Against the Current, No. 167, November/December 2013
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No Easy Victories
— The Editors -
Obama, African Americans and War on the Working Poor
— Malik Miah -
Which Way Out for Detroit?
— Dianne Feeley -
Canary Islands vs. Big Oil
— Norma Wilow -
Museum of the Word and Image
— Diana C.S. Becerra -
A Militant, "Minority" Union?
— Steve Early -
The Budget/Deficit Deal
— David Finkel -
The Passion of Richard Seymour
— Alan Wald -
Support Edur Velasco Arregui!
— Richard Roman - Arab World Uprising
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Introduction: Middle East Upheaval
— The Editors -
On Syria Crisis and Prospects
— Val Moghadam -
On the Perils of Imperialism
— Hisham H. Ahmed -
Roads to the Arab Uprisings
— Kit Adam Wainer - Remembering E.P. Thompson
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Introduction to Remembering E.P. Thompson
— The Editors -
E.P. Thompson: Feminism, Gender, Women and History
— Barbara Winslow -
Thompson, William Morris and Ecosocialist Tasks
— Rafael Bernabe - Reviews
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Dream Worlds Here and There
— Jase Short -
The New "Politics from Below"
— Midge Quandt -
The Politics of Extractivism
— Devin Beaulieu and Nancy Postero -
Mexico in Labor's Crucible
— Dan La Botz -
Forging the Capital Security State
— Allen Ruff -
A Poet for Our Planet
— Alice M. Azure
The Editors
WE PRESENT THE following contributions as the turmoil of the Arab uprisings continues. At the time when a U.S. bombing of Syria appeared imminent, we posed a few questions to some experts on the region. Val Moghadam’s responses to our queries, and Hisham Ahmed’s thoughts on the dangers of unilateralism, argue the case that bombing Syria in the name of protecting its people would have made a ghastly humanitarian tragedy even worse, while solving nothing. Kit Wainer reviews two important books on the Arab Spring and subsequent upheavals, which provide essential background to the events in Egypt, Syria, Bahrain and elsewhere. We will have further coverage, of course, in future issues.