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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hang on a sec
12.02.2002 02:01
u think they're selling out? they're just trying to reach a bigger audience.
WH Smiths know exactly what kind of a paper the SW is. Clearly they seem to be happy about the idea of selling a radical communist revolutionary newspaper.
It's clearly not a case of selling out.
Although there are dangers - what if the SWP wants to slag of WH Smiths in particular.. there could be a problem there. In fact there probably will be.
And what if smiths merges with other companies - then they'll be untouchable as well.
hmm
ocalan III
Already sold out!
12.02.2002 08:19
These people sold out ages ago. Count up the designer labels proudly worn by most of their paper sellers - and find out how quickly they want to lecture you about global capitalism and worker expolitation in the developing world.
Citizen X
stop abusing indymedia
12.02.2002 10:03
get a life
media kid
Paper sellers redundant??!!
12.02.2002 10:21
an army of paper sellers every time we go to a demo or action?
We hope this will mean they will all go & do something useful...
Gnome
5 sold in Nottingham, 4 in Glasgow etc
12.02.2002 13:54
WH Smith, Arndale Centre 5
Menzies, Meadowhall, 3
Fourboys, St. Johns Centre 6
Love it!
I like the bit that tells us how many joined each week. Pity they never print the numbers who wise up and leave, but I expect we've all got an idea of how many when we meet them on demo's.
Ivor the Engine.
This is for once news re swp
12.02.2002 13:58
Pete
Good on them!!!
12.02.2002 16:19
THE WORKERS UNITED, GOTTA SELL MORE PAPERS.
@lex
Why I read the SW
12.02.2002 16:37
I also watch the tv and read some other newspapers while hating some of the institutions behind them.
Re the SW, it's a pretty amazing and inspiring publication gotten together. OK I filter out the propoganda, but the number of events and struggles they report on is brilliant, read it if only for a heads up for stories and campaigns to go and look for more info about elsewhere.
Maybe if they included URL references at the end of each story then the readers would be able to do some follow up themselves - then it would be a much better publication :)
NOT swp or gr
SWP Moron Ate my Paper
12.02.2002 17:23
"No,!" I cried in astonishment, "Who is he?"
" I Want you to read this or I'll hit you", barked the loser.
"But why?" I pleaded. "Havent I, as a friend of Old Boot [Ed: you mean Paul Foot, dont you ?] suffered enough over the years ?"
"Yes", he shrieked dismally " but I cant read a word of it. Vote Blair-bour without illusions. Or Socialist. I get Headaches. Seeing things and hearing voices."
By now the flames were rising higher. There erupted a baleful rasping howl..." Quick, Holmes, I cried. Its the damned hound ! cant you hear it in the distance" ? "
Yes, Watson, its almost upon us. Lets Take refuge in the SWP bookshop.
"No! Holmes! No, in gods name, not there! "
...next thrilling installment soon...
D Sposa Balincom
Quality of SW called into question.
12.02.2002 17:57
SW is not a revolutionary paper, it is an _alright_ left wing paper but still, it is never going to challange the establishment because the party that sells/produces it is so incapable of doing anything other than organising front groups and harrasing people on demos.
Simon
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My cat loves SW
12.02.2002 19:57
DSB
thanks for the advert!
13.02.2002 12:43
internationalist
Homepage:
http://www.socialistworker.co.uk