Against the Current No. 19, March/April 1989
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Struggling vs. Theft of Communal Lands in New Mexico
— Alan Wald - Mexican Activist "Disappeared"
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Defending the Right to Choose
— Norine Gutekanst -
The Transformation of AIDS: Polarization of a Movement
— Peter Drucker -
The Politics of Child Sex Abuse
— Linda Gordon -
Random Shots: Wisdom of Solomon
— R.S. Kampfer - Capital Restructures, Labor Struggles
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Free Trade . . . for Big Business
— Francois Moreau -
Management's "Ideal" Concept
— Mike Parker and Jane Slaughter -
Other Points of View
— Mike Parker and Jane Slaughter -
U.S. Labor & Foreign Competition
— Milton Fisk -
Review: Class Struggles in Japan Since 1945
— James Rytting -
Trinidad: Toward a Party of the Workers
— David Finkel & Joanna Misnik interview David Abdulah -
A Brief Glossary of Abbreviations for Caribbean Parties
— David Finkel - Dialogue
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Reclaiming Our Traditions
— Tim Wohlforth -
A Comment on Afghanistan
— David Finkel -
Socialism from Below, Not the PDPA
— Dan La Botz -
Islam, Feminism and the Left
— Christy Brown -
A Brief Rejoinder
— R.F. Kampfer - In Memoriam
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In Honor of Max Geldman
— Leslie Evans
David Finkel
In the course of the interview with David Abdulah on the workers movement in Trinidad, there is reference to a number of Caribbean parties and movements outside Trinidad. The following is a brief explanation of these.
CLC (Caribbean Labor Congress) — An effort to unite Caribbean workers in the aftermath of the anti-colonial revolts of the late 1930s and early 1940s. Broken up by U.S. trade-union manipulation in the Cold War atmosphere of the 1950s.
PNP and JLP (Peoples National Party and Jamaica Labour Party) — The two largest political parties in Jamaica. Despite the name, the Jamaica Labor Party (led by Edward Seaga) is the right-wing party, while the Peoples National Party (led by Michael Manley), which has just returned to power in the February 1989 election, is the socialdemocratic party. The U.S. is therefore favorable to the JLP, although Manley’s PNP has abandoned most of its radical rhetoric of the 1970s.
WPJ (Workers Party of Jamaica) — The pro-Moscow party (led by Trevor Munroe) founded by leftist leaders expelled from the PNP in the 1950s, generally aligned with Communist parties internationally.
PPP (Peoples Progressive Party) — The left populist movement led by Cheddi Jagan in Guyana, elected in 1953 and deposed shortly afterward by a British coup.
March-April 1989, ATC 19