SW to go into shops
Doopa | 12.02.2002 01:45
The leading left-wing (Trot) newspaper the Socialist Worker is to go on sale in leading brand name newsagents such as WH Smiths and of course into Student Unions. Don't be afraid.
Text from SW this week. Don't know why I bother reading the damn thing.
Socialist Worker to appear in your newsagent next week
SOCIALIST WORKER will be available to a new-and its biggest ever-audience in newsagents across Britain from next week. Major newspaper distributors have recognised the growing mood for left wing ideas after two successful pilot projects, and will distribute Socialist Worker nationally.
Readers will now be able to get or order Socialist Worker from their local newsagents. It will also be available in many WH Smith high street stores and student unions.
In order to meet this challenge, increase the quality of Socialist Worker and continue to bring you the best reports and pictures, we are raising the price to 80p from next week. This is the first price rise since 1994-eight years ago.
What does increase the quality mean? Where is the extra cash going- the fighting funds or into the hands of the fat cat bosses of WH Smith and the other "leading high stores" (multinationals). How does this corporatisation of the paper affect the journalistic integrity.
Oh, I can just see the posts now. Anarchists gleefully rubbing their hands before furiously typing into the computer in public libraris (naturally) all over the country. he he he.
Can't really see a gleaming endorsement of this from rank and file Swissers though can u? Mmm.
I appreciate this may not seem like news to most people, but I think it is a question about where the movement in its umbrella form is going from now on. Is the SWP really trying to get into the mainstream of politics or is it fighting for the end of capitalism? For me the two are not the same.
Socialist Worker to appear in your newsagent next week
SOCIALIST WORKER will be available to a new-and its biggest ever-audience in newsagents across Britain from next week. Major newspaper distributors have recognised the growing mood for left wing ideas after two successful pilot projects, and will distribute Socialist Worker nationally.
Readers will now be able to get or order Socialist Worker from their local newsagents. It will also be available in many WH Smith high street stores and student unions.
In order to meet this challenge, increase the quality of Socialist Worker and continue to bring you the best reports and pictures, we are raising the price to 80p from next week. This is the first price rise since 1994-eight years ago.
What does increase the quality mean? Where is the extra cash going- the fighting funds or into the hands of the fat cat bosses of WH Smith and the other "leading high stores" (multinationals). How does this corporatisation of the paper affect the journalistic integrity.
Oh, I can just see the posts now. Anarchists gleefully rubbing their hands before furiously typing into the computer in public libraris (naturally) all over the country. he he he.
Can't really see a gleaming endorsement of this from rank and file Swissers though can u? Mmm.
I appreciate this may not seem like news to most people, but I think it is a question about where the movement in its umbrella form is going from now on. Is the SWP really trying to get into the mainstream of politics or is it fighting for the end of capitalism? For me the two are not the same.
Doopa
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