We hold these truths / Thomas Jefferson -- Last cord now is broken / Thomas Paine -- Populist critique of the constitution / Richard Henry Lee -- Shay's Rebellion: an interview with some rebels -- Whiskey Rebellion: an appeal for understanding -- Vetoing the bank of "the rich and powerful" / Andrew Jackson -- People's Party platform: restoring the "plain people" -- Call to action / James B. Weaver -- Wealth against commonwealth / Henry Demarest Lloyd -- Cross of gold / William Jennings Bryan -- Undermining of democracy / Robert M. La Follette -- Farmer's enemy / William E. Borah -- Outlawing the yellow dog contract / George W. Norris -- Share our wealth! / Huey P. Long -- Defense of isolationism / Gerald P. Nye -- Communism in the State Department / Joseph McCarthy -- In praise of "the average man" / George C. Wallace -- Future of American politics / Kevin Phillips -- Power elite / C. Wright Mills -- Trapped in a system / Carl Oglesby -- New populist coalition? / Jack Newfield & Jeff Greenfield -- My stand / George McGovern -- Come home, America! / George McGovern -- Organizing the middle class / Saul Alinsky.