The Editors

The editorial board of Against the Current currently consists of Purnima Bose, Robert Brenner, Dianne Feeley, David Finkel, Adam Hefty, Promise Li, Ursula McTaggart, Alan Wald, Suzi Weissman and Charles Williams.

A Letter from the Editors: Clarity on Ukraine

A Letter from the Editors: The 21st Century Plague

After the Trumpster Fire

Mike Davis, 1946-2022

USA on the Brink?

What Genocide Looks Like
Against the Current No. 229, March/April 2024

Election 2024 Deform & Dysfunction
Against the Current No. 228, January/February 2024

Auto: The Future on the Line
Against the Current No. 227, November/December 2023

Palestine and Empire
Against the Current No. 226, September/October 2023

"Noise as Usual" -- Or Crisis Now?
Against the Current No. 225, July/August 2023

Desperate Journeys. Sick System!
Against the Current, No. 224, May/June 2023

Women's Rights, Human Rights
Against the Current, No. 223, March/April 2023

The Smoke Thickens
Against the Current, No. 222, January/February 2023

Clarity on Ukraine
Against the Current, No. 221, November/December 2022

Milton Fisk, 1932-2022
Against the Current, No. 221, November/December 2022

It's All Out in the Open
Against the Current, No. 220, September/October 2022

The Rightwing's Supreme Court Coup
Against the Current, No. 219, July/August 2022

An Introduction, A Conclusion
Against the Current, No. 219, July/August 2022

Out of the Imperial Order: Chaos
Against the Current, No. 218, May/June 2022

Introduction to Revolutionary Experience
Against the Current, No. 218, May/June 2022

Roe v. Wade: Blood in the Water
Against the Current, No. 217, March/April 2022

Introduction
Against the Current, No. 217, March/April 2022

The '60s Left Turns to Industry
Against the Current, No. 216, January-February 2022

The Rising Price of Insanity
Against the Current, No. 215, November/December 2021

The '60s Left Turns to Industry
Against the Current, No. 215, November/December 2021

Facing the Long J6 Riot
Against the Current No. 214, September/October 2021

What the Cuban Protests Reveal
Against the Current No. 214, September/October 2021

Infrastructure: Who Needs It?
Against the Current No. 213, July/August 2021

Biden: "Empire Is Back"...
Against the Current No. 212, May/June 2021

Transition, Trauma, and Troubled Times
Against the Current No. 211, March/April 2021

The 21st Century Plague
Against the Current No. 210, January/February 2021

USA on the Brink?
Against the Current No. 209, November/December 2020

The Pandemic and the Vote
Against the Current No. 208, September/October 2020

"Normal" No More
Against the Current, No. 207, July/August 2020

A Crisis of Vast Unknowns
Against the Current, No. 206, May/June 2020

Introduction to William Z. Foster and the TUEL
Against the Current, No. 206, May/June 2020

All the Wars: No End, No Point?
Against the Current, No. 205, March/April 2020

Hope in the Streets, continued
Against the Current, No. 204, January/February 2020

Introduction to Socialist Perspectives on the 2020 Elections
Against the Current, No. 204, January/February 2020

Impeachment and Imperialism
Against the Current, No. 203, November/December 2019

Introduction: William Z. Foster and Syndicalism
Against the Current, No. 203, November/December 2019

Hope Is in the Streets
Against the Current, No. 202, September/October 2019

How Many More Wars?
Against the Current, No. 201, July/August 2019

A Note on ATC 201
Against the Current, No. 201, July/August 2019

ATC Turns 200 (issues)
Against the Current, No. 200, May/June 2019

Whose "Security" -- and for What?
Against the Current, No. 199, March/April 2019

A Note of Thanks
Against the Current, No. 199, March/April 2019

The Menace of Right "Populism"
Against the Current, No. 198, January/February 2019

Supreme Toxicity -- Confirmed
Against the Current, No. 197, November/December 2018

Where to Begin?
Against the Current, No. 196, September/October 2018

Endless War, Swirling Chaos
Against the Current, No. 195, July/August 2018

A Birthday Bash for Marx
Against the Current, No. 195, July/August 2018

Defending "Our Democracy"
Against the Current, No. 194, May/June 2018

Confronting the Right: An Introduction
Against the Current, No. 194, May/June 2018

A Birthday Bash for Marx
Against the Current, No. 194, May/June 2018

#MeToo for All Women
Against the Current, No. 193, March/April 2018

For International Women's Day: Honoring the Fighters
Against the Current, No. 193, March/April 2018

Open and Hidden Horrors
Against the Current, No. 192, January/February 2018

The #MeToo Revolution
Against the Current, No. 192, January/February 2018

Resisting Capital's Disasters
Against the Current, No. 191, November/December 2017

The War Is At Home
Against the Current, No. 190, September/October 2017

Solidarity Message to Egyptian Website
Against the Current, No. 190, September/October 2017

The Longest Occupation
Against the Current, No. 189, July/August 2017

One-Half Cheer for Trump?
Against the Current, No. 189, July/August 2017

What Kind of Opposition?
Against the Current, No. 188, May/June 2017

Trump's Road to Ruin
Against the Current, No. 187, March/April 2017

Fighting Back for Survival
Against the Current, No. 186, January/February 2017

On Imperial Conundrums
Against the Current, No. 185, November/December 2016

A Giant, Flushing Sound
Against the Current, No. 184, September/October 2016

Turkey, A Human Rights Emergency
Against the Current, No. 184, September/October 2016

Political Revolution -- What Is It?
Against the Current, No. 183, July-August 2016

Politics of the New Abnormal
Against the Current, No. 182, May/June 2016

An Extraordinary Moment
Against the Current, No. 181, March/April 2016

Crises, Craziness and "Security"
Against the Current, No. 180, January/February 2016

Global Lessons of A Catastrophe
Against the Current, No. 179, November/December 2015

Poisoned Fruits of Austerity
Against the Current, No. 178, September/October 2015

Introduction to Black Lives Matter
Against the Current, No. 178, September/October 2015

Paradoxes of Politics
Against the Current, No. 177, July/August 2015

Middle East Imperial Meltdown
Against the Current, No. 176, May/June 2015

Women Under the Gun, 2015
Against the Current, No. 175, March/April 2015

Cuba and the USA: A Discussion
Against the Current, No. 175, March/April 2015

Why We Can't Breathe
Against the Current, No. 174, January/February 2015

Introduction to The Two-Party System, Part II
Against the Current, No. 174, January/February 2015

Introduction to Shaping 20th Century America
Against the Current, No. 174, January/February 2015

The Middle East's "World War"
Against the Current, No. 173, November/December 2014

Notes to Our Readers
Against the Current, No. 173, November/December 2014

Our Planet, Our Movement
Against the Current, No. 172, September/October 2014

Open the Border Now!
Against the Current, No. 172, September/October 2014

The Ruins of War, Then and Now
Against the Current, No. 171, July/August 2014

Notes on the Current Crisis
Against the Current, No. 170, May/June 2014

State of the "Recovery"
Against the Current, No. 169, March/April 2014

Introduction to In Defense of the ASA
Against the Current, No. 169, March/April 2014

Manufacturing Bankruptcy
Against the Current, No. 168, January/February 2014

A Note on McCarthyism
Against the Current, No. 168, January/February 2014

No Easy Victories
Against the Current, No. 167, November/December 2013

Introduction: Middle East Upheaval
Against the Current, No. 167, November/December 2013

Introduction to Remembering E.P. Thompson
Against the Current, No. 167, November/December 2013

Heroism Against the Machine
Against the Current, No. 166, September/October 2013

Suited Vandals Pillage Detroit
Against the Current, No. 166, September/October 2013

Immigration "Reform"
Against the Current, No. 166, September/October 2013

Commemorating a Classic of History
Against the Current, No. 166, September/October 2013

Obama: Human Rights Disaster
Against the Current, No. 165, July/August 2013

Keystone and Humanity's Fate
Against the Current, No. 164, May/June 2013

More Gridlock -- Or Worse?
Against the Current, No. 163, March/April 2013

Gun Control: Carnage in Context
Against the Current, No. 163, March/April 2013

A Thanks
Against the Current, No. 163, March/April 2013

Over the Climate Cliff
Against the Current, No. 162, January/February 2013

The Next Four Years
Against the Current, No. 161, November/December 2012

Supreme Court Storm Clouds
Against the Current, No. 160, September/October 2012

Notes in Memoriam
Against the Current, No. 160, September/October 2012

Further on Marikana Miners
Against the Current, No. 160, September/October 2012

Swing of the Pendulum?
Against the Current, No. 159, July/August 2012

Immigrant Youth Victory!
Against the Current, No. 159, July/August 2012

What Choice in 2012?
Against the Current, No. 158, May/June 2012

The War on Women--And Us All
Against the Current, No. 158, May/June 2012

Who Are the Control Rods?
Against the Current, No. 157, March / April 2012

From "Occupy" to ...
Against the Current, No. 156, January/February 2012

Three Years After "Yes We Can"
Against the Current, No. 155, November/December 2011

The Years of 9/11
Against the Current, No. 154, September/October 2011

Austerity and U.S. Decline
Against the Current, No. 153, July/August 2011

Budget Woes, Class Wars
Against the Current, No. 152, May/June 2011

Libya and the Arab Uprisings
Against the Current, No. 152, May/June 2011

Julian Mer-Khamis
Against the Current, No. 152, May/June 2011

Change of the Century
Against the Current, No. 151, March/April 2011

Let Them Eat Cuts
Against the Current, No. 150, January/February 2011

After the Democrats' Debacle
Against the Current, No. 149, November/December 2010

Kashmir: A Brief Background
Against the Current, No. 149, November/December 2010

Obama's Reform, Recovery Stalled
Against the Current, No. 148, September/October 2010

Bigger Slicks, Sicker Society
Against the Current, No. 147, July/August 2010

Who's Dysfunctional Now?
Against the Current, No. 146, May/June 2010

U.S.-Israel Crisis: The Test
Against the Current, No. 146, May/June 2010

The Politics of Inverted Fear
Against the Current, No. 145, March/April 2010

The Road from Copenhagen
Against the Current, No. 144, January/February 2010

The Poisoned Pill of Obama's War
Against the Current, No. 144, January/February 2010

Reform Is Not A Tea Party
Against the Current, No. 143, November/December 2009

Introduction to Spain's Revolution & Tragedy
Against the Current, No. 143, November/December 2009

Introduction to The POUM's Seven Decades
Against the Current, No. 143, November/December 2009

Obama and War(s)
Against the Current, No. 141, July/August 2009

Doctors Under Attack
Against the Current, No. 141, July/August 2009

The Cuban Five--Injustice Prolonged
Against the Current, No. 141, July/August 2009

Socialism Then -- And Now!
Against the Current, No. 140, May/June 2009

Crisis and Coronation
Against the Current, No. 139, March/April 2009

After the Destruction
Against the Current, No. 139, March/April 2009

Changing for Real
Against the Current, No. 138, January/February 2009

Keeping Independent Politics Alive
Against the Current, No. 138, January/February 2009

Whose Wipeout? Whose Bailout?
Against the Current, No. 137, November/December 2008

War(s) With No Exit
Against the Current, No. 136, September/October 2008

A Campaign with Issues
Against the Current, No. 135, July/August 2008

Loosing Another Round
Against the Current, No. 135, July/August 2008

Some Stupid Dirty Politics
Against the Current, No. 134, May/June 2008

Looking Back -- and Ahead
Against the Current, No. 133, March/April 2008

Devastating Crisis Unfolds
Against the Current, No. 132, January/February 2008

Regime Dis-Credited
Against the Current, No. 131, November/December 2007

Imperial Failure and the Vote
Against the Current, No. 130, September/October 2007

Deferred Freedom Agenda
Against the Current, No. 129, July/August 2007

Nakba One, Two, Three?
Against the Current, No. 128, May/June 2007

Court Upholds Indecent Act
Against the Current, No. 128, May/June 2007

Blood, Money, More War?
Against the Current, No. 127, March/April 2007

The War Is (Not) Over
Against the Current, No. 126, January/February 2007

The End of the Regime?
Against the Current, No. 125, November/December 2006

Binge and Hangover
Against the Current, No. 124, September/October 2006

Elections and Regime Crisis
Against the Current, No. 124, September/October 2006

The Real Costs of Empire
Against the Current, No. 123, July/August 2006

An Interview with Patricia Campbell
Against the Current, No. 123, July/August 2006

A Gran Marcha and Beyond
Against the Current, No. 122, May/June 2006

A Fine Imperial Mess
Against the Current, No. 121, March/April 2006

Crisis of the Regime
Against the Current, No. 120, January/February 2006

From 9/11 to Katrina
Against the Current, No. 119, November/December 2005

On to September 24th!
Against the Current, No. 118, September/October 2005

Is This Sick or What?
Against the Current, No. 117, July/August 2005

Debating Labor's Future
Against the Current, No. 116, May/June 2005

Those Bush Two Blues
Against the Current, No. 115, March/April 2005

On Oil and Quicksand
Against the Current, No. 114, January/February 2005

Introducing the Year 1905: Centennial of Struggle
Against the Current, No. 114, January/February 2005

An End or Beginning?
Against the Current, No. 113, November/December 2004

The War and the Vote
Against the Current, No. 112, September/October 2004

Empire of Lies and Torture
Against the Current, No. 111, July/August 2004

What's the Election For?
Against the Current, No. 110, May/June 2004

Gay Marriage Yes!
Against the Current, No. 110, May/June 2004

Women in a Neoliberal Order
Against the Current, No. 109, March/April 2004

The Miami Model in Your Face
Against the Current, No. 108, January/February 2004

Your Rights AND Your Life!
Against the Current, No. 107, November/December 2003

Cracking "The Bush Agenda"
Against the Current, No. 106, September/October 2003

What the Airline Crisis Shows
Against the Current, No. 105, July/August 2003

An Introduction
Against the Current, No. 105, July/August 2003

Occupation and the Empire
Against the Current, No. 104, May/June 2003

The Colossus and Destruction
Against the Current, No. 103, March/April 2003

War and Democrats' Panic
Against the Current, No. 102, January/February 2003

The Imperial Trifecta
Against the Current, No. 101, November/December 2002

Whole New Worlds of Turmoil
Against the Current, No. 100, September/October 2002

Conventional Wisdom and Nuclear Wisdom
Against the Current, No. 99, July/August 2002

The Empire's Endless New War
Against the Current, No. 98, May/June 2002

On Lessons of Enron and War
Against the Current, No. 97, March/April 2002

Whose Rights Are Sacrificed?
Against the Current, No. 96, January/February 2002

U.S.-Israel Sow the Wind
Against the Current, No. 96, January/February 2002

Social Justice or War
Against the Current, No. 95, November/December 2001

A Season to Mobilize
Against the Current, No. 94, September/October 2001

The Fast Track Attack
Against the Current, No. 93, July/August 2001

"This Changes Everything . . ."
Against the Current, No. 92, May/June 2001

Dirty Done Deals
Against the Current, No. 91, March/April 2001

Stolen Vote, Wasted Votes
Against the Current, No. 90, January/ February 2001

Apartheid "Peace" Explodes
Against the Current, No. 89, November/ December 2000

To the Spoilers the Victory?
Against the Current, No. 88, September/ October 2000

Bush-Gore 2000: No Thanks!
Against the Current, No. 87, July/August 2000

Behind Murder With Impunity
Against the Current, No. 86, May/June 2000

On Political Leadership
Against the Current, No. 86, May/June 2000

Women and Global Capitalism
Against the Current, No. 85, March/April 2000

A War on Black Children?
Against the Current, No. 84, January/February 2000

November 2000: Can We Do Better?
Against the Current, No. 83, November/December 1999

Congress' Phony Health Care War
Against the Current, No. 82, September/October 1999

The State's Capital Crimes
Against the Current, No. 81, July/August 1999

Introduction to the Dialogue
Against the Current, No. 81, July/August 1999

NATO's Road to War and Ruin
Against the Current, No. 80, May/June 1999

Women Rising, Then and Now
Against the Current, No. 79, March/April 1999

NYC's Workfare Shell Game: An Interview with Heidi Dorow
Against the Current, No. 79, March/April 1999

The Cynicism and the Slaughter
Against the Current, No. 78, January/February 1999

Politics of Terror and Scandal
Against the Current, No. 77, November/December 1998

The Signs of Resistance
Against the Current, No. 76, September/October 1998

The Spirit of Revolution
Against the Current, No. 75, July/August 1998

New Gulf War? Just Say No!
Against the Current, No. 74, May/June 1998

Australia: War on the Docks
Against the Current, No. 74, May/June 1998

The IMF's Imperial "Reform"
Against the Current, No. 73, March/April 1998

The Gulf Crisis, Again and Again
Against the Current, No. 72, January/February 1998

The UPS Victory and Beyond
Against the Current, No. 71, November/December 1997

The Lean, Mean University
Against the Current, No. 70, September/October 1997

The Republicrats' Phony Budget War
Against the Current, No. 69, July/August 1997

Mobilize for Action! Motown
Against the Current, No. 68, May/June 1997

Lies, Damn Lies and "Reforms"
Against the Current, No. 67, March/April 1997

The Center-Center Coalition
Against the Current, No. 66, January/February 1997

Introduction to Queer Internationalism
Against the Current, No. 66, January/February 1997

The Gulf Slaughter Revisited
Against the Current, No. 65, November/December 1996

The Poisoned Fruits of Oslo (II)
Against the Current, No. 65, November/December 1996

Congratulations!
Against the Current, No. 65, November/December 1996

Detroit Newspaper Strike Update
Against the Current, No. 65, November/December 1996

Who Gets To Choose?
Against the Current, No. 64, September/October 1996

Israel's Poisoned Fruits of Oslo
Against the Current, No. 63, July/August 1996

Ten Years of Against the Current
Against the Current, No. 62, May/June 1996

The Clinton-Helms-Burton Travesty
Against the Current, No. 62, May/June 1996

NATO's Squalid Police Action
Against the Current, No. 61, March/April 1996

On Imperialism
Against the Current, No. 61, March/April 1996

Budget Wrestlemania
Against the Current, No. 60, January/February 1996

Labor's Wars
Against the Current, No. 60, January/February 1996

Introduction
Against the Current, No. 60, January/February 1996

A Word of Introduction
Against the Current, No. 60, January/February 1996

Two Perspectives
Against the Current, No. 60, January/February 1996

Labor Wars, from Top to Bottom
Against the Current, No. 59, November/December 1995

Introduction
Against the Current, No. 59, November/December 1995

Save Mumia Abu-Jamal
Against the Current, No. 58, September/October 1995

A Note of Introduction
Against the Current, No. 58, September/October 1995

What Is the Main Danger?
Against the Current, No. 57, July/August 1995

Affirming Affirmative Action
Against the Current, No. 56, May/June 1995

Defending Women's Lives
Against the Current, No. 55, March/April 1995

The Gingreening of America?
Against the Current, No. 54, January/February 1995

Response: Half Right
Against the Current, No. 54, January/February 1995

Clinton's Best-Laid Plans
Against the Current, No. 53, November/December 1994

Why Health Care Is A Sick Mess
Against the Current, No. 52, September/October 1994

Bill Clinton and Genocide
Against the Current, No. 51, July/August 1994

Introduction to South African Statements
Against the Current, No. 51, July/August 1994

Stonewall at Twenty-Five
Against the Current, No. 50, May/June 1994

Chiapas, A Call for Solidarity
Against the Current, No. 49, March/April 1994

1994: Women and Internationalism
Against the Current, No. 49, March/April 1994

Those Giant Sucking Sounds
Against the Current, No. 48, January/February 1994

Moscow: The Fire This Time
Against the Current, No. 47, November/December 1993

Letting Bosnia Die
Against the Current, No. 46, September/October 1993

The Disintegration of Clinton?
Against the Current, No. 45, July/August 1993

The Great Shrinking Stimulus
Against the Current, No. 44, May/June 1993

"Humanitarian" Intervention?
Against the Current, No. 43, March/April 1993

The New-Old Political Order
Against the Current, No. 42, January/February 1993

In Defense of Bosnia
Against the Current, No. 41, November/December 1992

Background on "Free Trade"
Against the Current, No. 41, November/December 1992

Notes to Our Readers
Against the Current, No. 41, November/December 1992

Perspectives on Revolution
Against the Current, No. 41, November/December 1992

No More Compromise!
Against the Current, No. 40, September/October 1992

...No Peace!
Against the Current, No. 39, July/August 1992

The Crime of the Centuries
Against the Current, No. 38, May/June 1992

The Future of Marxism
Against the Current, No. 38, May/June 1992

Before Stalinism (a continuing symposium)
Against the Current, No. 38, May/June 1992

Democrats: Road to Nowhere
Against the Current, No. 37, March/April 1992

1992: Seize the Time!
Against the Current, No. 36, January/February 1992

Campus in Crisis Introduction
Against the Current, No. 36, January/February 1992

Introduction to Before Stalinism
Against the Current, No. 36, January/February 1992

PC-Bashing: A Vicious Frame-up
Against the Current, No. 35, November/December 1991

The New Russian Revolution?
Against the Current, No. 35, November/December 1991

The Crisis of the Campuses
Against the Current, No. 35, November/December 1991

Abort the Court
Against the Current, No. 34, September/October 1991

Budget Chainsaw Massacres
Against the Current, No. 33, July/August 1991

From the Ashes of Victory
Against the Current, No. 32, May/June 1991

Dedication
Against the Current, No. 32, May/June 1991

Bring the Troops Home Now!
Against the Current, No. 31, March/April 1991

Bring the Troops Home Now!
Against the Current, No. 30, January/February 1991

Oil Wars--The Empire Strikes Back
Against the Current, No. 29, November/December 1990

Introduction to Socialism and Individual Rights
Against the Current, No. 29, November/December 1990

A Victory with Meaning
Against the Current, No. 28, September/October 1990

After the Cold War
Against the Current, No. 28, September/October 1990

A Non-Peace Non-Dividend?
Against the Current, No. 27, July/August 1990

The 1990s: A Socialist Agenda
Against the Current, No. 26, May/June 1990

Introduction to the Nicaraguan Elections--And Afterwards
Against the Current, No. 26, May/June 1990

Eastern Europe and Ourselves
Against the Current, No. 25, March/April 1990

Perspectives in the Twilight of the Cold War
Against the Current, No. 25, March/April 1990

Where the Cold War Lives On
Against the Current, No. 24, January/February 1990

The Collapse of Socialism?
Against the Current, No. 23, November/December 1989

Free Cuban Human Rights Activists!
Against the Current, No. 23, November/December 1989

Defending Women's Lives
Against the Current No. 22, September/October 1989

Editor's Note
Against the Current No. 22, September/October 1989

Twenty Years After Stonewall
Against the Current, No. 21, July/August 1989

China: Democracy Yes!
Against the Current, No. 21, July/August 1989

Drawing the Line at Eastern
Against the Current, No. 20, May/June 1989

The Populist Road Not Taken
Against the Current No. 18, January/February 1989

Paralysis and Change in Eastern Europe
Against the Current No. 17, November/December 1988

Introduction to Afghanistan, the War and the Future
Against the Current No. 17, November/December 1988

Introduction to Mexican Elections and the Left
Against the Current No. 17, November/December 1988

The Rainbow and the Democrats After Atlanta
Against the Current No. 16, September-October 1988

Mexico: The One-Party State Faces a Deep Political Crisis
Against the Current No. 16, September-October 1988

Central America: Danger and Hope
Against the Current, No. 15, July/August 1988

An Introduction: Jesse Jackson, Rainbow Politics & the Future
Against the Current, No. 15, July/August 1988

From Locked Out to Locked In?
Against the Current, No. 14, May/June 1988

Occupation in Permanent Crisis
Against the Current, No. 12-13, January-April 1988

Raymond Williams, 1921-1988
Against the Current, No. 12-13, January-April 1988

Nora Astorga: ¡Presente!
Against the Current, No. 12-13, January-April 1988

The Crash of '87: Opening of a New Period?
Against the Current, No. 11, November-December 1987

Debate on Baby M
Against the Current, No. 11, November-December 1987

Letter from the Editors
Against the Current, No. 10, September/October 1987

Editorial: Korea Workers Take the Lead
Against the Current, No. 10, September/October 1987

Letter from the Editors
Against the Current, No. 9, May/June 1987

Letter from the Editors
Against the Current, No. 8, March/April 1987

Letter from the Editors on Nicaragua
Against the Current No 7, January-February 1987

Letter from the Editors
Against the Current, No 6, January/February 1987

Joseph S. Giganti, 1905-1986
Against the Current, No 6, January/February 1987

Letter from the Editors
Against the Current, No. 3, May/June 1986