In this issue
No. 136 June 1984

LettersUpdate

Taking Issue - Ashok Mitra

LOOKING BEYOND VIOLENCE
Chris Brazier argues that armed liberation in the Third World can be justified but that nonviolence is the way forward in the West.

Violence worldwide: the facts

One day in Bengal
Ashok Mitra retells the story of two Indian peasants

A radical peace
All movements for change use nonviolence. Bob Overy explains why.

Paths to liberation
Find a way out of oppression by choosing the gun or the flower.

Silent violence
Rip Bulkeley explains why we are all responsible for the violence of inequality.

Gunning for change
Sometimes people have no option but to take up arms. Eleanor MacLean offers her support.

Looking over their shoulders
How Richards studies three threatened revolutions.

A new man
Bob Cornell explores the link between masculinity and violence.

Sinking hope
An Indian fishing community fights for its life.

Beyond Greenham
Feminism and nonviolence should be inseparable, argues Lesley Merryfinch.

Idea for ACTION

Reviews: A film, a book and a classicCountry profile: MexicoFront cover photo: Judah Passow / Network