When our Editorial Collective was formed it appeared from our backgrounds, the topic of the magazine, and the general good rapport of the group that most of us had come to the group more as "people" than as "scientists." Our expectations were that working for a political magazine might add to our own political...
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Each issue of Science for the People is prepared by a collective, assembled from volunteers by a committee made up of the collectives of the past calendar year. A collective carries out all editorial, production, and distribution functions for one issue. The following is a distillation of the actual practice of the...
Thus, the December-January issue. And just in time, too, for the upcoming AAAS meeting in Philadelphia. The task of preparing this issue was much complicated by a felt need for a reply to Richard Herrnstein's "I.Q.", to appear in this issue. We eventually ended up considering three such articles at once, an unusual...
In this issue of SftP several articles on the Chilean struggle have been collected together with reports of SESPA/SftP activities. While the fortunes of the Chilean people's struggles are very relevant to all people engaged in the same world-wide process, there is additional relevance to SESPA/SftP, since we see our...
While the last couple years have witnessed an apparent decline in political activism and a near stand-still within various segments of the movement, SESPA/SftP has remained quite healthy. Our organization has grown in numbers; but much more importantly, there has been a positive shift in its political orientation, a...
There are inspiring lessons in the Watergate phenomenon: one is, how fragile the legitimacy of Power is in America, such that when the sacred "electoral process" is briefly compromised in appearance, there is a flurry of cleansing behavior on the part of all concerned institutions, including both parties. Then, there...
In the middle room, the one where most meetings are held, the group is gathered. Posters cover the walls. Boxes of magazines are stacked at two sides, some on top of the bench, sharing it with a man and a woman. Other persons are seated opposite on the couch under the blackboard or at the table by the window. One lies...
In the past issues this space was used to mainly describe the articles appearing in the issue. There is, however, a more important idea which needs to be stated. It pertains not only to all issues of Science for the People but also to other magazines published by other radical friends. You and all people in struggle...
In the last issue of Science for the People mention was made of the political reevaluation going on in Boston and elsewhere. The Boston chapter report suggested that SESPA has suffered by failing to develop a clearer self- definition and political discussion of our goals. As one step forward we are beginning such a...
Attempts at doing people's science — a theme big enough to fill an entire issue-is explored in a challenge to SESPA members to take part in occupational health organizing, and in a description of a rat control project carried out by students at a community college in Philadelphia. The articles approach the same issue...