THERE SHE /S, IRON The Communist Party's position in the 1930s that Socialism was largely synonymous with planning and that the application of science for the benefit of the people had an important role in this context, struck a chord among working scientists. Well-known scientists, such Bernal and Haldane, were prominent supporters of this view. But Dy the 1950s and 19605 this movement had largely dwindled and the focus for those who remained had changed.
scientists, East and Pugwash anti-nuclear weapons conference, and in scicatific trade unionism (the Association of Scientific Workers later to Ex fused with ASTMS), Science and become epoliticiser ПЕЛС Vietnamese war, American capitalism was able to mobilise its scientists and tech sale and with l scale opposition. A large number of novo wompous were produce or obviousl repressive pur loses. The Honeywell Corpor tion, far one Nort means of overloading Vietnamese hospital facilities.
the plastic bomb, which breaks into thousands of pieces each to X-rays. Slowly throughout the the role of -1193761 enot in the Victosm war boes to produce a reaction among scientists and the working class DIDERERU One result was that graups of scicatists, reaching from liberals to Marxists, began to organise, BUT ONe OvEr On Singic Issues In Britain this process led to the Hot Social tea ponih Sociery Science, BSSRS (a name we were ABLE TO FIRE A POUND SHELL INTO AN ENEMY ENCAMPMENT AT A DISTANCE OF OVER TWENTY MILES strong and under the patronage -which the society was soon to of a string of eminent 230%. A science which had po aced handreds of repressiv harder to hold up as progressive. Not could it just be Eysencks claim that their work is While a new analysis capitaliain is clearly booded, no concensus has emerged among The CP, for instance, tends to see the problem as still mainly one of the mis-use of science hy capitalism. Others see the whol of present-day science and tech ology as completely penetrates ay capitalist ideology and prac Lice. BSSRS exists uncomfortably between these two extremes.
SOCIAL CONTROL BSSRS members agree, hon ever, that science and technolog nave particularly central roles contradictions bave scientific mercasmany wommases soc pro ductive skiled workers ond forge thood who remain to work at their pace. It is also inregral to various ICINA DE SHARE COCOL hed how be gide the dies. LICE We S cribed hoa are involved in Lhe oppression of wonca and an a general polls cal Jevel, moves towards trong state are being assisted b he development of technologie of political control, such as riot conrol cecnniques and banks.
We foel that it is crucial tbat the Left takes up these issues, An effective respobse is will always sacrifice the health of us worstorce lo ensure prouts but this is particularly so at a palliatives: che car defender, face Асси said to be mask There is only one satisfactory and construction of Lie broduc tion process by the workforce.
ASSRS has found an eager audience for its work in this area.
Information from our pampblets and from Hazards Bulletia has of straggles in industry and the There are many such fruitful areas of work on science, though the overall political dis This year the organised as a conference open to al on interested, It is taking pince in Losdon the November militants cake more seriously the important сгиста science and techoslogs. Working scientists are exampl Most of Saturday, 26 Novemher, working sessions pecific areas of political actio visionally chose include 1 hazards, agribusiness and of pelical na the and employment, computers and adical statistics data holding the considering the role an organisation should be playing in the radical scicoce movement and on the left possible:
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