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Nuclear Weapons and Christian Conscience,
, London, p.163, (1981)
Essays by six leading Catholic thinkers on the moral issues raised by nuclear weapons. Had considerable influence in Christian and wider circles. The 1981 edition has a postscript by Anthony Kenny on Counterforce and Countervalue nuclear doctrines.
The Polish August: The Self-Limiting Revolution,
, Harmondsworth, p.320, (1981)
Account up to mid-1981 by British journalist familiar with Eastern Europe, with text of Gdansk and Szeczecin Agreements between strikers and government and postscript on December 1981.
The Politics of Homosexuality,
, Boston MA, p.361, (1981)
Examines struggle for gay rights in USA from 1950s to early 1970s, charting the different political and cultural issues and types of campaigning and the contradictions between political reformism and radical hippy culture. Part III covers the Lesbian Feminist Movement.
The South African Churches in a Revolutionary Situation,
, New York, p.268, (1981)
Spain: Dictatorship to Democracy,
, London, p.288, (1981)
Especially chapter 7, ‘From “conformism” to confrontation’, pp. 134-67, which covers not only regional, worker and student resistance, but also changes within the Catholic Church; and chapter 9 ‘The regime in crisis: Carrero Blanco and Arras Navarro 1969-1975’, pp. 189-206.
Strategic nonviolent defense: The construct of an option,
, Volume 4, Issue 2 (June), p.27, (1981)
Stratégie De L'Action Non-violente,
, Paris, p.256, (1981)
This book has become a key reference on the subject of nonviolent action, and notably was circulated clandestinely in Poland after 1981. It has been translated in Italian, Spanish, Polish, Croatian and Arabic.
Work-ins, Sit-ins and Industrial Democracy,
, Nottingham, p.175, (1981)
An account of sit-ins or work-ins to prevent workplace closures in Britain in early 1970s, and an examination of subsequent experiments in workers’ control.
The Dynamics of Industrial Conflict: Lessons from Ford,
, London, p.386, (1980)
This is an account and analysis of the 1968 Ford Dagenham women sewing machinists’ strike by two men on opposing sides (trade union convener of plant and Ford negotiating team) involved in the dispute. A lively semi-fictionalized account of the dispute from the women’s viewpoint is the 2010 film ‘Made in Dagenham’.
The Fifth Modernization: China’s Human Rights Movement, 1978-1979,
, Stanfordville NY, p.381, (1980)
Gandhi as Political Strategist,
, Boston, p.384, (1980)
Going It Alone: Australia’s National Identity in the Twentieth Century,
, Ringwood VIC, (1980)
Chapter on ‘Donald Macleod and Australia’s Aboriginal Problem’, pp. 174-89 covers Pilbara strike and Pindan movement of late 1940s.
The Greenpeace Chronicle,
, London, p.448, (1980)
(Published in USA as Warriors of the Rainbow: A Chronicle of the Greenpeace Movement, New York, Rhinehart and Winston, 1978)
The story of Greenpeace from its emergence in the 1970s to the time of the book’s publication. Autobiographical account by a founder member of Greenpeace International.
Handbook for Satyagrahis: A Manual for Volunteers of Total Revolution,
, New Delhi, p.57, (1980)
The founder of the Institute for Total Revolution outlines a Gandhian approach to nonviolence training.
Index on Censorship,
, Volume 9, No 1, Feburary, London, (1980)
This issue is largely dedicated to dissent in China.
Just and Unjust Wars: A Moral Argument with Historical Illustrations,
, Harmondsworth, p.359, (1980)
Highly regarded interpretation of just war theory. See also his earlier essays on war and disobedience, including an essay on conscientious objection in: [view:biblio_individual_item_for_inline_reference=notlisted=166334]
Night Frost in Prague: The End of Humane Socialism,
, London, p.300, (1980)
Account by Communist Party leader close to Dubcek of internal Party politics leading up to the 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, personal account of the Kremlin ‘negotiations’ after the abduction of top leaders, and his resignation from the Party.
The Nonviolent Alternative,
, New York, p.270, (1980)
Collection of essays by well-know Catholic thinker on war, peace and nonviolence.
Northern Ireland: Between Civil Rights and Civil War,
, London, p.232, (1980)
Examination from a socialist perspective of key issues by three Northern Ireland academics. Includes a chapter on the reform of the RUC in the 1970s.
Northern Ireland: The Orange State,
, London, p.406, (1980)
A history of Northern Ireland, and socialist political analysis of the causes of the conflict there, by a leading civil rights campaigner and founding member of People’s Democracy. He concludes that the choice in Ireland is ‘between, on the one hand, a semi-fascist Orange statelet in the North, matched by a pro-imperialist police state in the South, and, on the other hand, an anti-imperialist and socialist revolution’.
Organize or Starve: The History of the South African Congress of Trade Unions,
, New York, p.485, (1980)
Personal Politics: The Roots of Women’s Liberation in the Civil Rights Movement and the New Left,
, New York, p.288, (1980)
Using her personal experience the author examines how women were dismayed by their treatment in radical movements, and how they turned their activist skills to feminist campaigning.
Pioneers for Peace: Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom 1915-1965,
, London, p.225, (1980)
History of first 50 years of transnational body campaigning against war and for disarmament, which opposed NATO and nuclear weapons, was active (especially in the US) in resisting the Vietnam War and promotes social justice and reconciliation.
A Place Apart,
, Harmondsworth, p.300, (1980)
Records the experiences of this distinguished Irish travel writer during her cycling tour of Northern Ireland in 1976-77. Briefly recapitulates the historical background to the Troubles, and re-examines the rival myths and prejudices of the Protestant and Catholic communities, both of whom warmly welcomed her while remaining suspicious of each other. Informed by genuine affection for the people of Northern Ireland and an optimism about its future in the longer term though discounting the possibility of a united Ireland.
Political Participation in Korea: Democracy, Mobilization and Stability,
, Santa Barbara CA and Oxford, p.238, (1980)
Includes chapters on student activism in 1960 and 1971.
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