The emergence of workers' Self-Government Movement and the motivations behind its establishment.

The action programme of the Czechoslovak Communist Party. The author briefly describes the conditions under which the Czechoslovak party programme was drawn up in 1968, the trends inside the party (supporters of Novotny, the centre and the reformers) and the fate of the overthrown Czech experiment, then discusses the essence of the party programme itself.

Starting out from the various interpretation of poverty, (those with an income below the average, those living on or below the socially accepted minimum, and the lowest income category), the author presents interesting data on the present scale of poverty. He briefly analyses the causes of getting into the group of the poor, calls attention to the role played by the tax system, the lack of interest and the selling of companies to foreigners in the widening of poverty.