and inadequate theoretical framework.
particularly when left governments come to power.
different components could be untangled.
Academic named in the book, 'outside' forces will topple it.
However, ALAN LENTON 'My Song is My Own, 100 Women's Songs! Kathy Henderson Frankie Kerr, Pluto Press £3.95 'WE HAVE selected material that reflects the experience of ordinary women, throws light on their lives and feelings, and links up invisible tradition of resistance' So Kathy enterorise ine sno editors have explored hitherto neglected songs of women in the folk tradition, have set them side by side with music hall songs and contemporary struggle. The result which succeeds unearthing a lot of interesting music and in combining the diverse material to present vivid picture of the lives of through history.
Culled entirely from the British Isles, 'Switzerland Exposed' by Jean Ziegler, Allison & Busby, $3.50 A FASCINATING account of some of the darker workings of the Swiss banking system and state, this book has two main flaws - inadequate format, The most interesting sections are undoubtedly those explaining the way Swiss banks are used to transfer money around the world in secret Swiss financiers participated in the overthrow of Allende.
These sections highlight a major problem for the book's editors — that of combining narrative, facts, and figures in standard book format. In my view, the whole thing would have been much clearer in the style of the CIS Reports — A4, soft-covered with the flexibility of a pamphlet. In this framework the A more serious weakness is the lack of theoretical framework within which to situate the fightback against the system described in the book.
possibly accounts for the eclectic mixture of ThirdWorldism and academic Marxism that characterises the programme he offers.
The two main planks of this programme are anti-imperialism and an unmasking of the capitalists' activities. Nowhere in the programme, or the descriptive part of the book for that matter, does the working class feature.
Ziegler's programme is that of the impotent academic faced with a structure, the dimensions of which he can just about grasp, but who lacks the analytical tools to understand it. As such he can only hope that nameless despite this, the book offers many useful insights into the workings of international finance and multinational companies.
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