Book notes
Region
Belgium
Denmark
France
4
Germany
14
Greece
6
Great Britain
The following publications are not available in most commercial bookstores, because what the authors have to say makes the rich and powerful uncomfortable. To order, nearest progressive bookstore, contact the publishers directly, or write to La Breche, 9 rue de Tunis, 75011 Paris, France tel. (+33 1) 43 67 63 57 fax 43 79 29 61 (English, French and Spanish spoken). Where no price is given, we suggest you enclose a donation of US$ 10 in any convertible currency to cover the postage costs of the publisher Health and Structural Adjustment in Nicaragua/La salud y los Ajustes Estructurales en Nicaragua This 48 page bilingual report documents the advances in health care made under the Sandinista government, and the dramatic decline in public health since the present rightwing government took office. It includes recommendations for a greater involvement of nongovernmental organisations in any new decentralised health care system. Published in 1995 by the Centre for Information and Advisory Services in Health (CISAS), Apto. 3297 Managua, Nicaragua, tel/fax (+505) 2/666711 e-mail cisas @nicarao.apc.org Russia: Economic and Political Shifts try your
Ireland Netherlands 17 Norway 6 Sweden Total Europe Canada 20 United States 90 Total Americas 110 Hong Kong 21 Japan 14 Total Asia 53 Australia 8 New Zealand 5 Total 13 South Africa 3
The latest issue of this 76 page English language newsletter includes articles on Chechnya, the Federation of Independent Trades Unions of Russia, and the IMF sponsored "Shock without therapy."
Edited by International Viewpoint correspondent Alexander Bugalin and Andrei Kolganov,
Trehprundi 6-46, Moscow, Russia 103001, tel 095/2997739
World Bank/IMF: Enough!
Total Africa
3
10
Rest of the world
300
Grand Total
Susan George, Michel Chossudovsky and others analyse the autocracy that is strangling the third world, and present voices from the growing movement to challenge the 'new world order;
NSR 24-25, US$5, 30 FF, £3.50, published in 1995 by IIRE, Postbus 53290, 1007 RG,
Amsterdam, Netherlands. [Also available in French from CADTM, 29 rue Plantin, 1070
Brussels, Belgium]
Les cahiers du féminisme (Feminist Notebooks)
A French-language socialist feminist revue published six times a year. Inspired by the same ideas as International Viewpoint. Issue 71/72 discusses current campaigns to reduce the working week,and asks how this can be done without increasing the fragile and part-time status of many women workers. The difficult relationship between free time and housework is also treated.
You can find articles translated from 'cahiers' in this issue of IV.
For a sample issue of Les cahiers du féminisme, send 35 FFr or $5 US to the editors, at 2 rue Richard Lenoir, 93100 Montreuil, France
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR
RESEARCH AND EDUCATION • 48 bed conference centre with six channel interpretation system, library and television room, ten minutes from the centre of Amsterdam and 2 minutes from a park • Contact Robert Went or Peter Drucker to discuss holding your event at the IRE tel. (+31) 20/671 7263 fax 673 2106 PO Box 53290, 1007 RG Amsterdam Netherlands. e-mail ire @ antenna.nl
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Feminist and socialist summer camp Southern France, 22-29 July 1995 Registration is now open for the 12th summer camp organised by the International. In 1ooganisations in sympathy with the Fourth
1,000 participants from over 20 countries spent a week of debate and culture in Tuscany, Italy. This year shoulc be bigger and (even) better. Buses will be organised from most European capitals. Cost (including food, and entry to all events, but excluding transport) from 500 t 1,000 French Francs, depending on your country and circumstances. For more information contact your International Viewpoint seller, or write to the Youth Camp Committee, c/o International Viewpoint, PECI, P.O. Box 85, 75522 Paris cedex 11, France fax (33) 1/43 79 29 61 e-mail inprecor@igc.apc.org
'Women's Lives in the New Global Economy' Eds. Penny Duggan & Heather Dashner • A new anthology by women writing from their personal and activist Published as part of the NSRs "dossier" series, it explores how capitalist reorganisation of the global economy is profoundly affecting women's lives in every corner of the world. • Includes articles on Belgium, Sweden, Turkey, South Africa, India, Malaysia, Mexico, and the US — with an introduction on women and
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36 economic integration. • Women's Lives in the New Global Economy demonstrates that feminist and labour struggles can re-assert women's right to decide their future. Send $5.25 US, £3.50, 30 FF to giro account CER/NSR 1757114, Amsterdam, Netherlands, or send a regular cheque (not an Eurocheque) in US$ or sterling to P. Rousset, IIRE Postbus 53290, 1007 Rg Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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