The Soviet rejection of the trade bill came as no surprise to most Jewish activists in the .ISSR. The situation had deteriorated greatly in the last few months, with harassment intensified and an ever-growing list of exit visa applications rejected. But they are nevertheless maintaining an optimistic front. Speaking at a meeting of Moscow Jews…
SAKHAROV SPEAKS. Edited and with a foreword by Harrison E. Salisbury. 245 pages. (Collins and Harvill Press £3.00. This collection of Andrei Sakharov’s writings is a product of a great deal of work between the Academician himself and the well-known American journalist, Harrison Salisbury. Nearly half the book is taken up with Sakharov’s famous essay,…
“SOVIET ethics are based on Marxism — like it or not.” This in a sense symbolised Don Monteith’s recent article on the Jewish problem. Yet one cannot take such• a polarised attitude to such a complex problem. Most quotes in the article came from Soviet propaganda sources which have been dissected countless times in the…