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THE CONCEPT OF CLASS IS CENTRAL TO THE UNDERSTANDING OF MODERN SOCIETY, THE OUTGROWTH OF THE CAPITALIST-INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION; IT FALLS UPON SOCIAL SCIENTISTS TO RESTORE THE CONCEPT OF 'CLASS STRUGGLE' TO ITS HISTORICAL DIGNITY. IN PARTICULAR, INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY--THE OBJECT OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS DISCIPLINE--CAN & MUST BE UNDERSTOOD AS A CLASS SOCIETY IN CONTENT & AS A SOCIETY COMPOSED OF SOVEREIGN STATES ONLY IN FORM. CORPORATE MANAGERS, DIPLOMATS, THE MILITARY, & CERTAIN SEGMENTS OF THE LF ARE IDENTIFIED AS SOME OF THE AGENTS OF INTERNATIONAL CLASS FORMATION. ETHNIC CONFLICTS SHOULD BE VIEWED AS PECULIAR FORMS OF CLASS CONFLICTS AS WELL. IN DE VISIE VAN KRIPPENDORFF OP HET INTERNATIONALE SYSTEEM EN DE WERELDPOLITIEK L. W. VAN DER MEY (RIJKS U, LEIDEN THE NETHERLANDS) EXAMINES KRIPPENDORFF'S OPINION ON THE STRUCTURE OF THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM & THE EXPLANATORY POWER OF THE CLASS CONCEPT. KRIPPENDORFF'S APPROACH OF CLASS AS THE INDEPENDENT VARIABLE OF THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM IS CHARACTERIZED AS INADEQUATE. HA.

THE INTELLECTUAL PRODUCTION OF UTOPIAS CAN BE A SEDUCTIVE ENTERPRISE FOR ACCOMMODATING CRITICAL MINDS: PEOPLE DEMONSTRATE RADICALISM BUT ARE NOT CHALLENGED TO TRANSLATE IT INTO EMPIRICAL ACTIONS WITH REAL PEOPLE AS REAL ACTORS. THE PROJECT OF "TRANSNATIONAL DEMOCRACY" IS NOT IMMUNE TO THIS SYNDROME OF ACADEMIC RADICALISM: IT OFFERS US THE VISION OF A "BRAVE NEW WORLD" ON SUCH A HIGH LEVEL OF ABSTRACTION THAT IT COULD LOSE THE GROUND IT'S STANDING ON. IN CONTRAST. ONE SHOULD CONSIDER A MORE LIMITED PERSPECTIVE THAT GETS MORE SPECIFIC ABOUT THE AGENTS OR "ACTORS" IT ADDRESSES. ONE CAN CALL IT THE PERSPECTIVE URBAN COMMUNE AND ITS REPUBLICAN SELF-GOVERNMENT TRADITION, MAY BE VIEWED AS THE BASIC UNIT OF ACTION AND POLITICAL IDENTITY, AND AS THE AGENT OF AN INTERNATIONALISM AND INTERNATIONAL ORDER THAT DIFFERS FROM THE BUREAUCRATIC ECONOMIC AND TECHNICAL INTEGRATION CURRENTLY UNDER WAY. A EUROPE OF THE COMMUNES COULD BECOME A REALISTIC POLITICAL PROJECT. IT COULD UNITE CONCERNED POLITICAL SCIENTISTS WITH POLITICAL ACTORS, AND PROMOTE MORE EFFECTIVE POLITICAL PARTICIPATION FOR CONCERNED CITIZENS THAN DO LARGER UNITS.

The US right is not conservative in the sense of 'maintaining the existant order'; it represents an aggressive reaction to all real or imaginary threats to the existence of the US. In the course of the last 10 yrs, the US has known failure in China, Korea, Laos, Vietnam, Suez, & Cuba; the discontent of the Amer people has provided an opportunity for the conservatives. They oppose pol'al or military interference, & are hostile to foreign aid, & do not advocate compromises with the USSR & China. Rightist org's are estimated at 1,000 & their aim is to join together to form a 'nat'l league'. Since 1958 there exists a clandestine movement of 'minute-men' throughout 40 states. They are preparing for guerrilla warfare in case gov'al power should fall to the Communists. Among liberal groups, many precautions are taken against dangers emanating from the right. But the US has too many democratic reserves to suddenly become a fascist state. Tr & modified from IPSA by A. Chapman.