Member) has provoiced no editorial response. Wie feel that some comment is necessary and endorse his plea for honesty on the CT5. This goes beyond the contex In order to be honest as sociaiists we must develop and pra of the economic and poiltica situation in which we are workbegun this are prepared to admit t The first precondition is re cognising seat ing surent siru acion is not revolutionary doesn't offer immediate revolu tionary prospects. we must work, through ope economic and political changes which would create more favourorkin ions dreased up as a pro crate hope that the November Unity Conference seen In this BE POIE TO COFFE one-off affair ratifying one or SOME TIME the lott has hardiy task, although lew called for a Glvan or revolutionary intenlight, you urging that a cultural boy we wrote to cott be imposed on Iran because writers and artists in that coun This came to a heed last year Shah's Shires Festival and we wrole to a number of supporting It. Now we proposed boycott was highly The western democracies did not participate and Mr. Bantley THODOO US A THINNI only one exception: an American was the La Mama Troupe. The the director was Andrei Serban people has made any press statement, and fram our pone cans, says mar.
KEN COATES (Bertrand Russell
Socialiat Challen TIDIKAW * FRIEND! ,6.october 1977, p15
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NORMAN ANd SALLY WATSON Iran