Date: Mon, 01 Dec 1997 16:17:35 +0200
Subject: M-NEWS: english summary


Murros, issue 9 (5/97) ENGLISH SUMMARY

page 2, THE EDITORIAL.

In our editorial we handle the Left League's member poll on EMU and the
views of Esko Sepp{nen, a Finnish MEP who is also the black horse of the
Left League party. Is he a rainmaker or a reformist? THE EDITORIAL IS
TRANSLATED IN ENGLISH - see our web site or inquire for it!

page 3, A VIEW ON A WORKER'S EVERYDAY LIFE.

Katja Tuominen gives this view on the Finnish worker's everyday life in the
 80th anniversary of independence and the "divide-and-rule" tactics of the
grand capital. She writes that the true nature of capitalism and it's
exploitation structures must be exposed for the working class to shed it's
internal disagreements and start fighting together. THIS ARTICLE IS
TRANSLATED IN ENGLISH - see our web site or inquire for it!
    
 page 4, ALGERIA'S WAY TO BARBARY.

 In this translation from the "Sosialistisk Arbeideravis" Chris Harman
writes about Algeria's gradual slipping into violence and barbary, and how
the leftist movements' inconsideration paved way for the barbary imposed
by fundamentalist islamic movements.

 page 5, THE HOMELAND.

 A view on Finland. Janne Selin's "Finland isn't signing the landmine ban",
Juhani Lohikoski tells about the civil movement to oppose the founding of
an Islamic School in Helsinki, and news about the squat in Turku which has
been taken over by activists on the route of a motorway construction 
 project.

 pages 6-9, CHIAPAS.

 In his very detailed and informative article, Juha Lievonen goes to the
bottom of the native organisation, the difficulties in the democracy of
Zapatista societies, and the social and moral revolution in Chiapas.
 He questions the unconditional praise of the Zapatista by western left
movements, throwing light on the black sides of Zapatista ideas of
democracy, and their inability to produce economical results.

 page 10, THE "FOX-GIRLS".

 Criticism of the new Finnish TV film, "The Fox-girls". Young animal rights
 activists that carry out assaults in fur farms, letting the foxes free,
dying their fur with henna (to decrease the value of the fur), destroying
breed-control cards, and also assault furware shops and auctions, are
called  "Fox-girls". But Misha Sallinger criticises this movie for it's
naivety and  partiality in favour of the farm owners.

 page 11, CIVIL SERVICE.
 
 "Lose your virginity in the Civil Service", is the headline of this
article  where Misha Dellinger writes about the good and bad sides of the
Finnish  Civil Service system (a form of conscription, alternative to the
Armed  Service -tn), emphasising the need for a separate "Civvie"
organisation,   and flashes a vision of a general Civil Conscript strike to
crush the whole   conscription system.

 page 12, THE ABC OF MARXISM.

 The first article of this Murros' series, "Women's Emancipation" is
translated from a book by John Molyneux, and gives a view of how a
socialist   revolution could liberate women completely, and also the
position of gays   and lesbians.

 page 13, THE ELECTIONS IN POLAND.

 The trade union Solidarity won the elections in Poland, but today's
solidarity, consisting of almost 40 little rightist parties, is only a
shadow of the Solidarity of 1981. This is shown in e.g. the repulsive
 rightist, religionist rhetoric of their leader.

 page 14, CELEBRATED PERSONALITIES.

 Victor Jara - songs of the problems and dreams of Latin America. This
article by Juhani Lohikoski tells Jara's story and his position in the rise
 and fall of the Unidad Popular. Celebrated Personalities is a Murros
series  which presents prominent persons of the left, and back issues
include Ulrike  Meinhof, Rosa Luxemburg, Mao Ze-Dong and Lev Trotsky.
                                
 page 17, MISS TORNADO.

 Murros' columnist Miss Tornado writes ironically about democracy in
Finland  - the "democracy" of EU, EMU, CBE...

 page 18, CULTURE.

 Another translation from the Sosialistisk Arbeideravis, giving a brief
biography of the Italian playwriter-director Dario Fo, and congratulating
him on his nobel prize. "Che Once More", Katja Tuominen's critic of Che's
Motorcycle Diary. 

 page 20, THE COMMUNIST YOUTH OF FINLAND.

 "Democratic twisting of hands and tough discussions", main issue in the
column on the Communist Youth of Finland is this time the 2nd Annual Autumn
  Meeting of the CYF, which was held in 4th October in Jyv{skyl{, central
Finland. (A more detailed account of it in english can be found in our
International Bulletin 3/97 -tn)

 page 21, MURROS READERS' TRIP -97 & THIS IS WHAT WE THINK.

 An account by Juhani Lohikoski of the Murros Readers' Trip, this time it
was a cruise Helsinki-Tallinn-Helsinki. These trips are not plain partying
but also have a working group system - this time there were groups on
advertising and circulation and on outlook and inclusion.

 The "This Is What We Think" platform, included in every issue.
 
 page 22, INSIDE THE SYSTEM & READERS.

 Inside the system is a column of Murros where we expose the follies of the
 system. Jiang Zemin, president of China, visited USA; a TV program about
breeding test animals; Religion sells well; Labour's U-turn on tobacco;
and the bourgeois Ben Zyskowicz has bright ideas again. THIS ARTICLE IS
TRANSLATED IN ENGLISH - see our web site or inquire for it!

 page 23, FUTURE ACTIONS.

 As always, the last page is exclusively for the future actions of the
Communist Youth of Finland.

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