PRECISELY THIRTY-THREE YEARS ago, a gust of hope drove down mainland China. It had been initiated by young students, fighting for the establishment of a series of democratic rights. A lot of workers had expressed their solidarity with this movement. Immediately, they had sown the seeds of independent unions, in Beijing as well as in… Continue reading China: Commemoration of the Massacre: the Tian’anmen Square Movement
Author: Dianne
A Note from the Editors
Against the Current was launched as a bimonthly in 1986 to promote analysis and dialogue from activist movements for social, political and economic justice, and from engaged scholars on the left. Our perspective is “socialism from below,” rooted in the struggles for self-emancipation of the working class and oppressed peoples as the foundation for a… Continue reading A Note from the Editors