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Offers reflections on a late 1991 lecture on capitalization in the former USSR by Boris Kagarlitsky, a founder of the Russian Socialist party & deputy to the Moscow City council. Kagarlitsky's talk focused on the psychology of the current promarket, procapitalist attitude in the former USSR, an attitude that he claims is especially prevalent among intellectuals & journalists, & rooted in an image of communism offered by Nikita Khrushchev & in a superficial reading of developments in socialist societies. Kagarlitsky's thoughts on rising unemployment, Left opposition, & the progovernment press in Russia are also discussed, & extensive quotes from his lecture are offered. W. Howard

In this third (for part 1, see Socialism and Democracy, 1988, 7, fall-winter, 139-147; for part 2, see SA 37:5/89U9158) in a series of reviews of resources in German-speaking countries for studying socialism & labor movements, the addresses, contact persons, activities, aims, & publications of three institutions in Switzerland are described: the Swiss Social Archive, the special student library on the history of the Zurich labor movement in Zurich, & the Swiss union syndicate library & archive in Bern. The Bert Andras Collection at the Instit universitaire d'hautes etudes internationales in Geneva is also listed. M. Pflum

Two programs sponsored by the Research Group on Socialism & Democracy are summarized. (1) At the 2 Apr 1989 panel at the Socialist Scholars' Conference on "Teaching about Socialism in US Schools," panelists discussed problems in developing curricula on socialism at the pre-college level, recommending means of integrating socialist studies with existing & alternative curricula. (2) In her 6 Apr 1989 talk on "The Greater London Council: Grassroots Democracy under Threat," Hilary Wainwright described the responsibilities of the Greater London (England) Council, the political forces behind it, & its guiding principles for the future -- respect for political allies & the need for strong action against opponents. M. Pflum

The names, addresses, contact persons, activities & aims, & publications of five research institutes in Vienna, Austria, that focus especially on studies of socialism, communism, & the labor movement are presented. In addition, a Viennese museum devoted to popularization of research in occupations & economics is listed, along with its two branches outside Vienna. A. Waters