The new issue of International Socialist Journal, number nine in the series, now available, is notable for an exhaustive feature on "Catholics, the Church and Politics." Throughout most of Europe, and in the key areas of Latin America, the Church is a political presence, This symposium, which includes contributions from left-wing catholics as well as Marxist expositions, covers the role of the church in France, Spain, Italy, Poland, Chile and Latin America in generale The whole collection is introduced by a long critical essay, notable for its sympathetic and scholarly range of view, by Lelio Basso,
Other important features include a sharp characterisation of Labour's first budget by Lucien Rey, a comment by Stephen Rousseas on “America's vision of the Great Society", and an interesting item on the International Labour Office by Alberto Mari, and a study on the Italian debate on working class unity by Giancario Vicinelli. ISJ is available on subscription of £1 for 6 issues of
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