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Democracy in Print The Best of The Progressive Magazine, 1909–2009 Edited by Matthew Rothschild From Addams to Zinn, a century of voices speaking out on war, peace, human rights, labor, and democracy 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. Matthew Rothschild is editor of The Progressive magazine and host of Progressive Radio, a weekly public affairs program syndicated nationally. He is author of You Have No Rights: Stories of America in an Age of Repression. • The Progressive celebrates its 100th birthday May 1–2, 2009 • Visit The Progressive Web site at www.progressive.org For more information regarding publicity and reviews contact our Chris Caldwell, our publicity manager, phone: (608) 263-0734, email: publicity@uwpress.wisc.edu

May 2009 LC: 2008046312 JK 336 pp.   7 x 9 1/2   Paper $24.95 t ISBN 978-0-299-23224-5  e-book $14.95 t ISBN 978-0-299-23223-8   Adobe Digital Edition (PDF) About our e-books No restrictions on printing or copying, access on six different devices. ADD TO CART       Click here for a further explanation of the shopping cart feature. A sampling of voices included:   Jane Addams Hanan Ashrawi James Baldwin Philip Berrigan Hugo Black George Carlin Helen Caldicott Noam Chomsky Chuck D The Dalai Lama Edwidge Danticat Mahmoud Darwish William O. Douglas Rita Dove Theodore Dreiser Barbara Ehrenreich Martín Espada Senator Russ Feingold John Kenneth Galbraith Eduardo Galeano Allen Ginsberg Sam Hamill Jim Hightower Molly Ivins June Jordan Murray Kempton Martin Luther King Jr. Huey Long Bill Moyers Ralph Nader Gaylord Nelson Sister Helen Prejean Adrienne Rich Arundhati Roy Bertrand Russell Edward Said Susan Sarandon Upton Sinclair Patti Smith I. F. Stone Norman Thomas Leo Tolstoy Alice Walker Paul Wellstone Kurt Vonnegut Yevgeny Yevtushenko Howard Zinn

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