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News on Channell Four

by Brian McNair

Marxism Today, February 1983, pp. 39-40

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    2. Apartheid's Deepening Crisis by Harold Wolpe, pp. 7-12
    3. Falklands Fallout by Eric Hobsbawm, pp. 13-19
    4. A Question of Choice by Lynne Segal, pp. 20-23
    5. Power to the Provinces! by Michael Rustin, pp. 24-31
    6. Mr Weathervane takes over in Japan by Jon Halliday, pp. 32-34
    7. Sierra Design by Richard Hill and Sally Townsend, pp. 35-37
    8. Gil Scott-Heron by Mary Ellison, pp. 38-40
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    13. Letters, p. 47
    14. Notes, pp. 48-50
    15. Cover design by Peter Hammarling and Kathryn Tattersall
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    February 1983 Issue = 16 Articles
    1. Focus, pp. 2-6
    2. A New Force in the Land by Sally Davison, Helen John, and Joan Ruddock, pp. 7-14
    3. Taxation: a political liability by Chris Pond, pp. 15-19
    4. Proportional representation: threat or opportunity? by Dave Cook and Peter Hain, pp. 20-27
    5. Sizewell Syndrome by Harold Immanuel, pp. 28-32
    6. Lessons of the NHS Dispute by Doug Cook, pp. 33-34
    7. Black Footballers by Peter Ball, pp. 35-36
    8. A Question of Silence by Sarah Lefanu, pp. 37-38
    9. News on Channell Four by Brian McNair, pp. 39-40
    10. The Rise of the Slopes by Maria Loftus, pp. 41-43
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    14. Letters, p. 47
    15. Notes, pp. 48-50
    16. Cover design, photo by Chrissie Charlton and Ed Barber
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    March 1983 Issue = 15 Articles
    1. Focus, pp. 2-6
    2. Karl Marx: 100 Not Out by Eric Hobsbawm, Ralph Miliband, Bob Rowthorn, and Anne Sassoon, ..., pp. 7-17
    3. Post Punk Blues by Simon Frith, pp. 18-21
    4. Tebbit Changes Tack by John Kelly#4, pp. 22-26
    5. What Does Marx Mean to You?, pp. 27-34
    6. Unemployment and Politics by Christopher Husbands, pp. 35-38
    7. Interview with Alan Ayckbourn, pp. 39-40
    8. Rediffusing Britain by Gillian Skirrow, pp. 41-42
    9. Celebrating the Centenary by Richard Dyer, pp. 43-44
    10. Falklands Fallout by Gerry Pocock, p. 45
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    13. Letters, pp. 49-50
    14. Notes, pp. 51-54
    15. Cover design by Peter Hammarling and Kathryn Tattersall
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    April 1983 Issue = 14 Articles
    1. Focus, pp. 2-6
    2. Year of Decision by Jon Bloomfield, pp. 7-13
    3. Israel Lurches to the Right: Interview by Uri Avneri, pp. 14-17
    4. The Shape of Things to Come by Doreen Massey, pp. 18-27
    5. Britain Goes to the Sales by Hugo Levie, pp. 28-33
    6. Rape: the Burden of Proof by Hannah Kanter and Jennifer Peck, pp. 34-35
    7. Woman's Hour by Frankie Rickford, pp. 36-40
    8. Joan Armstrong by Mary Harron, p. 41
    9. Sanitising the War by Anthony Arblaster, pp. 42-43
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      1. Capitalist Democracy in Britain by Ralph Miliband
    12. Letters, p. 47
    13. Notes, pp. 48-50
    14. Cover design, photo by Chrissie Charlton and Mike Goldwater
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    May 1983 Issue = 14 Articles
    1. Focus, pp. 2-7
    2. Opec Over a Barrel by David Currie, pp. 8-12
    3. Rediscovering Poverty by Chris Pond, pp. 13-17
    4. North-South: the axis shifts by John Gordon, pp. 18-21
    5. Welfare State: The Second Front Opens by Phil Lee, pp. 22-27
    6. The Right and the Green by Pat Hudson, pp. 28-33
    7. Interview with Buchi Emecheta by Jane Bryce, pp. 34-36
    8. Video and Pop by Paul Morley, pp. 37-38
    9. Sir William Walton by Malcolm Barry, pp. 39-40
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      3. The Third World in Global Development by Ankie M.M. Hoogvelt
    12. Letters, p. 47
    13. Notes, pp. 48-50
    14. Cover design by Peter Hammarling and Kathryn Tattersall
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    June 1983 Issue = 14 Articles
    1. Focus, pp. 2-5
    2. Interview with Neil Kinnock by Sam Aaronovitch, pp. 6-12
    3. They're off... by Dave Triesman, pp. 13-17
    4. The Liberal Revolutionary by John Grahl, pp. 18-24
    5. Unemployment Blues by Dave Morris, pp. 25-27
    6. The Man behind the Film by David Arnold, pp. 28-32
    7. Interview with Alexei Sayle by Dave Triesman, pp. 33-36
    8. James Bond in the 1980s by Tony Bennett, pp. 37-39
    9. Mass Marget Feminism by Margaret Tarratt, pp. 40-42
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      2. Britain Can Work by Ian Gilmour
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      1. Brothers by Cynthia Cockburn
    12. Letters, p. 47
    13. Notes, pp. 48-50
    14. Cover design by Peter Hammarling and Kathryn Tattersall
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    1. Focus, pp. 2-6
    2. Thatcher: The Second Coming by Andrew Gamble, pp. 7-15
    3. The Contours of Victory by Doreen Massey, pp. 16-19
    4. Keeping Women in their Place by Vicky Seddon, pp. 20-24
    5. Impasse in Namibia by Brian Wood, pp. 25-28
    6. Channel 4: The First Nine Months by Stuart Hood, pp. 29-35
    7. Tycoon by Design by Adrian Forty, pp. 36-37
    8. Young British Novelists by Anita Phillips, pp. 38-39
    9. Italian Summers by Iain Chambers and Lidia Curti, pp. 40-42
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      1. The Politics of Thatcherism by Stuart Hall and Martin Jacques
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      1. Feminism, Culture and Politics by Rosalind Brunt and Caroline Rowan
    12. Letters, p. 47
    13. Notes, pp. 48-50
    14. Cover design by Peter Hammarling and Kathryn Tattersall
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    August 1983 Issue = 15 Articles
    1. Focus, pp. 2-5
    2. Iran---Revolution in Reverse by A. Sadeg, pp. 6-13
    3. The British on Holiday by Stan Parker, pp. 14-17
    4. Hanging---the End of the Rope by Paul Hirst, pp. 18-22
    5. Christian Democracy's crumbling edifice by Donald Sassoon, pp. 23-28
    6. Opinion pollsters or opinion formers by James Curran, Peter Kellner, and Bob Worcester, pp. 29-35
    7. Armchair Travelling by Stephen Hayward, p. 36
    8. Popular and Political Theatre by Derek Boothman, pp. 37-39
    9. The Artist's International Association by Lynda Morris, pp. 40-41
    10. The Liberal Revolutionary by John Saville, p. 42
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      1. Andropov by Zhores Medvedev
    13. Letters, p. 47
    14. Notes, pp. 48-50
    15. Cover design, photo by Peter Hammarling, Kathryn Tattersall, and Barry Lewis, ...
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    1. Focus, pp. 2-6
    2. Think positive---rethink Labour by Bob Rowthorn, pp. 7-13
    3. Home sweet home by Ray Forrest, pp. 14-17
    4. For whom the block votes? by Sam Aaronovitch, Pete Carter, Dan Connor, and Judith Crabtree, ..., pp. 18-25
    5. Class of 83 by James Donald, pp. 26-31
    6. Will protest survive? CND after the election by Ian Davison, pp. 32-35
    7. An interview with Salman Rushdie by Anita Phillips, pp. 36-38
    8. Paul Robeson: Militant Humanism by Richard Dyer, pp. 39-40
    9. Latin America: The New Cinema by Michael Chanan, pp. 41-42
    10. Arguments for Socialism Series by Eileen Phillips, pp. 43-44
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      1. Why Are the British Bad at Manufacturing? by Karel Williams, John Williams, and Denis Thomas
      2. Japan in the Passing Lane by Satoshi Kamata
    12. Letters, p. 47
    13. Notes, pp. 48-50
    14. Cover design, photo by Peter Hammarling, Kathryn Tattersall, and Barry Lewis, ...
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    October 1983 Issue = 15 Articles
    1. Focus, pp. 2-6
    2. Labour's Lost Millions by Eric Hobsbawm, pp. 7-13
    3. Feminism is Dead? Long Live Feminism by Tricia Davis, pp. 14-18
    4. Interview with David Yip, the Chinese Detective by Alan Clarke, pp. 19-23
    5. The Popular Front Revisited by Dave Priscott, pp. 24-31
    6. Privatising Pleasure---the Communications Revolution by Peter Golding and Graham Murdock, pp. 32-37
    7. Interview with Keith Waterhouse by Beatrix Campbell, pp. 38-39
    8. Televised Football by David Berry and Steve Pinder, pp. 40-41
    9. Political Theatre by David Edgar, pp. 42-44
    10. No Go Music by Chris Bohn, pp. 45-46
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      1. What Is to Be Done About the Family? by Lynne Segal
    13. Letters, p. 51
    14. Update, pp. 52-54
    15. Cover design, illustration by Peter Hammarling, Kathryn Tattersall, and Brett Ewins, ...
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    1. Focus, pp. 2-6
    2. Central America: the Eagle Hovers by Jenny Pearce, pp. 7-11
    3. The Uneasy Alliance by Andrew Gamble, pp. 12-15
    4. Caught in the Wheels by Cynthia Cockburn, pp. 16-21
    5. Interview with George Melly by Simon Frith, pp. 22-25
    6. The Long and Winding Road: Britain's Communists in 1983 by Dave Cook, John Hoffman, Lou Lewis, and Jane Woddis, ..., pp. 26-31
    7. Interview with Peter Preston by Mike Power, pp. 32-34
    8. Ratio Franchises by Thomas O'Malley, pp. 35-36
    9. Hip Little Englanders by Marek Kohn, pp. 37-38
    10. The Fringe by Paul Allen#2, pp. 39-40
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      1. An Unfinished Song by Joan Jara
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      1. Inside the Inner City by Paul Harrison
    13. Viewpoint by Michael Meacher and Robin Cook, pp. 44-46
    14. Letters, p. 47
    15. Update, pp. 48-50
    16. Cover Design by Lee Robinson
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    1. Focus, pp. 2-6
    2. America Presents Arms by John Cox, pp. 7-10
    3. The Caribbean's Stolen Jewel by Andy Green, pp. 11-15
    4. France's Resurgent Right by Keith Dixon and Daniel Perraud, pp. 16-23
    5. Labour's capital gains: the GLC experience by Michael Ward#2, pp. 24-31
    6. Iran's Revolution turns sour by Fred Halliday, pp. 32-37
    7. Street Credibility by Rosalind Brunt, pp. 38-39
    8. Happy Birthday WEA by Trevor Blackwell, pp. 40-41
    9. Christmas Wines by Edmund Penning Rownell, pp. 42-44
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      1. Interviews with Master Photographers by James Danziger and Barnaby Conrad III
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      1. The Country Between Us by Carolyn Forche
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      1. Will of Iron by Gerard Melia
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      1. The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
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    23. Letters, p. 55
    24. Update, pp. 56-58
    25. Cover design, photo by Peter Hammarling, Kathryn Tattersall, and Barry Lewis, ...
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