Presents a brief chapter in the history of the Irish-American community of New York City, in the history of the Communist Party, U.S.A. and of one attempt by members of both communities to work together. (Author/AM)

Government policies concerning the environment in Italy, Spain, Germany, and Switzerland are presented. The growing environmental movement in these countries is described. Areas of conflict and concern such as nuclear power, land use, and air pollution are discussed. (AJ)

Plans for the implementation of a national energy policy are outlined. Proposed measures in the following areas are discussed: energy conservation; energy systems and rates; energy pricing and equity; coal, oil and gas production; nuclear and solar power; and industry structure and competition. Concerns of environmentalists are expressed. (AJ)

Notes that for Baraka poetry has a two-fold purpose: it is a vehicle for expressing his disgust as well as a vehicle for expressing his hopes. He is always concerned with raising consciousness, with stimulating people, with identity and progress and with cultural awareness. (Author)

Members of the Minnesota capitol press corps were polled concerning their assessment of their peers' knowledge about legislative issues and their interest in presenting the truth. (GW)

Examines the history of U.S. political primaries, discusses Democratic Party reforms in the presidential nomination process since 1968, and cites important generalizations about how the process works today. States that the system lessens party leader influence, giving the media power to set public expectations and declare winners and losers. (GEA)

An attorney specializing in school law reviews the Supreme Court Justice nomination process as it related to the nomination of Judge Robert Bork. (MD)

The 1984 Democratic primary campaign is used to assess how little effect leftist educational analysis has had on mainstream discourse. A brief outline of directions and emphases for a leftist political agenda is presented. (MT)

Mainstream conservative and liberal views are inadequate for a discourse about moral education. More appropriate methods for linking schooling and ethics are the following: (1) link ethics and morality to politics; (2) define those maxims necessary for moral adequacy; and (3) develop a radical view of authority that will transform pedagogical…

Examines the French Popular Front of 1936 as a vehicle to investigate the turbulent decade of the 1930s. Reviews current historiography and discusses various facets of Leon Blum's government, examining the interrelationship of major economic and political forces. Concludes that the French Left still faces Blum's dilemma of implementing socialism…

Argues that the international struggle for power by the United States, as well as the apparent potential for independent political action by Blacks and Chicanos, affected Federal domestic policy regarding the education of Mexican Americans. (GC)

Illustrates the relationships between John C. Calhoun's slavery-era political philosophy regarding minority rights within a democratic political organization and the actions of Daniel P. Moynihan as United States' Ambassador to the third-world-dominated General Assembly of the United Nations. (JDH)

Providing a link between a variety of academic subjects, consumer education can be significant in understanding and influencing societal structures and decisions. It can lead to meaningful analysis of public policy and the processes of the political system and provide meaningful examples of citizenship. (MD)

Describes major events and conferences leading to the formation of a national association that would identify critical issues facing the nation and, through its National Issues Forum, would create a new kind of citizens' dialogue based on informed public discussion of national issues. (PD)

A study of the coverage of 14 major events of the 1980 presidential campaign reveals little evidence that newspaper journalists wrote their leads to correspond with those of wire service stories. (FL)