Issue 59 (May/June 2026) - Digital PDF

It's that wonderful time again—the latest edition of Current Affairs has arrived! We travel to blockaded Cuba, where editor Alex Skopic reports from the ground while delivering aid with the Nuestra América mission, and into the Louisiana bayou, where the mystery of a vanished folk artist raises as many questions as his haunting sculptures. From there, we venture to a Communist-run town in Spain whose mayor has placed a bounty for Donald Trump's arrest, and journey back in time to learn about the arsonist eco-radicals who ignited the Green Scare. We also dive into the eccentric work of Denmark’s Dogme 95 filmmakers, interrogate the idea that "democracy needs the rich," and ask ourselves: why, exactly, does astrology persist? Expect to hear from a former-cop-turned-pacifist about the Bruce Springsteen concert that changed his life, before sitting down with legendary feminist scholar Judith Butler to examine the "imaginary enemy" of gender ideology. It's a jam-packed issue, full of deep-dives, surprises, and delights, and we can't wait for you to read it.

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