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Chile, Experiment in Democracy,
, Philadelphia PA, p.243, (1986)
By former member of Allende’s cabinet.
Confronting Corporate Power: Strategies and Phases of the Nestle Boycott,
, Volume 8, p.22, (1986)
The Enemy Within: Pit Villages and the Miners’ Strike of 1984-5,
, London, p.260, (1986)
Collection of first-hand accounts, interviews, letters, speeches etc.
Feminism and Nationalism in the Third World,
, London, p.288, (1986)
Study of women’s rights movements in Middle East and Asia from 19th century to 1980s, covering Egypt and Turkey, China, India, Indonesia, Korea and the Philippines. Argues feminism was not an alien ideology but indigenous to these countries.
Feminism in France from May 1968 to Mitterand,
, London, p.165, (1986)
Chapter 1, ‘Beginnings’ examines role of women in May 1968 and the emergence of the Mouvement de Liberation des Femmes in 1970, laying of a wreath on the tomb of the unknown soldier to commemorate his wife (leading to arrests), support for women strikers (e.g. in a hat factory in Troyes) and the 5th April 1971 Manifesto by 343 prominent women who had resorted to illegal abortions. Later chapters explore ideological divisions within the movement, theoretical issues and the relationship of feminists to socialist government in France.
Festival of the Oppressed: Solidarity, Reform, and Revolution in Poland, 1980-81,
, London, p.192, (1986)
and also his essay ‘Fear, Laughter, and Collective Power: The Making of Solidarity at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdansk, Poland, August 1980’, pp. 175-194, [view:biblio_individual_item_for_inline_reference=attachment=7315].
From the ashes: The rebirth of the Philippine revolution – a review essay,
, Volume 8, Issue 1 (January), p.19, (1986)
Leftist academic discusses sympathetically the role of the left and armed revolution in the countryside, but also explores the ‘legal, semi-legal and clandestine mass struggles in the cities’. Notes the creation by 1975 of a militant workers’ movement and the 1975 year-long wave of over 400 strikes, as well as networks among Catholics, professionals and students.
Hibakusha. Survivors Of Hiroshima And Nagasaki,
, Tokyo, p.206, (1986)
First hand account of 25 hibakushas, survivors of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. They include soldiers, doctors, nurses, students, housewives, small children, Koreans brought to Japan for forced labour, and victims who were yet unborn.
Honest language. Semantics of the nuclear debate,
, p.13, (1986)
Physicist Hannes Alfven offers a careful examination of the ways language guides the thinking on nuclear deterrence.
Military Rule in Chile: Dictatorship and Opposition,
, Baltimore MD, p.331, (1986)
No Easy Walk to Freedom,
, London, p.189, (1986)
Nonviolent resistance and social defence,
, Bridport, Dorset, p.4, (1986)
Traces peace movement debates on social defence, including critiques.
Onward Christians! Protestants in the Philippines Revolution,
, Quezon City, Philippines, p.102, (1986)
Examines role of various Protestant groups and stresses Christian basis of nonviolence.
Pacifism and the Just War: A Study in Applied Philosophy,
, Oxford, p.138, (1986)
Discussion of pacifist theory and major objections to it from a just war perspective.
Peace Squadron: The Sharp end of Nuclear Protest in New Zealand,
, Auckland N.Z., p.60, (1986)
Account of ‘nuclear-free-zone’ protesters who blocked nuclear-power vessels from entering port with ships, boats and canoes.
A. Philip Randolph: A Biographical Portrait,
, Berkeley CA, p.398, (1986)
Study of black trade union leader who played key role in pressuring presidents Roosevelt and Truman to ban discrimination in federal and defence employment. In 1963 headed the March on Washington.
Philippines Revolution 1986: Model of Nonviolent Change,
, Quezon City, Philippines, p.60, (1986)
Includes material on role of local peace movement, nonviolence training and a 1983 statement on ‘creative nonviolence’.
Rainbow Warrior: Nuclear War in the Pacific,
, Volume 8, Issue 4 (October), p.12, (1986)
Examines sinking of Rainbow Warrior, commenting on New Zealand’s reactions and the heightened awareness of the dangers of nuclear testing in the Pacific.
Rainbow Warrior: The French Attempt to Sink Greenpeace,
, London, p.302, (1986)
The snap revolution,
, Issue 18, p.123, (1986)
Soviet Sisterhood: British Feminists on Women in the USSR,
, Bloomington IN, p.272, (1986)
Includes chapter by Alix Holt, ‘The First Soviet Feminists’ on Leningrad group associated with The Almanach: ‘Women and Russia’ and their club ‘Maria’.
A State of Fear: Memories of Argentina’s Nightmare,
, London, p.180, (1986)
As a journalist in Argentina the author tried to compile a day-to-day chronicle of violence and repression – he was forced into exile in 1976.
Strengths and weaknesses of nonviolent action: The Polish case,
, Volume 30, Issue Spring, p.20, (1986)
Includes interesting material on Solidarity’s underground period after December 1981.
The struggle for democracy in South Korea in the 1980s and the rise of anti-Americanism,
, Volume 8, Issue 4 (October), p.24, (1986)
Analyses the Park Chung Hee regime, looks back to the Kwangju massacre and role of the US, and comments on the student and worker demonstrations in the spring of 1986 and US/Korean government attempts to channel unrest from the streets into electoral activity. Refers to his earlier article ‘Korea: Stirrings of resistance’, The Progressive, February 1986.
The Tenant Movement in New York City, 1904-1984,
, New Brunswick NJ, p.289, (1986)
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