Robert M. La Follette, February 1915 The Right of the Citizen to Oppose War and the Right of Congress to Shape the War Policy Robert M. La Follette, June 1917 Gandhi Opposes Bloodshed September 19, 1931 Who Is It That Wants War? Bertrand Russell, September 24, 1932 We Can Have Peace, If We Want It Norman Thomas, July 9, 1945 Anniversary Elaine Holstein, May 1988 Not a Just War, Just a War Erwin Knoll, June 1991 Dying for the Government Howard Zinn, June 2003 An Interview with Cindy Sheehan, "The Peace Mom" David Barsamian, March 2006 Part Thirteen: Opposing Nuclear Weapons Plunderers in Paradise Ernest L. Meyer, August 20, 1945 The Doomsday Strategy Sidney Lens, February 1976 Radiation: Unsafe at Any Level Dr. Helen Caldicott, December 1978 Born Secret: The Story Behind the H-bomb Article We're Not Allowed to Print Erwin Knoll, May 1979 The H-bomb Secret: To Know How Is to Ask Why Howard Morland, November 1979 Why We Seized the Hammer Philip Berrigan, May 1981 An Interview with Sam Day, Peace Activist Matthew Rothschild, March 2001 Part Fourteen: Weaving a Safety Net The Reaction of Moral Instruction upon Social Reform Jane Addams, May 1, 1909 How Shall We Pay for Industrial Accidents? Robert M. La Follette, July 17, 1909 Why We Need an Income Tax Senator William E. Borah, July 17, 1909 The Need for Health Insurance Irving Fisher, January 1917 Wagner Urges Unemployment Relief Action Senator Robert Wagner, June 14, 1930 The Long Plan for Recovery Senator Huey P. Long, April 1, 1933 The Taxing Power Is Only Effective Way to Redistribute Wealth and Break Down Vast Fortunes William T. Evjue, June 29, 1935 Look at America Governor Phil La Follette, April 30, 1938 A New Economic Bill of Rights Harry Magdoff, November 1990 Cutting the Lifeline: The Real Welfare Fraud Ruth Conniff, February 1992 To Your Health Michael Feldman, November 1994 Another Country Edwidge Danticat, November 2005 President Bush, Meet Lorraine Barbara Ehrenreich, April 2006 Part Fifteen: Upholding Human Rights Human Rights Higher Than Property Rights President Theodore Roosevelt, May 7, 1910 Still Those Who Prize Freedom Heywood Broun, January 8, 1938 Against Isolationism William T. Evjue, September 30, 1939 Let Me In on the Kill Milton Mayer, October 14, 1946 On Justice for the Palestinians I. F. Stone, January 1975 A Palestinian Versailles Edward W. Said, December 1993 An Interview with Aung San Suu Kyi, Nobel Peace Prize Winner Leslie Kean and Dennis Bernstein, March 1997 An Interview with Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize Winner Zia Jaffrey, February 1998 Where We Went Wrong: A Palestinian's Soul Search Hanan Ashrawi, February 2002 An Interview with Shirin Ebadi, Nobel Peace Prize Winner Amitabh Pal, September 2004 An Interview with the Dalai Lama, Nobel Peace Prize Winner Amitabh Pal, January 2006 Part Sixteen: Democratizing Democracy Restrict Use of Money in Campaigns Wisconsin Senator A. W. Sanborn, March 20, 1909 Initiative, Referendum, and Recall Robert M. La Follette, December 10, 1910 Election of National Delegates and the Nomination of President by Direct Vote Robert M. La Follette, January 7, 1911 The Great Issue Robert M. La Follette, February 17, 1912 Elect President by Direct Vote Senator George W. Norris, January 1922 The Power and Duty of the Senate: Expenditure of Huge Sums for Seats in Congress Cannot Be Justified; "Pay As You Enter" Policy Denounced Senator George W. Norris, January 1927 What Democracy Means Upton Sinclair, March 25, 1939 The Erosion of Liberty Neil Sheehan, July 1972 Wall Street's Mascots Molly Ivins, September 2002 Part Seventeen: Providing a Platform for Writers, Musicians, and Performers An Interview with Pete Seeger, Folksinger Mike Ervin, April 1986 An Interview with Frank Zappa, Musician Batya Friedman and Steve Lyons, November 1986 An Interview with Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Poet Katrina vanden Heuvel, April 1987 An Interview with Alice Walker, Novelist Claudia Dreifus, August 1989 An Interview with Susan Sarandon, Actress Claudia Dreifus, October 1989 An Interview with Allen Ginsberg, Poet Matthew Rothschild, August 1994 An Interview with Patti Smith, Musician John Nichols, December 1997 An Interview with Harold Pinter, Playwright Anne-Marie Cusac, March 2001 An Interview with George Carlin, Comedian Marc Cooper, July 2001 An Interview with Janeane Garofalo, Actress Elizabeth DiNovella, May 2003 An Interview with Kurt Vonnegut David Barsamian, June 2003 Crack Kills, Pot Giggles Will Durst, August 2003 An Interview with Tom Morello, Musician Elizabeth DiNovella, January 2004 An Interview with Chuck D, Hip-Hop Artist Antonino D'Ambrosio, August 2005 Part Eighteen: Envisioning a Better World The Basis of the Struggle Robert M. La Follette, July 31, 1909 Toward a Manifest New Destiny June Jordan, February 1992 A Flash of the Possible Howard Zinn, January 2 History Is a Dance of Life Paul Wellstone, December 2002 Our Story Bill Moyers, May 2004
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Democracy in Print: The Best of The Progressive Magazine, 1909–2009
University of Wisconsin Press, 2009 Paper: 978-0-299-23224-5 | eISBN: 978-0-299-23223-8 Library of Congress Classification JK271.D435 2009 Dewey Decimal Classification 320.5130973
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | REVIEWS | TOC | REQUEST ACCESSIBLE FILE
ABOUT THIS BOOK
Democracy in Print captures many of the most influential voices from a century of United States history who have spoken out on the struggle to make real the promise of democracy for all Americans, railed against abuses of corporate power, renounced American empire, championed environmental causes, opposed war, and waged peace. It chronicles voices of the women’s rights movement, the civil rights movement, the labor movement, and the gay rights movement. And on every page, it declares the importance of an independent media, by culling the best of The Progressive magazine over the last one hundred years. Readers will discover the vision of the magazine’s founder, Robert “Fighting Bob” La Follette, and his suffragist wife, Belle Case La Follette. They’ll find historic gems from the likes of Jane Addams, Carl Sandburg, Huey Long, and John Kenneth Galbraith, and profound essays by Theodore Dreiser, Barbara Ehrenreich, Noam Chomsky, Upton Sinclair, Arundhati Roy, James Baldwin, Edwidge Danticat, and Edward Said. The collection is leavened with humor from Kate Clinton, Will Durst, Michael Feldman, and Molly Ivins, and graced by poems from such writers as Mahmoud Darwish, Rita Dove, Martín Espada, Maxine Kumin, Adrienne Rich, and Sandra Cisneros. Fascinating interviews bring readers into conversations with prominent cultural figures, including Chuck D, the Dalai Lama, Allen Ginsberg, Amy Goodman, Harold Pinter, Patti Smith, Susan Sarandon, and Yevgeny Yevtushenko. Eminently browsable, this book is for anyone concerned with American democracy, the global community, and the perils of the planet. With contributions by actors and Supreme Court justices, comedians and Nobel Prize-winners, Democracy in Print offers all readers nourishing food for thought. See other books on: 2001-2009 | Best | Print | Progressivism (United States politics) | Rothschild, Matthew See other titles from University of Wisconsin Press |
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