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Who Needs the White Working Class?
Democratic campaign strategists debate which voters are worth wooing.
May 2012
COVER STORY
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The Port Huron Statement: Still Radical at 50
A half-century after the Students for a Democratic Society adopted their seminal manifesto, 14 activists--including three people who helped shape the statement--assess its legacy.
Features
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Movement Building and 'Summit Hopping'
Organizers debate the potential of mass demonstrations against NATO.
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Out of the Margins, Into the Fray
The Vermont Progressive Party wields outsized influence on state politics.
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Occupy's Meme Warrior
Adbusters' Kalle Lasn on Occupy and a resurgent Left.
Act Locally
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No Vacancies: Squatters Move In
Growing movements on both sides of the Atlantic try to turn bank-owned houses into homes.
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Target: Tar Sands
Activists in Texas and a South Dakota reservation are fighting a fast-growing industry.
culture
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Rubes' Gold in Sacks
The very public resignation of a Goldman Sachs executive exposes what most already knew: The firm is morally bankrupt.
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A Civil Solution to Labor's Problems
The key to reviving U.S. workers' fortunes may be as simple as amending the Civil Rights Act.
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War and Popcorn
Serious war films are going extinct as Hollywood cranks out childish fantasies about heroism and violence.
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Blogging Sisterhood
How feminist blogs saved my life.
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Reading Tolstoy in London
My friend Layrsa escaped Soviet privation, from Siberia to the Ukraine, to build a new life abroad. It's still a work in progress.
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In Search of Stripper Solidarity
Can professional dancers find workplace justice?
Columnists
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Our Bodies, Their Politics
The last few months have made abundantly clear what women must do: Rid America's capitols of misogynists.
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Collateral Insanity in Afghanistan
After decades of military devastation, Afghans are traumatized.
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Let's Intervene in Elections
If the Left wants to be relevant, it must remember the ballot box.
