Would you write for a monthly marxist paper for free.

[RED ARMY FACTION]

For a few months i have been toying with the idea of creating a paper, whci would be made up of world news, poetry, literature reviews, write ins with some of the papers writers answering readers questions, and marxist contributors writing articles and such things.
All the money made would go towards things like palestinian aid charities, help africa, childrens organisations, BTW i am not a moron and know the paper would not generate alot of money, but every little helps and i myself like writing and i am sure many of the comrades on here, who are much wiser than me do aswell.

Would any of you like to contribute to the paper by writing on any number of topics, let me know if you would.
This may yet still be a pipe dream so it may not happen, but i hope this does not curb your enthusiasm.
Thanks comrades

[Pirate turtle the 11th]

Yes. But please dont fill it with tanky love.

[RED ARMY FACTION]

PM me if you are sur you would like to help, state what you would like to write on for the paper.

[RED ARMY FACTION]

was that an insult:(

[Pirate turtle the 11th]

No that wasnt an insult and il discuss it with you next week when I have alot of time on my hands.

[RED ARMY FACTION]

ok comrade:)

[Muzk]

i can do the toilet humor section

[Olerud]

An online paper ? If so I am a little interested, not sure what I could contribute. Film review ? :)

[RED ARMY FACTION]

An online paper ? If so I am a little interested, not sure what I could contribute. Film review ? :)
people want to hear about the Badder Meinhoff complex:)

[scarletghoul]

Pretty cool idea.
One thing though, I think it would be better not to spend the money on charity, but to invest it in improving the paper and maybe expanding into other cultural/propaganda projects (the left desperately needs to step up its propaganda). Thats just my opinion though
But yeah its a cool sounding idea and I wouldnt mind helping out

[Olerud]

people want to hear about the Badder Meinhoff complex:)

Yeah I've just looked it up. I guess that's where your love for the RAF comes from ? :rolleyes:

[RED ARMY FACTION]

no, i have not seen it yet, my love comes from ulrike and gudrun

[RED ARMY FACTION]

i do not like Andreas though, he was a prick who just wanted to destroy things, he did not care what came out of the carnage, in my humble opinion.

[Olerud]

no, i have not seen it yet, my love comes from ulrike and gudrun
I don't really know much about the RAF (I do support urban warfare though). I was thinking we could maybe do a Rev Left paper with people from all tendencies where people write articles and then they're voted in ? Just an idea

[scarletghoul]

That's a cool idea too.

[RED ARMY FACTION]

yeah thats what i was thinking, everyone on the left can have their say, maoists, trots no single angle for the paper

[Q]

For a few months i have been toying with the idea of creating a paper, whci would be made up of world news, poetry, literature reviews, write ins with some of the papers writers answering readers questions, and marxist contributors writing articles and such things.
Sounds cool.

All the money made would go towards things like palestinian aid charities, help africa, childrens organisations, BTW i am not a moron and know the paper would not generate alot of money, but every little helps and i myself like writing and i am sure many of the comrades on here, who are much wiser than me do aswell.
Expect negative figures.


Would any of you like to contribute to the paper by writing on any number of topics, let me know if you would.
This may yet still be a pipe dream so it may not happen, but i hope this does not curb your enthusiasm.
Thanks comrades
Well it sounds a little vague still. What kind of setup for the paper do you have in mind? Is it going to be a propaganda piece (aka: an "agitation rag"), if so, what kind of propaganda exactly? (I don't to affiliate myself with a paper that defends the RAF and terrorist tactics). Or perhaps more of an open platform (aka: a "gossip rag") for discussion and debate and create clarity on ideas? How is this going to be financed?

[proudcomrade]

For a few months i have been toying with the idea of creating a paper, whci would be made up of world news, poetry, literature reviews, write ins with some of the papers writers answering readers questions, and marxist contributors writing articles and such things.
All the money made would go towards things like palestinian aid charities, help africa, childrens organisations, BTW i am not a moron and know the paper would not generate alot of money, but every little helps and i myself like writing and i am sure many of the comrades on here, who are much wiser than me do aswell.

Would any of you like to contribute to the paper by writing on any number of topics, let me know if you would.
This may yet still be a pipe dream so it may not happen, but i hope this does not curb your enthusiasm.
Thanks comrades


Hi- I think that this is a very good idea. You are right; every little bit does help. I would be willing to write about the US and Cuba, if you are interested. If not, good luck in your new project anyway.

[RED ARMY FACTION]

i was thinking rather than have a marxist leninist slant, or a maoist slant, or a trotskyite slant, we will have articles by all of these groups, letting the reader deciede what is right for him.
After all even though we are all split on some subjects, we still want the demise of capitalism, so we must all strive to be friends.

[RED ARMY FACTION]

i would like that comrade, everyone send me a pm if they want to take part and what they would like to write about as their subject matter
cheers comrades

[Q]

On an unrelated note: could you post more in one post instead of creating a new post for every new response you have? It reads a lot better.

[RED ARMY FACTION]

yes of course, sorry

[A.R.Amistad]

For a few months i have been toying with the idea of creating a paper, whci would be made up of world news, poetry, literature reviews, write ins with some of the papers writers answering readers questions, and marxist contributors writing articles and such things.
All the money made would go towards things like palestinian aid charities, help africa, childrens organisations, BTW i am not a moron and know the paper would not generate alot of money, but every little helps and i myself like writing and i am sure many of the comrades on here, who are much wiser than me do aswell.

Would any of you like to contribute to the paper by writing on any number of topics, let me know if you would.
This may yet still be a pipe dream so it may not happen, but i hope this does not curb your enthusiasm.
Thanks comrades

I write for several Marxist and leftwing papers as well as some apolitical ones. I can do editorials, reporting, theory, etc. At my school I write socially conscious (with a left slant) music reviews, mainly sticking in the Heavy Metal realm if you wanted some cultural input on the paper. I write all sorts of things, fiction and non fiction, with a revolutionary slant and am always glad to contribute.

[Q]

With the risk of creating a shitstorm, I would like to suggest the Weekly Worker (http://www.cpgb.org.uk/) as an example of an open platform type of paper. This is why (http://www.revleft.com/vb/blog.php?b=545).

[Spawn of Stalin]

I would quite happily write for a Communist paper for free, if you'd be interested in running articles on demonised states like DPRK, Libya, Iran, etc. I will gladly contribute some pieces.

[scarletghoul]

Why not create a usergroup, where we can all discuss this in detail

[proudcomrade]

Another thing that you could do is have the homeless sell it for a small price, to help them buy the small things that the shelters do not usually give them adequately. NYC has a few groups that do this, and it can really make a difference in the winter. Also helps them keep warm, fit, and a little bit better protected from total depression.

[Olerud]

It seems like there's enough support for it on the forum.

[Q]

It seems like there's enough support for it on the forum.
Until we talk about the issue of money.
- How much will it cost to produce it?
- For how much will we sell it?
- How is it going to be distributed?
- Not unimportant: What languages are we going to produce it in? (if it is English-only, I can't sell it in the Netherlands).

Etc.

[Olerud]

How much will it cost to produce it?

It should be done online, all you need to do is buy hosting.

[Q]

It should be done online, all you need to do is buy hosting.
Well, that's another take on it. I figured this was about an actual printed issue that you sell on the streets and I don't think I was the only one in thinking that.

[RED ARMY FACTION]

yeah i was thinking printed, but online may work, allthough how would it generate cash

[scarletghoul]

Ads. But there's already a kaziljion online leftist 'papers' and blogs and stuff. It wouldn't be worth making another one
Maybe post some articles online too, but i think its best to make a real life physical paper that people can pick up and read, as most people will not bother with some random communist news site

[RED ARMY FACTION]

i will be back to discuss in 1 hour comrades

[Q]

as most people will not bother with some random communist news site
What about the Communist News Network? :D

[Spawn of Stalin]

A web paper is a nice idea and easy enough to set up, I know quite a bit about that kind of stuff and I'm sure many other Comrades here do as well, so that can happen no problems. I don't see any harm in starting out on the web and then if it goes well enough we could do a trial run of a printed edition, even if it is only in a few regions.

[Olerud]

A web paper is a nice idea and easy enough to set up, I know quite a bit about that kind of stuff and I'm sure many other Comrades here do as well, so that can happen no problems. I don't see any harm in starting out on the web and then if it goes well enough we could do a trial run of a printed edition, even if it is only in a few regions.

i concur.

[Spawn of Stalin]

The thing is, if we put in half the effort we make posting here, we could probably generate enough content to run a new article on the web every one or two days, take the best content of the month (decided democratically, of course) and print it up as a four page paper, print two sides of A3 for less than 10p and you've got yourself a small Communist paper.

Like scarletghoul said, we should make a usergroup to discuss further.

[Olerud]

I would form a group on here but I don't know what to call it.

[communard resolution]

I like the OP's idea to have a paper that offers a platform to a broad variety of left positions. I'm not aware of any paper anywhere in world that does this.

As this thread progresses, I'm sure some people will find a million reasons why this is not a good idea. But don't let them discourage you - this could be a really original project.

Inspired by the fact that the OP has the RAF as their avatar and other posters had a problem with urban warfare, I just had this little idea: why not decide upon a (relatively vague) lead topic for every issue, say "terrorism", and then everybody can contribute a piece somehow related to the subject - in this case e.g. on the Narodniks in Tsarist Russia, the Red Army Faction in West Germany, Islamic Terrorism, and so on...

This way, every issue might turn out to be a really interesting collection of left-wing writings about roughly related issues, from very different perspectives.

[Spawn of Stalin]

I would form a group on here but I don't know what to call it.
Usergroup is here (http://www.revleft.com/vb/group.php?groupid=262), we can change the name as necessary. Join!

[RED ARMY FACTION]

Everyone contributing add each other as friend, makes things easier comrades.

[chegitz guevara]

Yes. But please dont fill it with tanky love.

But, I love my tanks. :(

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3158/2929570135_4b71fa25e6.jpg

[Olerud]

Keeping the topic alive :)

[RED ARMY FACTION]

lol

[redmarxist90]

hi i would like to contribute to the paper. I am a member of the user group also

[comrade_jess_92]

I think this paper would be good if it covered lots of different things. Political books and films would be interesting to write about because people would be able to relate to it. I've recently finished a project on the pragmatics and ideology of marxism and after doing that i think it would be pretty interesting to write something about marx

[farleft]

I am interested, I asked to join user group today.

[Devrim]

Would you write for a monthly marxist paper for free?

I already do, and I imagine that many people who post here do also.

It should also be remembered that the vast majority of left wing papers run at a loss. In our organisation, the ICC, the Turkish one is the only one that doesn't.

Devrim

[farleft]

Yeah that's very true. It would be best from a financial point of view stick to online paper and only print on request or something similar.

Possibly produce only a very small number of printed copies to keep losses down.

[Devrim]

Possibly produce only a very small number of printed copies to keep losses down.

The thing about printing is that the unit cost goes down the more you print, so printing very few copies would be very expensive.

Devrim

[farleft]

The thing about printing is that the unit cost goes down the more you print, so printing very few copies would be very expensive.

Devrim

Yes of course, but the actual cost is higher and in many cases when ordering more to get the per unit cost down it's harder to shift so many copies.

[Communist]

Does the Left really need a paper run by a non-leftist?

If any of you belong to political parties I'm certain that if you possess even adequate writing skills you could write for their paper at least once in a while. And / or write here on RevLeft using the blog function in addition to the regular boards.

[Orange Juche]

Would any of you like to contribute to the paper by writing on any number of topics, let me know if you would

If I could write from a council communist perspective, then sure, sounds awesome!

[Spawn of Stalin]

All leftists are welcome, Comrade. Join the usergroup!

[Raúl Duke]

Would you write for a monthly marxist paper for free.

potentially no...at least especially not if I didn't have a secure job.
And also due to I would probably prefer to publish things on Indymedia since it probably gets more views.

[Wanted Man]

Would you write for a monthly marxist paper for free.
I already do, too.

I don't see the point, to be honest. How come some newbie on Revleft (possibly a troll) manages to inspire 20 people to volunteer for something like this? Lord knows, it's not like Britain lacks monthly (or more regular) marxist papers. :rolleyes: To be fair, many of them are probably shit, but I can't see any indication that this one would be better.

Maybe people feel that they are "making a difference" by working on yet another website with "marxist film reviews" and "an open platform for political articles from all left tendencies" that nobody has ever heard of. In that case, it is pure masturbation, and people would be better off at some of the more appropriate websites for that kind of thing.

If you have any journalist talent, do something useful with it!