Editors: The complicated, long struggle for democratization of the political and economic system in Yugoslavia is not made easier by one-sided, uninformed, and irresponsible articles like the one by Jeri Laber on “Human Rights in Yugoslavia” (Dissent, Spring 1982). One-sided …
On Fridays the tough cops take over on TV. Strike Force (10:00 P.M. Fridays, ABC), starring Robert Stack who used to battle the mob as Elliot Ness in The Untouchables, offers us a trio of sadistic rapist killers who cruise …
For some time now, the new world order that emerged after World War II has been profoundly shaken. America no longer is the unchallenged Number One. Yet that conviction seems to die hard in this country—just as the trend of …
As the debate about America’s urban crisis sharpens and “reindustrialization” gains momentum on the Republican agenda, a controversial proposal to aid distressed urban areas is making the rounds in policy-making circles. With nostalgic appeals for a return to traditional American …
From the moment the first bit of political awareness dawned on me I spent a lot of time being annoyed at William F Buckley, Jr. Lately I’ve been wondering why he persists in his loud and public rituals of intellectual …
Whenever David, a successful young television reporter, talks about getting married he insists that he will marry only a Jewish woman. Since he left his New Jersey home many years ago, he has had no relation to Jewish life nor …
We printed in our last issue a quietly thoughtful piece by H. A. Feiveson, “Can We Decide About Nuclear Weapons?” Mr. Feiveson wrote about the difficulties ordinary people face in trying to reach political conclusions about nuclear policy, yet the …
A new issue has been raised in the current debate about nuclear energy. Along with the more tangible and familiar criteria—of safety, economy, ecological and social compatibility— there now is discussion of the industrial nuclear structure’s capacity for change and …
It is essential for people of the democratic left to begin a fundamental examination of the assumptions behind U.S. defense policy—because Reagan continues to follow, in magnified form, a trend that began under the Carter administration. There has been broad …
Ten years ago, the military ruled Argentina. They had seized power by overthrowing an elected government in 1966—as they had done in 1962, in 1955, in 1943, in 1930; as they would do again in 1976. But, as on all …
We’re halfway between Solidarity Day I and Solidarity Day II. At the AFL-CIO convention last fall, the delegates proclaimed Election Day as the follow-up to the extraordinary march on Washington. This November labor hopes to vote enough Reagan supporters out …
I am trying to sell the TV networks on a new program. It’s a sure winner. It cashes in on the popularity of the Doctor programs, and at the same time draws on the Quiz fans. The ratings will be …
On the day of the rightist military assault on the house of parliament last year in February, Felipe Gonzalez, general secretary of the Spanish Socialist Workers’ party (PSOE), was taken out of the chamber at gunpoint and brought to an …
“Their orders are to dominate us, y’know,” a Crossmaglen man said softly as we watched a British army patrol edge nervously down a street of this tiny Catholic border town in Northern Ireland. “They’ll never dominate us.” Crossmaglen nestles in …
This volume collects the essays of one of the most thoughtful academic theorists writing on American politics today. While not systematic, they are learned, eloquent, intellectually independent, deeply troubled and often deeply troubling. Part of the interest of Schaar’s work …
