Editorial: • T?ian-an men (Marc Nerfín)..... Local space: • Women and books in Africa: A question of survival? (Micere G. Mugo)... • Local self-reliance in Palestine (PARC)... • Violence dans les Andes: Causes el alternatives (Dominique Temple)..... Espacio nacional: • Perú: Estado, crisis y autogestión (W.J. Moreno y G. J. Ochoa)..... Espace regional: • La maison commune Europe (Sumir Amin)..... Global space: • People, pests and pesticides (Anwar Fazal)... • La dette, oui, mais ses causes? (Ahmed Ben Salah)..... Interactions: • Avoiding awkward answers by not asking the questions (Anne Buchanan)..... News from the third system: • Third World Organization for Women in Science... • Nicaragua: Citizens? groups act on ecology... • An International Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture... • India: Chitrabani... • Mexico: SEDAC... • India: Institute for Integrated Rural Development... • Ecuador: CIRE... • Norway: The Alternative Future Project... • France: La Cimade ou 50 ans de solidarité..... Letters/lettres/cartes..... Sources/fuentes