A Major Political Battle?, by I.H., DISSENT

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A Major Political Battle?

by I.H.

Dissent, Winter 1976, pp. 7-8

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    Winter 1976 Issue = 22 Articles
    1. The Problem with New York City by David Bensman, p. 4
    2. Spain: Let Freedom Come! by Irving Howe, p. 5
    3. Auguries for 1976 - Will Ford Make It? by Dennis H. Wrong, p. 6
    4. A Major Political Battle? by I.H., pp. 7-8
    5. Socialist Gain - & Loss - In Canada by Norman Penner, p. 9
    6. Lisbon by Brendan Sexton, pp. 10-11
    7. The Enemy Is ... Democracy! by Stanley Plastrik, pp. 12-14
    8. Repression in India by Amnesty International, p. 15
    9. Political Shifts in Israel by David Twersky, pp. 16-20
    10. Death Warrant for the Cities by David M. Muchnick, pp. 21-32
    11. Women in Recent Fiction by Judith B. Walzer, pp. 33-42
    12. Is the Third World Coming of Age? by Henry Pachter, pp. 43-48
    13. Victims and Survivors by Terrence Des Pres, pp. 49-56
    14. Thoughts on Democratic Schools by Michael Walzer, pp. 57-71
    15. Justice for Sale by David Spitz, pp. 72-89
    16. Abuses of Soviet Psychiatry by Georg Mann, pp. 90-92
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      1. Nashville (1975 Film) by Robert Altman
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      Are More Jails the Answer? by Jerome H. Skolnick, pp. 95-97 - 1 Review
      1. Thinking About Crime by James Q. Wilson
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      Unique Union, Special Problem by Nicolaus Mills, pp. 98-99 - 1 Review
      1. Chavez and the Farm Workers by Ronald B. Taylor
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      Rightist Anti-Utopia by Peter Connolly, pp. 100-103 - 1 Review
      1. Mediacracy by Kevin P. Phillips
    21. Letters, pp. 104-107
    22. Index, pp. 108-113
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    1. Death of the Leader by Juan Goytisolo, pp. 114-118
    2. How to Reshape America's Economy by Michael Harrington, pp. 119-122
    3. The Conservative Majority Myth by John Kenneth Galbraith, pp. 123-126
    4. The Continuing Democratic Majority by William Spinrad, pp. 127-129
    5. Portugal - Between Hammer and Anvil? by Joseph Clark, p. 130
    6. India - Decline into Police State by Henry Judd, pp. 131-135
    7. Dissent in the Soviet Union by Peter Reddaway, pp. 136-154
    8. Solzhenitsyn's Gulag by Roy Medvedev, pp. 155-163
    9. Textbook War in West Virginia by James Humphreys, pp. 164-170
    10. Tocqueville, Marx, Weber, Nixon by Jon Wiener, pp. 171-180
    11. Race and IQ by Philip Green, pp. 181-196
    12. History, Freedom, and Utopia by Nicola Chiaromonte, pp. 197-203
    13. Impermissible Thoughts by Ludvik Vakulik, pp. 204-206
    14. A Debate on Affirmative Action by Morton J. Tenzer and Rose Laub Coser, pp. 207-212
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      Bergman's Magic Flute by David Bromwich, pp. 213-215 - 1 Review
      1. The Magic Flute (1975 Film) by Ingmar Bergman
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      The Southern Elite by Luther Carpenter, pp. 216-217 - 1 Review
      1. Power Shift by Kirkpatrick Sale
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      Women's Studies by Barbara Jacobson, p. 218 - 2 Reviews
      1. Century of Struggle by Eleanor Flexner
      2. What Women Want by Gayle Graham Yates
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      Voices from the Other Europe by Heda Margolius Kovaly, pp. 219-220 - 2 Reviews
      1. The Guinea Pigs by Ludvik Vaculik
      2. Laughable Loves by Milan Kundera
    19. Letters, pp. 221-226
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    Summer 1976 Issue = 19 Articles
    1. Midway to the Election: A Symposium by Irving Howe, p. 229
    2. --- by Bogdan Denitch, pp. 230-231
    3. --- by David Bensman and Luther Carpenter, p. 232
    4. --- by H. Brand, p. 233
    5. Israeli Policy and the West Bank by Michael Walzer, pp. 234-235
    6. Behind the Turmoil in China by Simon Leys, pp. 236-237
    7. Portugal by Kenneth Maxwell, pp. 238-239
    8. How Many Prisoners Does Castro Hold? by Frank Calzon, pp. 240-243
    9. "Post-Industrial Society" and the Welfare State by Michael Harrington, pp. 244-252
    10. The Pursuit of Equity by Lester Thurow, pp. 253-259
    11. Language and Resistance; the Russian Dissident Movement by Richard Pevear, pp. 260-272
    12. European Communists & European Defense by Erazim Kohak, pp. 273-278
    13. Nostalgia and Revision by Henry Pachter, pp. 279-283
    14. The Pseudoscience of Arthur Jensen by Philip Green, pp. 284-297
    15. The Myth of a Capital Shortage by H. Brand, pp. 298-305
    16. Softened Voices in the Black Theater by George Eckstein, pp. 306-308
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      1. Revolution in Cuba by Herbert L. Matthews
      2. Cuba in the 1970s by Carmelo Mesa-Lago
      3. With Fidel by Frank Mankiewicz and Kirby Jones
      4. Cuba Yes? by David Caute
      5. The Rise and Decline of Fidel Castro by Maurice Halperin
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      A New Look at the Mafia by Richard D. Alba, pp. 315-317 - 1 Review
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      1. Affirmative Discrimination by Nathan Glazer
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    1. On the 1976 Elections by Michael Harrington, pp. 325-327
    2. Italia Sinistra by Erazim Kohak, pp. 328-331
    3. Arabs and Israeli Attitudes by Menahem Milson, pp. 332-337
    4. Spain on the Eve by Lewis Coser, pp. 338-348
    5. On "The Culture of Shiftlessness" by Chandler Davidson, pp. 349-356
    6. Broken Images by Simon Leys, pp. 357-377
    7. Lillian Hellman and the McCarthy Years by Irving Howe, pp. 378-382
    8. Truth - And Shame - About Busing by Marvin Caplan, pp. 383-391
    9. The Skilled Auto Worker by Bill Goode, pp. 392-397
    10. IQ and the Future of Equality by Philip Green, pp. 398-414
    11. How Much Unemployment Do We Need? by Charles Killingsworth, pp. 415-423
    12. Social Justice or Excellence? British Choices in Education by Edgar Litt, pp. 424-428
    13. Prison Poems by Reza Baraheni, pp. 429-430
    14. Crimes of "Being" by Cynthia Price Cohen, pp. 431-433
    15. On Politics and Character by S.P., p. 434
    16. The Bergman Affair by Steven Kelman, pp. 435-436
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      1. The Worm of Consciousness and Other Essays by Nicola Chiaromonte and Miriam Chiaromonte
    19. Letters, pp. 446-450
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