By Anatol Rapoport,Anthony Rapoport
This e-book is the fabricated from a collective attempt through a few contributors of the gang of seventy eight. The identify of the gang derives from the variety of its founding individuals. Its actions include reports of and research of public matters which appear on the time to be of the most important significance not just to Canadians yet to the entire population of the planet. the problems are mentioned at annual meetings and a few of the discussions were edited and released.
the current attempt used to be motivated by way of the swift alterations within the political panorama of japanese Europe and the resultant loss of life of the chilly battle. It appeared on the time that these alterations have been approximately to bring in a brand new historic period, wealthy in unparalleled possibilities of bettering human existence, particularly of releasing humanity from the threats generated via the burgeoning arsenals of guns of overall destruction and via the degradation of our surroundings. It appeared that international collective attempt directed at fixing pressing worldwide difficulties turned all of sudden attainable. it is easy to communicate optimistically of an "agenda" for such collective attempt.
the subsequent participants of the crowd of seventy eight and pals sympathetic to its goals contributed to this paintings through filing reproduction, directing us to assets, making cogent feedback for substantial revisions or stylistic advancements:
Newton R. Bowles
Soonoo Engineer
Shirley Farlinger
Ann Gertler
Leonard Johnson
Peter Meincke
Gwen Rapoport
Ronald Shirtliff
Anne Williams
Pat Woodcock
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