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Eshml.,ty:a I"r,.~ 1'0 !lI1lwer people aslting information _. . __ .__________ about Echanges, we bave prepucd the rough project of Il leaftet. il deals with the.il summing up the ideas of some of ua ( not at .U a pro!"smme to agree with but a matter of dis..:ussion) and with ail the IIvllilable publications. Il will have to be completed with a short abstract of each pamphlet or booll:.

PUBLICATIONS

AUSIRALL\ Learning to survive without the rent, in English. An Australiaa journllilt drew a

~ompa~is-o-D-: betwecD Australia and Argentina. and their economie development :and' relative decline in the world mo.rket (copy al Ech.)

CAlS A DA .A..a Sociale < CP 20~:- Suce N. Montreal . Canada H2 X 3 N2 > (in French). Minera'

atrik.c in Great BriLain . the lame article was published in I.R.L or. 58

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Leuer from a Yorksbire mincr's wifc - La Sociale il a "eollective (or the c1istriblltioD of books, Dlilazincs &Dd aateriala dealiDI wick the CODlÙl& up of a radical criticiam o( the clus IOciety. Thil project ÎI tG be anti-pohtical aDd La Sociale aima at havi nI the wideS! choice of aU kiod of publications which are worth of Ùltere.t in their relpectivc matter.

RESISTANCE FricDd. of DImlUi < P.O. Box 790. Stat10li A - VIUICOIlYCl' I.C. Cauda V6 Cl N6.>

(in En,lish) "dealinl wi~ auU)uomists, aoti- imperiaUltic, Dation.! liberahon, fcminiat. anti-Illu:lear BlÎlitant IfrUISles ill iudllltrÎnlia84 ca­ pitalill countries". Ali thal" yOIl co_Id want, to DOW (or Illel8) oa terrorist Icoupa lik.e the CCC (Belaillm), Action Directe (France), Red Guerilla Resis&allce (South Arrica), RAF (Germlllly, PRG), RevolulioZlary Cells and Rote Zora· (etc ..... ).

CHINA. The deve1opDll'onlt of the ccoaomfc:al Je Corm ÎJ1 ChûIa. lis Fn:ach ÎJ1 Problemœ

Economiques -6/3/85 - Nr. 1194; in E8&lish iD Far EaMem Ecosomic Rcview nr. 11 - 1/11/84. This article shouid be entitlcd: the cltHtaliatic development .in China.

AG 0 BA - Libertarilo Review < BP 1214 • 31037 TOlllouae Cedex - France > (Freoch)

Letter trom iUlide the CFDT: Paacho Vilta ecCIlSCIL. ~ 'lm a Dew club or managers: thc Saint Simon FOUDdatioo - a kiod of modcrnilt laboratory where ail kind of leaders (bosses, unions, polilical and jour­ nalists) tey to build 1 new ideology for modern cilpitalism - Poland: 100 IOns (or Solidarnolc.

L.B.J.... . Liberation paper < CIO' ACLR, 13 tue Pierre Blauc, 69001 LYON > (iD Frcach). No. 58 - 112/85 - The mineTS atriJce in Great Britain. - On (orei,n workers iD France. - The "Libero-Iiberalism" : the third left.· BIIU: computers, a sector briDgiDl jobs. - A strilte' iu • secOGdory achool - Note on the Sitlilltionist InternatiODal.

FRANCE

Clulilu Dapnrculi < CEOOS. 91 Ille ChampioDDet. 7S01& Pari. > (i" French) - Publicakos dealini with criticism of history aod pclitics - Fall 1984 • Weil Germany. the extra­ parliamenlary movement: is it 1 peculiar case or a model? Motropolil: the city and soc lai steug&les - Biolechnology Ind capital restructurinl • Review of a book: the dynami.c or. capitalism in the XXth eentury (Pierre Souryi) (intereBtina review because it ,ives 1 lot on the ideu of the reviewer: Toni Negri).

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v-: (ie Fre~.- hotiltmM koaomiqui - W. 1901 - 5/12184 _ ,lIblia11e4 ~ . .. al fint iD rUliae NoueUe - Jeu Mcilhllad' witlt '!'~. titk "dis ia~ividlllli"tioa of ",aBcs .is iavo4is! the oorkahop" .. ladsutrilll reltrllelurilli aH alltoliililGcl proChlCtiVO. procœ~ impose. 10 tnwsIonIl "'ll3lu' IItr.1ClUeo. Duicœlly wosca lulvo otill to " the way tG !Set tM most !rom .IaMtu-, wllick. ie ~aaaIafo4 ÎII otber words: -te pa,. ... for ~lIull IiWrito-. Widi pi<X~Ylork, tber. 'aU tM individual beAu; 08 the . lioe, dl9 "boat" womer woehl.· pt the beat job r.nd as i.Jl die OfflUlI, ~ belt eo:uicleratioll ~nd pœrll_On~l bellctita Blaarde4 the' lUIt docile worken; but theu iDcüvidul benefils 'U!ferc nevert.helen li limited lilIl4 OOJDe91hat au"bjective way co set • better worltinl in erfieeg ae (DCtor!se. 10 ~ ncw IItr\lctunni of \:Iork, lM "penoDIlI wO{Je' arma aima et FMl&Cilll DOt morc but better". It triea to jet a total tlcl.ibilit)' of wfI.3es fcr lM aoms ",om. 1 0 Iji!, of the factorlcB ia P"r&xe wo:tW !l&ve lIireody sudl Î1l1liviclualinetion of wll3eB. In 1I0llll.e CI"Of9cl IJAsmpla, tIli. 'yltelll IIUO\'l8 setlin! rid of middle m.\UH\gement (lite forclll:Cu). Copy tlvailllbie et Eçhanges.

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SpdlçtU (S.L.T. ~ prcvious cie l'Et1rop~. SII670 Grande .Eck~Dges

Scynthe. > iasues) < Centre Social, Place

o If il is Dot too late, yeu CGII lJCnd yOIll lIUP.\")rt for two _mIMarS of the "aclie! Commottee F.FlntiKhler" seateeced 10 heavy (illeB iD <ktober 114 (more thllB !IOOO) to Uaieor (stoelwcrke) Ind Dunltirk coulICil for pretended lllritings IilIld biIJ poatiD' Oll wall •.

•• YOII CIUl iet al !his G4dn:u a Jot of leaftet& !rom the S.L.T. SivinS Il right vicw on workinl conditioos iD Il "modern" steelworks. You cea ace that a huse factory lib Usinor Dvnkiri: (6·7000 work.ers). ~tween 40~ to 50 ',\ of the wotlters are nol Ùlterested st all by uniooll An.t 1If1l~ they are doing preacnUy in the factory (even the existance of Il "revolutioaary" IIlliOll hai not cballled thia situation). II il Dot a' 'peçuIiM example. ln another ateelwork in Lorraine, Il oew u'nion built to fight agaiolt re4UDdanciea héa Dot gOl support !rom almost haIt of :he

- -4 - worlcers DOt wanting to be Involved in union m&Uccs. MO.llt oC the S.L.T. leaneta dcal with the day te da)' eveats ia this huge lteelworb: the)' live a rilhl idea of wha! reaulIcturin, IDCUS at chu level aad !low daogeroua (bec.llIe or prodllctivity imperatlvea) the wort i8.

••• RujuAn!je - Luuer a Uaiaor Dunkerque (lame &ddn:I). Pepcr of the S.L.T. (iD Frellcb) Nr. 1- " marchllprll 19115 - pre~ iueU 8tJ

follows: "Thil papu hu' threc objectivt:a: 1) co bc 1 tool co f'l(Iht "BWW the maoalelllaat camp.igD ta delude ud uaoc:Ïlue workera ta che restructurillg. 2) to be 1 taol of information bctwaell the cliffoRDt perla of the faclOl)'. 3) 10 b6 a 1001 aUowilli workeru to tell w!lat Ih~y wr;ml. This finit iaSlle containii' mainly a discunioll on the reatructvring 110

caUed "projet directeur",

MAter!au. < Librairi l'En Dehors - 46 Ne du Mail - 33000 Bordeaull > (iD Preech), Nr. 1 (SM. Ec:hanlles ur. 43) - Review of publicatioJls

(Cluaei Dangernses) . Blllletin or.l of the COnlA Cercle Gama ~a. Paris 75005 Ind Todol a Un a, BoletiD de Colectivoa - octobcr 191:14 • published in spanish in Brarcelollll by a collective of wtonomoUII groups of differeDt illdusuial sectors. -cRec Comt2.l, 18 • lr - la, 08003 Barcelo!ll >.

Manjfeste du Communisme Libertajre (LibertariliD Commllniull ed!Ü9iD TIftfi cOD1mCntaries • Amboise.

Manifes1o) • in French - G, Fontenis • new < Editions L . Andre Senez . Cangey • 37530

Sù. Caugll,çclrgs < Fourchaume - 16 rue du Banquie 75013 Paris> (in French) , Nr. l, january 1985, Editorial note - Minguette5 Bluea - Ihe

Li vry-Garg aa IICfair - La Courneuve ScandaI - Rent Itri" al La Commanderie Coyer . Report on Marseilles (economics, bourgeoillie, proletarrans, their revoit and the repression) . On the OS Strike at Talbot factory - Poissy (leailet of "les foneyeurs du Vieux Monde - see Echanges).

AnIlle < BP 23 - 64130 Mauleoa • France. Write ta. thiJ addreas 10 ,ct illformation on the se books in Frencll..

V8llinl . Corcaica • Freedom or death ' N. Chomsky Political tezts . Intellectuels &: the Stale - Middle East

Wars. G, Markov : Passport OdySSCB (trlnslalecl Crom Bulgarian).

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BMllDsj!?PtiP!Il! < BP Ill, 64105 BIl)'OllDil Cedee > (ail tbcsc libert.ftiu publi~~tiolll &ra iB Preaeb).

4 ~ h < B~ 32 , 7tOOl, Rouen Cedoc (ill Pruc:1I) Nr. 2 " jlUl!lGcy/ewch 1985 - Alizol, CIl

or.1i1lllt'Y fllCtory ( iDtcn'iew tilai lives tira clay ta ~ay of Il. fac:tory) - 'On tlie En31ish miDen' atrih:e - Ihaault. the oçlcsion? (OD the strikeu ill auwmI1 84 Qt the Cleou fac:tory) - Oc:tober 1955: swtiaiea at ,Rollell (on ",me f"ta Ilot very weU kllowc at tbe begilnuf18 of ~he AlgerillD Wll wh~t! draft 801diero wcre sellt te A1leriu • mutillÏC9 broltc out ia DOlCe t.::IWUI in Fra,nçe but were Ilot 'Mly i.olated btU igsor(.j by the political oPP'Ositioual (orc:ell); il wu ft aood idea tIO try to gather information from witn<'!ues OD this period éOllsidered oftell Ils Il IIluundv.1 pê!t.

Ja'au, < r.Jo Ubrairie l'Herbe R0II6e - 1 bis rve d'Aiellia 75014 Paria. > (in Frnc:h) Nr. IS , febrlluy 1985.

St. Petersbourg: ta the m:mory of the victima of the bloody SUBday january 1905).

Nr. 2 - Group of dilc:WlSioas on the . Illbject "CrisÎB 8DCl re.tructuriJitf' and .. Are there proletllrilln struggles

doiIlS?" which haa diaappcared, ",r"bd by rows.

prcselltly? What are we secwianiam and subborn

IgpIJt .'Y'@l! JIlUgdncss (C. Jelell) - The sœiuliats aiilC1 the rilins of the Soviet My th (FlammA­ rica) - The black !iles of a peCilliar

of the red fa.clam <CBS BP 223 - 66002 reliatance: trajectory Ferpipaa Cedee > •

R',Art gf th. Wgrld P'y,lp,mc.t 1914 (Worlel Bml!: Economiea)

Wgtts'" ['81. " dbltrel'! clec::ember 1984 - Le Monde - Dossier. et Documellta.

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-J- Per!jlDeçttyeti sur les C09'ell3 ill gestlop Quycl're SI la gt:\yçl\C, !"em ande Pierre Nashua . Spartacus. < 5 rue St. Croix de la Bretooocrie • 7500. Paris· ( in French) • Discussion oc this subject bet ..... een Chilean, Mexi :an &. Columbian and a French comrade.

L), dl[flçultps de IR thGor(@ ',gpomIQue deyant Itamerg,nce d'Nne et;opomle mondl.!!lg;. (Problèmes economiques . or. 1906 . 9/1/85) • C.A. Michale:t . (in French). This article criticisea the different thesis 00 the world ecoaomy and tries a dialectical approach of the conflict between the multinationals and the States. Even if we disagrce, we C8n nnd some elemeuts of discussion 011 the "tendencies of the multinational structures and the existence. of national dtsparities". (copy at Echangcs). .

An!!rchlsme et Oruplspt!o!l. Rudolf Rocker . Spartacus. (in French) Presentauon of this book: "The questions concerniog the revolutionary org amsauon were ln the center of the events between the spartakiste revolutionary, insurrection and the nazi Lake·over. In the 20's, Germllny was in <l potentially revolutionary situation and such questions were not theoretrc al ones: they involved political and strategical discussions which directly influenced the events".

GREAI RRITAIN

Copdltlgns or workj TIMe '" flcxlblllty. J.L. Barkowskl (in French) article from the INSEE Bulletin Economie et Statistiques concerning France.

L'Assommoir Nr.6 < 3 rue Dancourt (Les Jardins de Provence - 75018 • Paris. (in French) Collection of rubbish on

George Orwell and 1984 picked up everywhere.

AtteDtlop. upe nue peut en c"ber gne Ru!rc. and Pavie Zygas (in French).

Marc Saligne

Here "nd Now. A magazine of radical ideas. < Box 2 cio Change > 340 West Princess Street Glasgow G49HF. "although initiated by a collective in the West of Scotland, it's Dot a proviucral magazrne .... our prmcip al motive is ..... the creation of a medium for dialogue, controversy and subjectivity doctrrees to scrutiny, with a view to advancing theory beyond generalised statementa ... __ " Nr. J • Which class are you ID? . The areoa of discontent (on the leftism in France in 1968) . The commumsm of the Kampuchean Angkar . The pohtical personality Modern society: rouen re the core. The revoluuon begins at closing time.

Cablers en .yers et coptre Man. Marc Saligne < BP 431 • 75830 Pans Cedex 17 > (in French). Essay: analysrs of the socio-political history s ince the second world war: 1945: the historical compromise • May 1968: the first wave • the crisis of social capitalism - No to the peaceful co-ex isrance.

Crltlgue Cgmmunlste. Monthly review of the L.C.R. (Trotskyste) Nr. 13 . november 1982 . grves a study of Jacques Kergoat (iD French) on the "Worker s strrkes smce the 10th of May 1981 (Muterand election). Ther e was a stroug push in the penod july 81 . june 82 during whrch the 39 hours law was implemented. An article of Le: Monde (23110/84) of the same author on the evolution of ..... orkers conf'licts (6.317.000 days of strike in 1974 ·75 agamst 1.720.000 in 1983-84). But this evo lution does Dol give a rea) View of the situation: the general conflicts org an i sed by the unions (Iilte days of action) have pr acuc aüy dis appe ared (17 times less) and the local. conflicts have strongly rlsen, most of them begun spontaneously without union intervention. The author wanted ta get a proof thar a worker "radicalisation would follow a "socrahst" victory: nothing lloke that happened but a completcly differen t srtu atron".

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Soli da rit Y t Journal of the London Solidanty Group. < cIo 123 Lathom Road London E6 (in English) Nrs. 6 and 7 Sprrng 1985 . about ourselves • In the Pouting affair . notes on the mmers strike • Latin America: The Sandmistas and the workrng c lass. a suuable case for demystification? . FU!ldamentali~m. The Iast days of ihrs wicked system of things . Book review: 00 "The Wrath of Allah: Islarmc Revolution and Reaction in Iran . Ranuy Nima . Pluto Press Bnlish Workers and the lndependent Labour Party 1888· 1906 . Vision' on tire: Emma Goldman ln the Spanish revoluuon . LISt uf avarlable Sohdar ity pamphlets.

A Commynlst Efrort, < Box A.C.E., 355 Holloway Road, lslington, London N7 > Special Issue . Nr, 3 . The struggle of the miners ag amst Br.ush capual Background . History Perspectives (we will review thrs rex: laterr.

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.r) \ The lcinct is Il 18t1lllr of Il polilJeal priSOIlCl' (ill Voghera) rclAÛn4 10 the DOt: ..ar,ctive üro'lltÎoa of a NspeeialN prison law (articolo 90).

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Clmu Wu. < cJo 846 Whitec::~l Hish Street, Lolldon El (in EnlU8h). About playtime and the collap" of the Lolldon Workera Grollp - Dock Slrike 1984 - Amy SlOrm iD a Pord (ori,iu of the Poek Labollr Scheme and reeeet clock ItruggJes) - Nat_alillll today - Doubt cvery wo~1! - Diseuasioll oa the minen'· otrilœ: Wllat h worken playtime Itandin;J ia? Ou ollr Aetds or on our CM?

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TlM Genk' Sd,qtMtIl.. At lbs ead of ber workia, da)' for'lI kqe colDp8Dy hare, iII the thriviq lteart of compllter tecllllololY, a youlS, well

4ro1l~ l!'Iomaa in higb heela emptied her lilat eup of coffee directiy 0010 the eereen of her tcrmillsl:

NI only w~tcd revenge", sile explained, "for three wbole weelœ of IllltiriBa work at the terminal 1 was treatecl as a diopcn,ible part. Every day 1 wMlted until m)' cyes looked like relief rolld IIllIpl of LoI AU(Jcles Couüty, but DO one cared tt all. WheD they bad finjabed with me they simply threw me IlWlly".

Beneath the surface of the calm. Ilutomated computer opcratioDll a carrent of discol1tentment is running through the offices. Jl1st like thia short-term cmployee, worltera at the terminais, -employees IlIIcl ev.n programmees state that the promi5ed advllntages of the Cmputer Age do not arrive at the lower level of office worlters. So they fight "the system" from in5idc.

A poster deseribing "Un ways 10 dcstroy a video terminal" ud anothcr "sabotage does and undoes" have rccltDtly bccn circlllate4.

The suggestion fOI the ·technicl11 peasaats" go from damaging dilles 10 cuttiug the lelds for the detail of programmes which cancel the computer's mcmory. The poster was eopied from a San Francisco publication called "PW" ("Processed World"). PW is a quarter!y collection ill colour of insolent drawings, letters and " Illies {rom worle". Readers and collaborltors ("a difference we would like to discourage") lays Lucius Cabias (who, like many in the group usel a pseudonym) includes workcrs on fixed term contracts, whit~ co ll ar worzers, messeag ers, computer analysts, a porter and an ex-prosuture who wrote an article comparing their work as employees with their previous occupations,

Cabins believes thlll the Cqmputer Age is Miserable for everyone in the long run .. The mljority of the work undertaken il "meaningless And use leu for humanity". Readers of PW write Ieuers suggesting how to " ste Il timc" and ICts of sabotage which slarl with simple things "it is 50

.uy simply to pllt out (If Iction the 'out of order' light on 1 photocopier 10 more sophisticated .acts.

. A proarammcr who Will furious about hein, Slckcd explained lhat he thoulht up 1 programme whieh would cancel an the docllmellU of the firm two years after his dismiual. Other supporters use the new technology Wlth ,realor subtlety, Kelly Girl, a temporary secretary, tells

IT..U.x. .' çgt1U!W!!j!Fd! - "pM"! Nn AUrc'il: < cio R.obene BriOllChi, Va· AUZIIDi 1, 20215 " Milaoo > or < G. Go.ro::u CP 1362, 50100 Firenze e-. Abstrocts of the articles of 1!1> 14 (in Italian): A) Social eonfliet and laatitlliionai organisation fonnt durinS 'Sv yevs: i.he Milan eue. (Paae 3) Editorial article. There are ëescribed SOIlle Dew stru.ule experiences wbich are different from those of '70 yelln, lD the rnetropolitan ares. Main charactertstics of the 1IC~ etsss a~regation;. are: (a) lemporarineu, (b) strict linkage with the' atruggle ~'.i tbe target, (c) that they lire formed by specifie Gnd partial (isu.el of worlr.ers, (d) substantial absence of i:ûormlltion exchange betwee a different strugglel, which anyway may be very rGdieal. The effective struigie experiences considered are those of: 1) "Cassalntegrati Alfa Romeo" (œotcr works). "Cassllinte,llrati" refera 10 those workers which, expelled fro. the faetory, are puid by a public ~ .. lea- about three yeats. 2) Suppl, teachers of the ~tatBI school. 3) Hospital atteadeats. 4) Drivers of city trausport (ATM). B) Strikea in the statal telephone body (SIP), (page 9). During the contract reaewal, the wockers with the higheat contractual power (n.ose cmployed iu the eompllter"Det) have donc Il Iarger ImouDt of atrike hours, npported by a lIoIielarity fund paid by aU the ether SIP employeea. C) Article on the .. quality circles ". especially iD Il1paD (page 23). Please lct U5 DOW your opDinion On this Dtw industrlal relationlhip ill your country, sec for examplc Ilote 9 011 pale 25 cootaiDinl lome d~ for the U.S.A. D) Scllool aac! society trausformltiolS (pese 26). The tLqctl of lhis article arc to lIDalyse the It&te of the Ichocl and 10 ItIldy ita correlatioD with the loçiety llad the prodllctÎoa world. X) Some opiniona on the -profelllonalislIlM (PlI8e 32). An Alf. Romeo worle.t (ace point A above) .pelks about the introdllction of the Bew illdustrial technologies in his facLOry. The central theai. 11 thllt the molt workers' knowlcdge and sltillfu~neS8 have beea decreased by the

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De nÎCC only becallile they kl1ft 10. BOlllca do DOt havo to be nlce, BO it Î8 cuy for tIlem ID he 110. Wllca ooa=a are alce, they I1llow tbeir boSlllC8 to swing cleals for millions of dollar. for lIuclellf ~. withOUl. feeling baci about it, So womeli 'IIIWSt" stOp MiD§ Ilice".

Cabills himself ~~ . _ m favour of Itupidly destructive 1Ct4, but hopea thal worken iD C~1l8 "\!IiIl orglll1ise 8lOIlDd etesr idCllI 0:14 will elltCha&ge information' 19· aœe widesprelld sabotllge more effective". •

Some exploiLl are tr'escribod by "M.e1chiade, Il frequeDt CO;;1tribeUC7 10 PW who is a techoica1. programmer. He lIayl th2t he ÙI put of (1

aetwork of profesaionals tb5I1 ii beini driven mM by \IIIorlt, deepi~ hitll1 pay and the satisfactioD of the ccmpanies. They ofteu meet in the evening and laiD ICceOI to larle ccmpaterised systemn \:Vith hacltini (Le. pirate lyltCIII).

"The compaaies which coademn the llOCial irresponoibility of hacltio& but wbich produce s"id'lInce sy&tema for nuclear miuiles certainly deaerve what the hl1ckiDI prosrammerB gi'le !hem - t.'lrow away discs I>nd nlghtmares". Melchiade stlltes that he &lnd hil fri.Dds in peogrammiD& write "back entry" 00 their pFO,rIt1l1DlCs· ee na 10 he eble lO return to them secretly Ind create communication oetwortu betweeo employees in different companies. He is convinced that this il '·An accesible form of rebellica 1U'0uod "I!l'bich Il killd of ,collnlercultllre may emerge". He adds "who ia better qualifi&d te dis~ ~ Il missile' complex, a generator or a chemical wlste disposit the.. thoue who think up, bu~ld and maiotain ,,,ch technolcgy",

PW is run by a 15 person collective. Il stArted thru years 1110 in li flat in San Fraacisco with 400 dollars, 1 type setter and a stoc::lt· of paper ' 1l0knowiDgly provided by loc:a1 banks, Cabias tells UI. Now it 1 has· Marly 1000 subscribers. Anotber 2000 copies Ilpproxil1l.otely Ille lold through book IflOpS in New York, Boston and London or IIOld individllllly in

cial, ill CO pay Ibe rcat .. cl 10 ,cl the review 0111 (17.000 doll-ara .. e4itioD) lay !hat they will cry co Ucp the .roll, 101118 .sclpite ail the att.~I.

(Tbia text' ~ truII_tecl from -R.eporter" - _ DeW ltali_n Uil,. - ex LoUa CoaUaua - 2612185 - The tranllater ada th.t llUino il the c:ompllter IOwa ia Italy: simitar eo SilicoD Valley ÎJl die .U.S.A. aDCl •• Silicoa 01a ÎIl Sco&laacl, LMy Vlul ta caU _ rlthe .q._li' cliatriCI iD Tl&riao l,blini the -Melatroaic Platoc,,· bec:SllDe three compuler factoriel are loça&ccl there).

La" Cp,!!BBlA' J9prSAl < PO Boit 44007 SltubiwlIIl POlt Office Hong IC.OII, >. (in EDgliah).

Employees often write in to Bay thet thé}' are relievcd to learn thet they are not the oaly people to thiM th!lt the world lIu lIone m.ad. The revie w ha8 olso attracted the attentjoa of !IOiiIO comp8Biea 100 iaciudiD8 three who have paid special sllbllcription rates of ISO dollars a year for state lI4:!cocies nnd firms, while reglliar subllcriben pay 5 - 10 dollars, .

PW has evidently pat ils flnger 00 a aore IpOl ID the complolt.er world. Collective members have reeeived denth threats, their office doors were once boarc1ed IIp and anothee time brokea dOWD. The group was evicted for violatin, the building code when they were disccvereë by taspectors tlpped off by 8D informer. Memben of the collective .. who

Dsar c:o_üel, 1 .mier IIC1lt yOIl Interp Ilioul Correspopds!!C; ClC) DO. 2 (Easlilll S.pplelUat), pilles 104-107 of which mention Il tut iD Chiae" eatitled: "Ruda: Revolutioll A CouDt:r·levolutiOD (1919-7-1921)·. R"eatly, 1\ group of communislS iD Ule UK helcl a meetillg oa th~ Ibsaian Revolution, amolli other thinp, W l ",sa Ù1vited to coDtribusc by ccrrespoadence. 1 decided to wriLe Q 8U1IlmIU')'· of the oriumealJ of the Aboye text, a copy of which il eoclosed for your reference. Althollgb the lut demonstr&lea (at leut, 1 thiDk it doee) \he idul!st ulUre of all previollÎ analyses of the Rllllsian RevollltioD that l'm aware of (the lCC's " the CWQ's. for instance), 1 do Dot regard il lB Il {mal It4telDCDt, but rather as a fint step. l, therefore, look fo""ud to eritieislIlII " opninions. The lext, Ilnfortllllately, hls one central POIDt remaiDiD8 !lueaIt with: why tbe labour time voucher system la the 0111y wl1y te eradleate the law of value in 1 Don-natllral economy (& related~y whether implementing il aa JOOn as poasible after the 8eizure of power is an 'impossible dream', &: for lhis reascn, whether central plADniDg ll.l!uI.&. (i.e., the abolitioD of the market aB uists in the West) ia Il correct first Itep towseds the eventual eradicatioo of value). Thèse questioos are duit with io the other ChiMIe text mentioned ill lC 110. 2 (Ens. Sup.) (-Eastern Cilpitalism: A Politieo·Ecooomic Analysis"). 1 intend to wrile lUI

Enaliah summary of the argumenta of thia tell in the neat fllture, which will he sent to yOIl wbOll' il il r~ady. For .the moment, the IUIlwer ta the lbove related questions are: a. if tbe labour time voucher ,y.lem il lUI

'impouible drum' for the ~nitial period alter Ihe revolutioll, then lOCiaüam iLlelf il .Iso aD 'impossible dream'; b. central plauDin" thoulh ellential to the eradica&ioD of value, by iye1f ii cntjrcly consistenl with the Ilw of value, thu., ~, Il il lIJù. any .tep towards vallle's eradicatioD, Communiai Greetings! LLM

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