resurgence January —February 1978 Volume 8 No. 6 (issue 66)

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Resurgence is a voice o f new civilisation, it is a journal o f new politics, concerned with small nations, small communities, decentralisation and ethnic cultures. It is a philosophical, ecological and spiritual forum.

Editor Satish Kumar Editorial Group June Mitchell, Rick Plewes, Jane Roberts, John Seymour, John West Associate Editors Ernest Bader, Danilo Dolci, David Kingsley, Leopold Kohr, Jaya Prakash Narayan, John Papworth. Layout Amy &Colin Tiffany Cover Peter Cole Many thanks to all those who helped with this issue, especially: Betty Carey, Reg Dyer, Timothy Hyman, Eiry and Tony Ladd-Lewis, Steve Lambert, Paka, Peggy, Ailsa and Ian Richardson, Ann Shrosbree. Printer Graham Andrews, Web Offset, Reading. Annual Subscription For individual subscribers UK £3.50 Overseas $10, Air $15. For libraries and other institutions: UK £5. Overseas $15, Air $20. I J

Journal of the Fourth World

CONTENTS

M erlin's Prophecies 1978 2 Geoffrey Ashe Solution for South Africa 5 P rester John

Button Rule 6 Rick Plewes Appropriate Technology 10 Leopold Kohr The Road to Self Sufficiency 14 John Seymour

P rogress - Civilisation 15 How I Beat the System 16 John Anthony West Common Ownership Works 19 Charles M. Davey

Parallel Cultures Group 21 Michael Reid So My Father Sold the Cow 22 Howard Kohn

Iona Community 27 George Macleod Journey to the West 28 Satish Kumar 192 A. S. S. Awards 30 Science Correspondent

BUMPER BOOKS 32 Guy Dauncey, Geoffrey Ostergaard, Geoffrey Heptonstall, Antony Brackenbury,

James Donald Whittal, John Papworth,

Tony Roberts, Robert Waller, A„P. Henderson,Brian John, Satish Kumar,

Debbie Day, Chris Day.

People have often commented that R esurgence is full of opinion, full of theory, full of philosophy and there is little of practical interest. My answer has been that there a re a number of magazines devoted to practical m a tte rs . The scope of Resurgence is not how to do but why to do. Nevertheless we have given over a large section of this issue to the p e r so nal experiences of some of those who have stood out against the mainstream. And we would like to publish more a r tic le s of how people have made their own alternatives in their lives and work.

Satish Kumar