Autumn 1996

Contents

Editorial
Alex Callinicos     Betrayal and discontent: Labour under Blair       3
Susan Cockerill     Japan in crisis                                  27
& Colin Sparks
Richard Levins      When science fails us                            59
Ian Birchall        The Babeuf bicentenary: 
                    conspiracy or revolutionary party?               77
Brian Manning       A voice for the poor                             95	
Paul O'Flinn        From the kingdom of necessity to the kingdom 
                    of freedom: Morris's News From Nowhere          101
Clare Fermont       Bookwatch: 
                    Palestine and the Middle East 'peace process'   113


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