Against the Current, No. 61, March/April 1996
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NATO's Squalid Police Action
— The Editors -
Staley's Legacy of Struggle, Lessons of Defeat
— C.J. Hawking -
Detroit Newspaper Strike: A Bitter Winter
— David Finkel -
In France, A Glimpse of Labor's Power
— Mia Butzbaugh -
Reflecting on the Cuban Revolution
— John Vandermeer -
Cuba: The Party, the Market
— Milton Fisk -
An Irish Revolutionary's Challenge
— Peter Downs -
Democracy or Hibernianism?
— Bernadette Devlin McAliskey -
Structures of Discrimination
— an interview with Bernadette Devlin McAliskey - The MacBride Principles
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Why the Ceasefire Ended
— Jim Dee -
Romanticism in the English Social Sciences: E.P. Thompson & Raymond Williams
— Michael Löwy and Robert Sayre -
Radical Rhythms: The Relevance of Rap
— Tyrone Williams -
The Rebel Girl: Blowing the Whistle on Sexism
— Catherine Sameh -
Random Shots: Kampfer's Modest Suggestions
— R.F. Kampfer - A Symposium on Imperialism Today
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On Imperialism
— The Editors -
Imperialism and the Left
— Catherine Samary -
The Empire and Left Illusions
— Thomas Harrison - For International Women's Day
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Servants to the Global Masters
— Delia D. Aguilar -
Guatemalan Women's New World of Struggle
— Jane Slaughter -
Main Courts, Not Just Desserts
— Jane Slaughter -
A Unionist's Life
— Jane Slaughter -
Michigan's "Welfare Reform"
— an interview with Kathleen Gmeiner -
Fighting for Our Families' Lives
— an interview with Sylvia Mitchell -
Welfare Reform, Then and Now
— Amy Hanauer - Dialogue
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A Radical Alternative in 1996
— Eric Chester - In Memoriam
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Christopher Columbus Alston: Organizer, Fighter and Historian
— Robin D.G. Kelley -
Alma Strowiss, Organizer-Activist
— Andrea Houtman
The Editors
IN OUR PREVIOUS issues (ATC 59, 60), we published the first contributions to our symposium on “Imperialism today and tomorrow.” We present here further responses. Our letter soliciting participants asked them to briefly discuss whether classic theories of imperialism remain relevant and also invited responses to three specific questions:
a. Is there such a thing as a `humanitarian intervention’ carried out by U.S. forces? Does the left’s toleration and occasional advocacy of intervention in Somalia, Bosnia and Haiti indicate an astute recognition of new realities or a serious error?
b. What is the significance of the rise to world dominance of transnational financial institutions like the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank?
c. Can the left maintain its long-held, principled opposition to imperialism without appearing irrelevant and sectarian? What specific actions or strategies do you recommend that the left pursue?
The symposium will conclude in our next issue.
ATC 61, March-April 1996