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Angesichts der Bestrebungen der UdSSR unter Gorbacev um einheitliche Haltung der RGW-Staaten auf internationalem Gebiet sowie der wachsenden wirtschaftlichen Abhängigkeit Rumäniens von der UdSSR, fragt der Autor nach dem Spielraum für eine eigenständige Interessenvertretung Rumäniens in den Vereinten Nationen (UN). Nach der Erörterung des allgemeinen Konvergenzgrades zwischen rumänischem und sowjetischem Abstimmungsverhalten in der UN gibt er einen Überblick über Themen, bei denen Rumänien kontrovers zur UdSSR gestanden hat (Abrüstung, Afghanistan, Kambotscha, Israel, Golfkrieg). Abschließend erläutert der Verfasser kurz die Affäre um den Direktor des Institutes der UN für Abrüstungsforschung (UNIDIR) Liviu Bota. (BIOst-Jhn)

Karl Marx and the United States is a subject which immediately elicits interest, but also surprise. Interest, because of its contemporary importance; surprise, because Marx and America have appeared so remote from one another. Marx has definitely influenced America, but that will not be the theme of this essay —instead, we will concern ourselves with the role of America in the thought of Marx. The magnitude of this role is illustrated by a statement made in Marx's letter to Abraham Lincoln, written in 1864 on behalf of the International Workingmen's Association:The workingmen of Europe feel sure that as the American war of independence initiated a new era of the ascendency of the middle-class, so the American Anti-slavery war will do for the working-class.

The Jewish legend of the golem is often considered the prototype as the "original" superhero (influencing the creation of Superman and other characters). During the 1970s Marvel Comics used the golem legend to create their own unique brand of "monster" superhero. This essay describes the various ways Marvel has used the golem motif in its sequential art stories. First appearing in the pages of Strange Tales , this golem differed from the original stories of Rabbi Loew's supernatural savior. The character really did not resonate with the comic book-buying public, lasting only three issues and one guest appearance. Yet the concept of the golem was too powerful a metaphor to be discarded. Marvel Comics brought back another type of golem for their Invaders World War II series. The creators (specifically writer Roy Thomas) tried to answer the question, what if a golem had been there to protect Jews during the Holocaust? This golem was a man/ clay hybrid who was also a Rabbi.