Greetings, Reader:

This is the first issue of the very first volume of Turning the Tide, one of many contributions to the grassroots media efforts now sweeping across the planet.

The aims of this publication are to provide coverage, limited though it may be, on pressing social, political, and economic issues that receive little to no attention in corporate media; to help facilitate informed discussion about such matters (with an emphasis on South Texan currents when possible); and finally, to provide a voice and organizational apparatus for students committed to helping disintegrate poverty, classism, racism, sexism, war, and other deep-rooted institutional failures.

Because this is our first issue, our access to content and writers has un-derstandably been limited. As such, this issue is a special edition, and is given over entirely to an interview with historian James Carter.

At the moment, it is unclear how often Turning the Tide will be produced. We would prefer to make this a monthly ordeal, but that requires reader participation. If you would like to contribute to Turning the Tide, then we invite you to write for us; likewise, we welcome letters to the editors, comics, poems, etc.

To contact or visit us online, see back page for details. Thank you for reading.

- The Eds.