Against the Current, No. 141, July/August 2009
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Obama and War(s)
— The Editors -
Race and Class: The Agenda of Pure Racism
— Malik Miah -
Support Builds for Troy Davis
— Isaac Steiner -
The NUHW Revolt
— Meredith Schafer -
Attack on William Robinson
— Edwin Laing - Concerned Members of UCSB Academic Community
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Sri Lanka: Behind the Massacre
— an interview with Ashok Kumar -
Dancing with Death: "Waltz with Bashir"
— Paul Abowd -
Exploring the Roots of the Crisis
— Charlie Post -
"Illegals" of the World Unite?
— an interview with David Bacon -
Against the Politics of Tolerance: Islam, Sexuality and Belonging in the Netherlands
— Paul Mepschen -
"Climate Justice" and the Left: The Necessity of a Mass Movement
— Nick Davenport -
A Letter to the ATC Editors
— George Fish -
Can We Build Socialist-Anarchist Alliances?
— Ursula McTaggart -
A Struggle in Solidarity with Others: Lessons from a Student Campaign Battling a Giant Corporation
— By Sayan Bhattacharyya -
Doctors Under Attack
— The Editors - Views on Cuba
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Introducing "Views on Cuba"
— David Finkel -
Cuba in Search of Renovation
— Janette Habel -
The Economy After A Half Century
— Frank Thompson -
The Transition to Socialism
— James D. Cockcroft -
The Cuban Five--Injustice Prolonged
— The Editors -
Political Controls from Above
— Samuel Farber - Reviews
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Emma Goldman: Voice of a Rebel
— Rebecca Hill -
Ecuador's Indigenous Socialism
— Joanne Rappaport -
An Abortion Doctor's Jailhouse Journal
— Claudette Begin - In Memoriam
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Franklin Rosemont (1943-2009)
— Michael Löwy
David Finkel
ON THE OCCASION of the 50th year of the Cuban revolution, the editors of Against the Current asked several contributors for brief contributions on how they view Cuban society, politics and culture today. Each statement represents the views of its author. Just as we published a set of diverse perspectives on the imprisonment of dissidents in Cuba six years ago (ATC 105, July-August 2003), the positions taken here cover a wide spectrum of attitudes toward the Cuban regime. We remain committed to opposing all forms of U.S. imperialist intervention against Cuba’s self-determination — the economic embargo, the travel restrictions, the occupation of Guantanamo and any military threats — while we also uphold the importance of open and critical dialogue on the left about the Cuban reality.
For space reasons we have had to defer some contributions to this collection, which will be posted online at our website www.solidarity-us.org. These, as well as additional statements received too late for the current issue, will also appear in our next issue.
ATC 141, July/August 2009