Cumulative Index 1968–1969  

Volume XV: 1-96, January–February 1968; 97-192, March–April 1968; 193-288, May–June 1968; 289-368, July–August 1968; 369-464, September–October 1968; 465-560, November–December 1968. Volume XVI: 1-96, January–February 1969; 97-192, March–April 1969; 193-288, May–June 1969; 289-368, July–August 1969; 369-464, September–October 1969; 465-560, November–December 1969.



Society of the Absurd: A Look at the New South  

The South has continued to change. The Klan and Citizens’ Councils were on the wane, were less relevant as the society seemed increasingly in a state of flux from the effect of new and contradictory forces at work on it. …



Reviews  

AMERICAN POWER AND THE NEW MANDARINS, by Noam Chomsky. New York: Pantheon Books. 404 pp. $7.95. NOAM CHOMSKY dedicates these essays “to the brave young men who refuse to serve in a criminal war.” This dedication reflects the tone and …



Generation Gap – Cuban Style  

The Minister of Education tried persuasion, tried reasoning with some of these youngsters, tried to advise them. Very well. But, of course, advice alone is not sufficient. If they don’t understand persuasion, then they will have to understand another kind …



Strikebreaking By the Pentagon  

In 1966, the year before Cesar Chavez’s United Farm Workers Organizing Committee began its national boycott of California grapes, South Vietnam was the world’s 23rd largest importer of fresh table grapes from America. Today it is the world’s fifth largest …



Three by Zamyatin  

In 1924, in an autobiographical sketch, Yevgeny Zamyatin (1884- 1937) wrote of his student days, `I was a Bolshevik then (today I am not).” In 1914 Tsarist authorities suppressed Zamyatin’s novella At the World’s End, which satirized the life of …



Views on Technology  

On one view, the development of what is called “technology” is a promise, not only of improvement in the material conditions of life, but also of peace and even social justice. Among the other views perhaps the most interesting sees …



Over Thin Ice  

In 1960, in his book The Unfinished Revolution, Adam Ulam gave promise of being a rising star in the field of Soviet studies. To be sure, his interpretation of Lenin suffered seriously from being a mere paraphrase of a book …



Robert Lowell: Poetry and Politics  

Robert Lowell’s new volume of poetry continues his passionate meditation on history selectively knotted up out of his personal torments, family and friends, his New England and religious ancestries, and the heroic or ruined underside of the past. What is …



Reviews  

NOTEBOOK, 1967-68, by Robert Lowell. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 161 pp. $6.00. ROBERT LOWELL’S NEW VOLUME of poetry continues his passionate meditation on history selectively knotted up out of his personal torments, family and friends, his New England …





A Note on Vietnam: Duplicity, Murk, and Blood  

There is an essential shoddiness in Richard Nixon’s politics that shines out, like fool’s gold, from every word he speaks and every step he takes. In domestic policy (Southern school desegregation, tax “reform,” Supreme Court appointments, etc.) this is clear …





Shalom, Israel  

With the following article we continue our discussion, from various points of view, of the problem of war and peace in the Middle East. We welcome comment from readers who disagree with M. Lapierre; some may be interested in turning …