Vol. 26 No. 1 - Spring 1998

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Organizing for Dignity

• From the Editor

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• Roundup

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• Followup: Linebackers and Astroturf

  "Grassroots Coalition" fighting a Virginia power line is funded by utility company, by Ron Nixon

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• Distress Signal

  Will a government crackdown crush the low-watt radio revolution? By Ron Holmes

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• The School of Assassins

  Pressure mounts to close America's most infamous military training base. By Mike Hudson

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• Digging for Roots

  Are mountain Melungeons a geneological discovery or a virtual community? By Judy Jones

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• Special Institute Report: Organizing for Dignity

  What lessons have southern activists learned as they respond to welfare reform? By Keith Ernst and Kim Diehl

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• Photo Essay: The Redneck Shop

  By Alan Wieder

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• Fiction: Holding Pattern at D. C. National

  By Dave Shaw

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• Reviews

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• Still the South: Ahoy! Pirates!

  By Mary Lee Kerr

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