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1986

Treaties on Trial: The Continuing Controversy over Northwest Indian Fishing Rights, Cohen, Fay G. , Seattle, p.229, (1986)

Includes protest ‘fish-ins’

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The Triumph of Democracy in Spain, Preston, Paul , London, p.274, (1986)

Chapter 1, ‘Internal contradictions of Francoism 1939-69’, covers some of the major strikes and demonstrations, and chapters 2 & 3 the Carrero Blanco years 1969-73 and the Arias Navarro government of 1974-76. For political developments from 1939 to 1975, see also: [view:biblio_individual_item_for_inline_reference=notlisted=61969].

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1985

Behind the Trail of Broken Treaties: An American Indian Declaration of Independence, Deloria, Jr, Vine , Austin TX, p.296, (1985)

Covers developing activism in the 1960s, the protest caravan of 1972 culminating in the occupation of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and site occupations, including the 71 day occupation and siege at Wounded Knee, South Dakota in 1973.

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Civil Disobedience: Litmus Test for the Democratic Constitutional State, Habermas, Jürgen , Volume 30, p.22, (1985)

Habermas, one of today’s major social theorists, is associated with the concept of ‘new social movements’ in the 1970s, and developing the theory of ‘deliberative democracy’. Argues for the potential value of civil disobedience as a means of upholding democratic principles. Other important essays by Habermas are: ‘Hannah Arendt’s Communicative Concept of Power’ in Steven Lukes ed., Power, Oxford, Blackwell, pp. 75-93, arguing for a structural interpretation of power. And [view:biblio_individual_item_for_inline_reference=notlisted=14274], an interpretation of the nature and significance of the 1989 revolutions from a democratic socialist perspective.

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Democratization in Uruguay, Finch, Henry , Volume 2, Issue 3, p.16, (1985)

Analysis of evolution of opposition from 1983: from saucepan banging, one-day general strikes and 250,000 strong rally on the last Sunday of November 1983 (the traditional day for elections); the electoral politics of 1984 and public sector strike of January-February 1985.

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Digging Deeper: Issues in the Miners’ Strike, Beynon, Huw , London, p.280, (1985)

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The Disappeared and the Mothers of the Plaza, Simpson, John, and Bennett Jana , New York, p.416, (1985)

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Ethnodrama and the “Fourth World”: The Saami Action Group in Norway 1979-81, Paine, Robert , St John’s Nfld, (1985)

Analysis by social anthropologist of campaign against the Alta Hydropower Dam, and its impact in promoting cultural and political rights.

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European Peace Movements and the Future of the Western Alliance, Laqueur, Walter, and Hunter Robert Edwards , New Brunswick, p.450, (1985)

Generally critical contributions on the peace movements of the 1980s in various European countries and their impact on the Western alliance. Includes chapter on the US peace movement of the 1980s.

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Gandhi and His Critics, Nanda, Bal R. , Delhi, p.178, (1985)

Nanda, who has also written a balanced biography of Gandhi and studies of other Indian leaders close to Gandhi (including Gandhi’s early mentor Gokhale), here examines controversial aspects of Gandhi’s life and thought.

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Generals in Retreat: The Crisis of Military Rule in Latin America, Cammack, Paul, and O'Brien Philip , Manchester, p.208, (1985)

Papers from International Conference of Americanists in 1982.

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Gimme shelter: Self-help Housing Struggles within and against the State in New York City and West Berlin, Katz, Steven, and Mayer Margit , Volume 9, Issue 1, p.33, (1985)

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The Great Strike: The Miners’ Strike of 1984-5 and its Lessons, Callinicos, Alex, and Simons Mike , London, p.256, (1985)

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Indigenous Peoples and the Nation State: ‘Fourth World’ Politics in Canada, Australia and Norway, Dyck, Noel , St John’s Nfld, p.263, (1985)

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Interview: Democracy and dissidence in South Korea, Kim Dae Jung , Volume 8, Issue 2, p.12, (1985)

Kim Dae Jung had been a leading figure in the Democratic Opposition of South Korea since 1971, when he ran for president against the dictator Park Chung Hee, was imprisoned and then exiled. He gave this interview in November 1984, setting out his policies and hopes, when planning to return to join in the struggle against the dictatorship.

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La guerre par actions civiles: Identité d’une stratégie de défense, Mellon, Christian, and Muller Jean-Marie , Paris, p.204, (1985)

Study commissioned by the then French Defence Minister on the principles and techniques of nonviolent defence.

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The Last Frontier: Fighting over Land in the Amazon, Branford, Sue, and Glock Oriel , London, p.336, (1985)

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The Last Two Years of Salvador Allende, Davis, Nathaniel , London, p.480, (1985)

Account of evolving crisis by former US ambassador to Chile.

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Letters from Prison and Other Essays, Michnik, Adam , Berkeley CA, p.354, (1985)

Influential intellectual oppositionist in Poland from the 1960s to the 1980s argues for adhering to nonviolent methods for moral and political as well as pragmatic reasons (i.e. threat of Soviet military response to a violent uprising).

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The Miners’ Strike, Goodman, Geoffrey , London, p.224, (1985)

Examines why the strike failed and the role of key institutions and the pickets. Includes a chronology.

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Mobilization without Emancipation? Women’s Interests, the State and Revolution in Nicaragua, Molyneux, Maxine , Volume 11, Issue 2, p.26, (1985)

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My Country Right or Wrong: Selective Conscientious Objection in the Nuclear Age, Flynn, Eileen P. , Chicago IL, p.98, (1985)

Discusses varieties of conscientious objection, from pacifist objection to all wars, selective objection to particular wars considered unjust and objection to indiscriminate and, most notably, nuclear warfare. Includes a discussion of just war principles.