GOOD READING

Where does the anti nuclear movement get its lavish funds? Where did Mobilization for Survival come from? Is the American Friends' Service Committee really "a corporate expression of Quaker faith?" These and many other points are answered in a unique contribution by the Hon. L. McDonald (DGa) in the Congressional Record of 16 May 197S, pp. E 2589 E 2596, (At most public libraries.)

William Tucker, author of Environmentalism and the Leisure Class is back in the August issue of Harpers with a 15 page center supplement Of Mites and Men, which is just as superb as his earlier piece. This time Tucker reports on the anti-environmentalism of the environmentalists in the field of biological and chemical insect control.

The Skeptical Inquirer (formerly The Zetetic) is a highly readable journal devoted to examining the claims of the paranormal, so far always turning out to be pseudo scientific nonsense. The editorial board comprises not only many eminent scientists, but also people with special skills: "psychics" like Uri Geller may fool physics PhD's at Stanford Research Institute, but not James Randi, who is a professional magician. Semiannually, $10 year from Box 5, Buffalo, NY 14226.

Sakrast med Karnkraft was published two months ago in Stockholm. If your Swedish is a little rusty, try the English original, The Health Hazards of NOT Going Nuclear ($5.95 softb., $10.95 hardb., Golem Press, Box 1342, Boulder, CO 80306; 10% and 20q1o off, resp., for AtE subscribers). The book is now out in Danish and Swedish; contracts have been signed for German, French and Italian editions.

" Different Drummer" no.4 ( What attracts intellectuals to socialism?) has been a surprising success in a single month, mainly due to the interest of AtE readers. Now "Different Drummer" no.5 is out: Feedback and Stability in Science and Society by P.Beckmann explains the feedback mechanisms in engineering, biology and society, the principle of automatic regulation in capitalism, and the open loop regulation in socialism. 16pp., reg. $2 each, AtE subscribers $1. 50 each From Golem Press as above.