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Niche Identified in Left-Wing Publications Market

Extracted from The Chaser

A marxist-feminist activist has discovered a gaping hole in the lucrative left-wing publications market.

 
 

The Chaser

Ms Sharon Smith, 22, of Glebe, is a regular reader of left wing publications. She said she thought there was still room in the market for another Marxist-Leninist newspaper that didn't "sell out as much."

The newspaper would be less Trotskyist than the Socialist Alternative, less Maoist than the Green Left Weekly, less militant than the Socialist Worker, less Stalinist than the CPA Miltant but more Marxist-Leninist than Vanguard.

Like all left-wing newspapers, the new publication would still be pitched at middle-class university students and represent itself as being the only way of understanding the world.

Ms Smith said that she didn't feel existing left-wing newspapers indulged enough in scathing critiques of other left-wing newspapers. "Ideally, the new newspaper will engage almost exclusively in esoteric internal debate on semantic points of Marx-Leninist theory," she said. "I'm surprised anyone bothers reading the Green Left Weekly in light of their Stalinist application of Stagist theory. It's a total sellout."


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*  Interview: The Man from Manusafe
Manusafe chief Andrew Whiley explains why employers have nothing to fear from the entitlements trust fund.
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*  E-Change: 2.4 The Skeptic�s Response
In this round-table discussion, Noel Hester leads the charge against the argument that globalisation and change are inevitable.
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*  Politics: No Hand Idle
Whitlam Institute director Peter Botsman finds much to agree with in John Howard's social coalition for welfare delivery.
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*  Unions: Slavery and Struggle
A battle with all the elements of the infamous waterfront dispute is being played out in Charleston, South Carolina:
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*  International: Postcard from Santiago
The CFMEU's Phil Davey meets up with Communist Party cadres in Chile who led the underground resistance to Pinochet.
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*  History: Race and Australian Labour.
Australian unionists have long been questioning notions of a �White Australia�, even before the colonies united with it as the central feature.
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*  Economics: Global Regulation
Public sector unions from around the globe are taking the first steps to work internationally against the deregulation agenda.
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*  Satire: Niche Identified in Left-Wing Publications Market
A marxist-feminist activist has discovered a gaping hole in the lucrative left-wing publications market.
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*  Review: The Fight for Equal Pay
In this extract from her new book, Zelda D'Aprano looks at the contribution Kath Williams made to the struggle for equality.
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