Against the Current No. 17, November/December 1988
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Paralysis and Change in Eastern Europe
— The Editors -
Bernie Sanders: Campaign for Congress
— David Finkel -
A Year of the Palestinian Uprising
— Edward C. Corrigan - Phtographers and the Israeli Army
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Activists Discuss Antiracist Unity
— Andy Pollack - Afghanistan, the War and the Future
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Introduction to Afghanistan, the War and the Future
— The Editors -
Afghanistan at the Crossroads
— Val Moghadam -
A Failed Revolution from Above
— R.F. Kampfer - Mexico in Crisis
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Introduction to Mexican Elections and the Left
— The Editors -
Toward a Unified Left Perspective
— Arturo Auguiano - Opposition Political Parties in Mexico, 1988
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For a Revolutionary Alternative
— Manuel Aguilar Mora - Music for the Movements
- Music for the Movements: Two Interviews
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Billy Bragg: Alive and Dubious
— Peter Thomson interviewing Bill Bragg -
"A Simple Squatter from NYC..."
— Peter Thomson interviewing Michelle Shocked - Dialogue
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Revolutionaries in the 1950s
— Samuel Farber -
Life in a Vanguard Party
— Stan Weir -
Another View of W.J. Wilson
— Washington-Baltimore ATC Study Group -
Big Red Fred: 1927-1988
— Theodore Edwards - Reviews
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Whose Team Are You On?
— Marian Swerdlow -
Poetry, Politics -- and Passion
— Patrick M. Quinn -
Guatemala in Midpassage
— Jane Slaughter
BILLY BRAGG AND Michelle Shocked toured the United States and Canada in 1988, promoting their new albums, “Workers Playtime” and “Short, Sharp, Shocked.” They did fundraisers for progressive struggles ranging from AIDS support to Bernie Sanders’s independent campaign for U.S. Congress. Movement activists were sure to be present at every concert stop, tabling and garnering support for a wide range of causes. Clearly these performers link the political and social content of their music with the necessity for political action by their fans and a context for getting involved.
Peter Thomson, a reporter for National Public Radio WFCR in Amherst, Massachusetts, conducted the following two interviews last spring. These interviews are the copyrighted by Peter Thomson.
November-December 1988, ATC 17