Newspaper spreading

[The-Spark]

Right now im distributing a communist newspaper, yet im having trouble ofcourse, maybe im not doing it right, so im going to ask for advice from the more expierenced here.

Right now ive just been walking down, or standing in the park, asking if the want a copy, most say no, some say why not, or some take one look and say no. Though many have asked if i was russian <_<

What are some succesful ways of distributing communist newspapers?

[Saint Street Revolution]

Originally posted by The&#045;[email protected] 04, 2007 01:09 am
Right now im distributing a communist newspaper, yet im having trouble ofcourse, maybe im not doing it right, so im going to ask for advice from the more expierenced here.

Right now ive just been walking down, or standing in the park, asking if the want a copy, most say no, some say why not, or some take one look and say no. Though many have asked if i was russian <_<

What are some succesful ways of distributing communist newspapers?
You are doing just right, actually. It&#39;s something you&#39;ll have to accept, when most people don&#39;t want it. If it&#39;s an actual big newspaper, I wouldn&#39;t advise it. Perhaps I simple leaflet including Why Communism is Good and Why Capitalism is Bad, how Communism really works, disprove common stereotypes (for example, "Stalin is usually opposed in the Communist community, and is definitely not a leading individual in most Communists&#39; ideas"), and all that.

Basically a little Manifesto to spread a real view of Communism, rather than popular misconception by the public.

[Saint Street Revolution]

Also, if you want to make a "newspaper" that has events in Communist society and issues that interest Communists, I suggest internet blogging. I see you have a blog in your signature. Keep that up, and provide poltiical info within it that you would include in the newspaper. A small leaflet is much better for the public.

[The-Spark]

I dont control what the newspaper says though i do agree with what it does say. Yet, i would definatly out the article "Socialisation of Society" by Rosa Luxemburg, i think its one of those articles that clears things up on what socialism really is.

Maybe a version of the communist manifesto with more simple wording, so more people would read and understand with out getting a cramp cuz they keep pulling a dictionary out.

Hell maybe even a "communists critique" of whats happening in the world.

Maybe i should make opinions for the paper..

[Saint Street Revolution]

Originally posted by The&#045;[email protected] 04, 2007 01:34 am
I dont control what the newspaper says though i do agree with what it does say. Yet, i would definatly out the article "Socialisation of Society" by Rosa Luxemburg, i think its one of those articles that clears things up on what socialism really is.

Maybe a version of the communist manifesto with more simple wording, so more people would read and understand with out getting a cramp cuz they keep pulling a dictionary out.

Hell maybe even a "communists critique" of whats happening in the world.

Maybe i should make opinions for the paper..
Ah, it&#39;s not your paper. Then keep doing as you do, gonna have to accept most normal people don&#39;t want a Commie paper.

[bezdomni]

What paper is it? Maybe it sucks and people don&#39;t want to read it.

What is the key demographic of people who you are trying to sell it to? Proletarians? Angsty petty bourgeois teens? Businessmen?

Are you putting it forward in a way that people can get excited about? Do *you* make it interesting?

[The-Spark]

Originally posted by [email protected] 04, 2007 05:34 am
What paper is it? Maybe it sucks and people don&#39;t want to read it.

What is the key demographic of people who you are trying to sell it to? Proletarians? Angsty petty bourgeois teens? Businessmen?

Are you putting it forward in a way that people can get excited about? Do *you* make it interesting?
The paper is free, not doing it to make profit, and im giving it to anyone who would take it. How can i make it intresting? Id love people to get excited but im not sure how, tips please :)

And the paper is the "Red Flag"

[Comrade Rage]

Libraries are usually good places for leftist papers.

Some non-sectarian infoshops may make for good dropoffs as well.

[Rawthentic]

Maybe you should just approach them and tell them you are distributing a newspaper, tell them the main story, and see where it goes from there.

[bezdomni]

Originally posted by The&#045;Spark+September 05, 2007 05:53 pm--> (The-Spark @ September 05, 2007 05:53 pm)
[email protected] 04, 2007 05:34 am
What paper is it? Maybe it sucks and people don&#39;t want to read it.

What is the key demographic of people who you are trying to sell it to? Proletarians? Angsty petty bourgeois teens? Businessmen?

Are you putting it forward in a way that people can get excited about? Do *you* make it interesting?
The paper is free, not doing it to make profit, and im giving it to anyone who would take it. How can i make it intresting? Id love people to get excited but im not sure how, tips please :)

And the paper is the "Red Flag" [/b]
"Red Flag"? I have never heard of it. Is it associated with a political party or tendency?

Does it give analysis that one cannot get anywhere else?

Also, on the question of selling a paper vs. giving it away for free - it is usually better politically to sell a paper for two main reasons:
1) When the person buys a revolutionary newspaper, they are saying that they need the paper&#39;s analysis and that they support the line of the paper.
2) They have invested their money into it, making them more likely to read it than throw it away on the next corner.

It&#39;s not a matter of "for profit"...it&#39;s a matter of aligning the masses with revolutionary communism.

[blackstone]

Originally posted by SovietPants+September 06, 2007 03:36 am--> (SovietPants @ September 06, 2007 03:36 am)
Originally posted by The&#045;[email protected] 05, 2007 05:53 pm

[email protected] 04, 2007 05:34 am
What paper is it? Maybe it sucks and people don&#39;t want to read it.

What is the key demographic of people who you are trying to sell it to? Proletarians? Angsty petty bourgeois teens? Businessmen?

Are you putting it forward in a way that people can get excited about? Do *you* make it interesting?
The paper is free, not doing it to make profit, and im giving it to anyone who would take it. How can i make it intresting? Id love people to get excited but im not sure how, tips please :)

And the paper is the "Red Flag"
"Red Flag"? I have never heard of it. Is it associated with a political party or tendency?

Does it give analysis that one cannot get anywhere else?

Also, on the question of selling a paper vs. giving it away for free - it is usually better politically to sell a paper for two main reasons:
1) When the person buys a revolutionary newspaper, they are saying that they need the paper&#39;s analysis and that they support the line of the paper.
2) They have invested their money into it, making them more likely to read it than throw it away on the next corner.

It&#39;s not a matter of "for profit"...it&#39;s a matter of aligning the masses with revolutionary communism. [/b]
I actually agree with this idea. Things people are given free, they don&#39;t tend to read in most cases. However, if someone has to pay for a paper, they feel obligated to at least look over it.

As strange as that sounds, it&#39;s how things usually play out.

So, my advice is too charge 50 cents for the paper.

Let us know how this tactic goes. :star:

[Everyday Anarchy]

Originally posted by SovietPants+September 05, 2007 09:36 pm--> (SovietPants @ September 05, 2007 09:36 pm)
Originally posted by The&#045;[email protected] 05, 2007 05:53 pm

[email protected] 04, 2007 05:34 am
What paper is it? Maybe it sucks and people don&#39;t want to read it.

What is the key demographic of people who you are trying to sell it to? Proletarians? Angsty petty bourgeois teens? Businessmen?

Are you putting it forward in a way that people can get excited about? Do *you* make it interesting?
The paper is free, not doing it to make profit, and im giving it to anyone who would take it. How can i make it intresting? Id love people to get excited but im not sure how, tips please :)

And the paper is the "Red Flag"
"Red Flag"? I have never heard of it. Is it associated with a political party or tendency?

Does it give analysis that one cannot get anywhere else?

Also, on the question of selling a paper vs. giving it away for free - it is usually better politically to sell a paper for two main reasons:
1) When the person buys a revolutionary newspaper, they are saying that they need the paper&#39;s analysis and that they support the line of the paper.
2) They have invested their money into it, making them more likely to read it than throw it away on the next corner.

It&#39;s not a matter of "for profit"...it&#39;s a matter of aligning the masses with revolutionary communism. [/b]
But more people will accept a free paper than pay for a paper they know nothing about. While the few that may actually buy the paper are most likely to read it, I think the odds are better by getting it into many people&#39;s hands by giving it away for free.

You could do what my friends and I have done with CrimethInc&#39;s Fighting For Our Lives, we get the big bulk orders and drop stacks off in gas stations, libraries, post offices, etc. Also, we&#39;ve done things like rolling them up and tucking them neatly into the pop machine dispensers or in the handles of corporate news dispensers. Another tactic we&#39;ve used once is placing them in those &#39;Free&#39; newspaper dispensers that usually have automobile catalogs in them. We just throw our stack in next to the auto catalogs.