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Critical of organized American pacifism for defending liberation theology and allegedly supporting Marxist-Leninist regimes that have come to power through violence; based on his book, "Peace and revolution."

West Germany's Office for the Protection of the Constitution, which publishes a yearly report on subversive groups; constitutional questions.

TODAY THE UNITED STATES MAY BE THE ONLY NATION IN THE WORLD WITHOUT ANY MEANINGFUL DEFENSE AGAINST THE PUBLICATION OF CLASSIFIED DEFENSE INFORMATION. BUT AN UNRESTRICTED RIGHT TO DISSEMINATE NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION IS NOT ESSENTIAL FOR A FREE PEOPLE AND INDEED MAY THREATEN THE VERY SURVIVAL OF THAT SOCIETY. CURRENTLY THERE ARE ONLY LAWS AGAINST CLASSICAL ESPIONAGE, AND THOSE GOVERNING THE DISCLOSURE OF CLASSIFIED INFORMATION BY PRESENT OR FORMER GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES.

The argument of radical social scientists that higher education supports the status quo is not supported by the facts. Coll teachers are more liberal than the population at large; the academy today holds a sizable community of Marxists & other radicals who deliberately engage in political proselytizing. The arguments that all teaching is indoctrination & that everyone is equally biased are false on both theoretical & factual grounds. Complete objectivity is impossible, but the scholar should strive for it. Radical academics who insist on using the classroom for the education of revolutionaries may have to be disqualified. Memories of McCarthyism in the 1950s should not be allowed to paralyze efforts to protect the probity of education in the 1980s. Failure to do so may undermine democratic values & institutions. AA.

In the summer of 1979 the Division of Education Programs of the National Endowment for the Humanities sponsored an institute on "War and Morality" at the University of Massachusetts/ Amherst. The institute was attended by 20 college teachers, including nine political scientists, all of whom have since developed courses on "War and Morality" or added material relating to this subject to existing courses on their own campuses. The following essay is a report on the 1979 summer institute and its local follow-up.When in 1949 the United Nations International Law Commission was asked to codify the law dealing with the methods and means of warfare it declined the task for the reason that "war having been outlawed, the regulation of its conduct has ceased to be relevant".