Photo: LARRY HERMAN Registered with the CHT THE CORRIE VTI-ABORTION BILL NATIONA PRORITE CAMPAIGN Published by A FEW weeks ago we sent out a questionnaire to the paper's local groups of supporters. know how and where you sold the paper, what political use you made of it, whether you organised around it -and in general what you thought of it, politically, journalistically, stylisticall Mostly we're still waiting to find out. far, from groups in Middlesbrough, Preston, Swindon, Wolverhampton, York. There's emerges from them, but it may be a misleading one.
For Wolverhampton, Middlesbrough, students were a big part of their sales during the term. But for all five groups the bigger part of their sales were elsewhere.
Preston, for example, 25 copies each week in pubs, which no one else was doing on the same scale. Labour another source of sales.
Everyone agrees Challenge is a accessible paper than its predecessor, Red Weekly, and easier to sell.
But the five groups had criticisms of the relation between the paper's Editorial Board and the localities. What some realise less is that the resources that go Socialist more accessible paper and that are neeced toincrease haison between the Editorial Board and the depend on the money coming in.
All the comrades who've replied so far sol of tem their pel a routy. national average. Bút only Swindon Name.
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We've only had five replies so pattern which our York and problem fund-raising sells up to following meetings were Anon PJV that Socialist Coventry IMG more popular and S. Smith J. Lyst P. Atkin D. Power comrades. appear to W&L LP Supporters Challenge Anon Swindon IMG localities Week's total well above Cumulative total Abroad: Airmail, £16.50. Surface, £10 per annum. Multi-reader institutions: donble individual rate Ienclose a donation for the Fighting Fund of.. had organised regular fundraising activity — a bi-monthly social.
What emerges most sharply is that even groups which sell a good many papers only organise round the pape to a very limited extent. SC groups mainly limited to The potential of local Socialist Challenge groups to organise activity to build the paper, to develop new sales, to raise funds, to discuss round and send in articles about local events to the paper, doesn't seem to be being realised in practice.
VIew this is the same as those of sales and 1 ne replies to questionnaire show in their diverse way the things that can be done, the potential that is waiting to be tapped Our thanks this week to contributors our combined fund drive:
£10.00 30.00 20.00 2.00 Paul Philbert (Denmark) 1.00 5.00 Outer West London IMG Middlesbrough IMG Hemel Hempstead IMG 25:00 £182.90 £10,505.26 East End coffeet P.O. BOx . 82,
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