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Will Gorbachev Shake the World?

A Roundtable discussion

by Martin Jacques, Wlodzimierz Brus, Monty Johnstone, and David Lane

Marxism Today, April 1986, pp. 18-23

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    15. Update, p. 47
    16. Close Up on Terence Conran by Barbara Ellis, pp. 48-50
    17. Cover Design, Photo by Peter Hammarling, Katherine Gutkind, and Lee Robinson, ...
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    4. Hung Parliament: The Choices Facing Labour by Michael Rustin, pp. 15-19
    5. The Alternative Economic Strategy: Goodbye to All That? by Sam Aaronovitch, pp. 20-27
    6. Letters, pp. 28-29
    7. Joan Collins by Rosalind Brunt, p. 30
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    15. Close Up on Winnie Mandela by Ruth Weiss, pp. 44-46
    16. Cover Design, Illustration by Patrick Burton and Ian Pollock
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    2. Interview by Jesse Jackson, pp. 6-11
    3. The Sparks Are Flying by John Lloyd, pp. 12-19
    4. Just Another Child Abuse? by Emily Driver, pp. 20-23
    5. The British Way of Death by John Robson, pp. 24-28
    6. Black Gold Loses Its Shine by Michael Bleaney, pp. 29-32
    7. Letters, p. 33
    8. Viewpoint, pp. 34-39
    9. Parallel Lives by Brian Morton and Kenny Mathieson, pp. 40-41
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    16. Update, p. 55
    17. Close Up on Viv Richards by Peter Wilson, pp. 56-58
    18. Cover Design, Photo by Lee Robinson and Andrew Levin
    19. Supplement on Co-Ops
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    2. Goodbye to the GLC by Beatrix Campbell and Martin Jacques, pp. 6-11
    3. A Flexible Future by John Atkinson and Denis Gregory, pp. 12-17
    4. Will Gorbachev Shake the World? by Martin Jacques, Wlodzimierz Brus, and Monty Johnstone, ..., pp. 18-23
    5. Interview by Denis Healey, pp. 24-29
    6. Political Animals by Sara Mills and Patrick Williams, pp. 30-34
    7. Letters, pp. 35-36
    8. Viewpoint, p. 37
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    15. Update, p. 51
    16. Close Up on John Smith by Alan Rusbridger, pp. 52-54
    17. Cover Illustration by Ken Laidlaw
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    2. Crime in the City by Richard Kinsey, pp. 6-11
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    4. The French Paradox by Keith Dixon, pp. 16-21
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    17. Update, p. 51
    18. Close Up on Bobby Robson, pp. 52-54
    19. Cover Illustration by Peter Goodfellow
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    15. Update, p. 51
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    17. Cover Design, Illustration by Lee Robinson and Bill Sanderson
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    16. Close up on Annie Lennox by Cath Carroll, pp. 44-46
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    3. Letters, p. 11
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    24. Close Up: Norman Tebbit by David Edgar, pp. 64-66
    25. Cover Concept, Illustration by Keith Ablitt and Tony McSweeney
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    2. Bealine by Beatrix Campbell, pp. 9-10
    3. Letters, p. 11
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    2. Bealine by Beatrix Campbell, p. 9
    3. Letters, pp. 10-11
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    5. Family Matters by Carol Lee, Beatrix Campbell, Mary Kenny, and Valerie Riches, ..., pp. 18-21
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    15. Critical Canons by Gregor McLennan, p. 48
    16. Gastronomic Pleasures by John Carr, p. 49
    17. Cover Stories by Janice Winship, p. 49
    18. Nuclear Alert by Stuart Boyle, p. 50
    19. Woman Can Fly by Jean Barr, pp. 50-54
    20. Update, p. 55
    21. Close-Up by Susannah Tarbush, pp. 56-58
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