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Presents information on the importance of El Salvador that represents a test for American liberals. View that the test is for U.S. President Ronald Reagan to show that it is politically correct to promote reforms that will deny the communists the internal support to help them; Report that land reform has been accompanied by tight banking and export controls which have prevented landowners from stripping the country of capital and equipment; Announcement that the U.S., with its long tradition of democratic change, recognizes and supports the need for democratic change in El Salvador; Fact that insurgency in El Salvador is dominated by Communists; Argument that the insurrection was not justified in the eyes of the church because it is not clear that the consequences of the establishment of a new government of a socialist type will be an improvement over the system which the current government is attempting to promote; Demand of El Salvador's junta for free elections; Statement that a liberal policy of modest military assistance, support for land reform, and support for free elections, matched by active restraint of the violent right-could help save El Salvador.

Focuses on the impact of the U.S. National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on the traditions of industrial democracy in the country. Structure and functions of the organization; Key officials of NLRB; Policies being followed by NLRB concerning industrial laborers; Ways in which NLRB processes can be exploited to deny workers' rights; Weakening of the responsible, democratic leadership of American labor; Appointment of anti-union officials to federal labor agencies.

Focuses on the proceedings of conferences of two political parties in Great Britain. Factional struggle that erupted during the election of a deputy leader in the Labour conference in Brighton; Information on the discussions during the conference; Disagreement between the left and moderates in the party; Discussion on the inability of the Labour Party to provide grounds of principle on which to make a stand against the corrosive criticism of the Western style mixed economy; Information on a conference of the Social Democratic Party; Information on topics of discussion in the conference; Discussion on the decaying popularity of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher because of her decision to bring about free economy; Assumption on the future of British politics.

Presents speech by the Deputy Director of the United States Information Agency, given before the Civitas Pan Americano, dealing with the issue of civic education. Qualities that attract private investors to a country; Role of education in shaping democracy in a society.

Presents an insight into the socio-political condition in Poland. Views of Poland's activist workers and farmers of the Communist government; Reference to the working of Solidarity, a trade union; Arguments against denationalizing industry in Poland; Opinion that the U.S. President Ronald Reagan's administration could be provoking an international polarization that could be dangerous for Poland; Discourse on the central importance of self-management of enterprises by the workers; Description of the condition of Polish workers and farmers.