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Grassroots Media in Europe (405)

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ROW Bulletin (1977/8?-?)

Location

London
United Kingdom
51° 30' 0.5472" N, 0° 7' 34.4496" W

"Set up in Oct.Nov '77/8 [?] - to act as newsletter for ROW (Rights of women) members, forum for discussion on women and the law. Bi-monthly publication, circulation 4-500 copies. Sold via subs, at meetings, to all ROW members incl. men. Subs plus occassional fund raising pay for the n/l. About 4-5 women work on the Bulletin, and one of them is a paid 4 day week worker. The N/L is interested in dealing with the intersection of feminism and legal concerns. Most of the content is supplied by ROW workers, and occasionally they pick out buts of news about legal cases etc.

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Women's Research and Resources Centre Newsletter (1975-?)

Location

London
United Kingdom
51° 30' 0.5472" N, 0° 7' 34.4496" W

"Set up in '75 to inform members of publications, meetings, and research. Bi-monthly n/l, circulation 1,000. Distributed by subs to men as well. Costs: ₤100 for one issue, self financing. 2 women work on the paper part time, and the collective is open to all women subscribers. The collective is unpaid, but only the paid workers do the N/L. The n/l is for all those interested in feminist research, and informs people of research, publications, and puts researchers in touch with each other. Editorial policy: so long as its feminist and relevant, they will print it, and they occassionally accept entries from men e.g. relevant book review.

- Information from the "Directory of Women's Liberation Newletters, Magazines, Journals...", by Dena and Shaila (York, UK), c.1978

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Women's Studies Newsletter (1977-?)

Location

Stourbridge
United Kingdom
52° 27' 19.9512" N, 2° 8' 35.6388" W

"Set up in April '77, when it was made clear that there was demand to know more about women's studies, work in progress, ideas for the future. Circulation: 1,000-1,250. Distribution: subs, sold at few bookshops, through the Worker's Educational Association, meetings, etc. Available to men. Costs: ₤80 for an average issue. Not self-financing- get a grant from the EOC, donations, subs etc. Only 2 women do most of the production of the n/l, and it takes about 240 hours approx. for one issue. One full time unpaid worker, but they are trying to negotiate for payment.

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Women in Eastern Europe (Newsletter, 1976-?)

Location

Birmingham
United Kingdom
52° 28' 58.6596" N, 1° 53' 36.9312" W

"Set up in '76 after a conference on women in E Europe, to keep all those interested in touch. Has had 2 issues out so far, and the 3rd will be in autumn. Circulation: 100 copies, distributed via post. Costs: ₤25 for an average issue. Women work on this n/l and the collective is open. The n/l is aimed at the WLM and academics, to provide a fairly detailed and up to date info on women in E Europe. Editorial policy: the collective decides the content, so far nothing has been excluded. They accept those entries from men that are sympathetic to feminism.

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Women and Education Newsletter (1973-?)

Location

Manchester
United Kingdom
53° 28' 50.5668" N, 2° 14' 3.7572" W

"Set up in '73 to meet the need for co-ordination among interested women. Appears 3 times a year; circulation 850 (last issue). Distribution: subs, bookshops, through PDC, sold at conferences. Self-financing. 5-7 women work on the paper, and the collective is open to new members. Aimed at: teachers, students, those interested in education, and the n/l provides topics for discussion etc. Invite contributions but want more...Editorial policy: materials must be relevant to education and anti/sexist. It is the newsletter of one of the Demands of WLM."

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Women and Music Newsletter (1978-?)

Location

London
United Kingdom
51° 30' 0.5472" N, 0° 7' 34.4496" W

"20p each copy. First issue out in October '78. By, for and about women and our music. Information, ads, articles etc. on a wide variety of issues to do with women and music: listening, sound engineering, musical equipment, organising musical events, etc"

- Information from the "Directory of Women's Liberation Newletters, Magazines, Journals...", by Dena and Shaila (York, UK), c.1978

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Revolutionary/Radical Feminist Newsletter (1978?-?)

Location

Leeds
United Kingdom
53° 47' 58.6932" N, 1° 32' 56.796" W

"Just started. The next newsletter will be done by a group in London...don't know the address yet. ₤1 for 4 issues. A forum for discussion and theory building for revolutionary/radical feminism."

- Information from the "Directory of Women's Liberation Newletters, Magazines, Journals...", by Dena and Shaila (York, UK), c.1978

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Black/Brown Women's Liberation Newsletter (1978?-?)

Location

York
United Kingdom
53° 57' 27.7272" N, 1° 4' 56.2296" W

"Just starting, so first issue not out yet. To combat white supremacy in the WLM and create a space for what black and brown sisters have to say about our lives, experiences, our feminism, etc. Articles, poetry etc invited from black and brown women only. Newsletter available to all women only."

- Information from the "Directory of Women's Liberation Newletters, Magazines, Journals...", by Dena and Shaila (York, UK), c.1978

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Anarchist-Feminist Newsletter (1977-?)

Location

Lancaster
United Kingdom
54° 2' 58.5096" N, 2° 47' 54.3588" W

"Set up in May '77 at a workshop at the National W.L. Conference. Produced about quarterly, circulation: 300 approx. It is internal to the WLM, and is distributed via subs, and sold 'under the counter' in some bookshops. Self-financing. The collective is open, and the idea is that the co-ordination of the n/l is taken on by different individuals/groups for a certain period of time. The N/L is aimed at any woman wh is interested, and seeks to share information within the WLM, exchange ideas etc. Subscribers supply most of the content, and very occassionally material is reproduced from other n/ls. No entries from men. Co-ordinates the anarchist feminist network in the WLM."

- Information from the "Directory of Women's Liberation Newletters, Magazines, Journals...", by Dena and Shaila (York, UK), c.1978

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Scarlet Women (Newsletter, 1976-?)

Location

Tyne and Wear
United Kingdom
54° 51' 35.5572" N, 1° 25' 39.324" W

"Was set up by a group after the '76 National WLM Conference to provide a forum for the socialist feminist network. It's a quarterly publication (approx.), and now has a circulation of 1,000 which is steadily rising. It is distributed through bookshops, subs, groups etc. Self-financing. A collective of about 3-5 works on the paper, they are unpaid, and the collective is open to new women. SW is aimed at women who want to read about / get involved in socialist feminism, and the paper co-ordinates the Soc. fem. current and provides a theoretical forum. Content: though formerly the collective supplied most of the content, this is fast changing and articles are now invited from women/groups of women, on subjects for 'topic' issues. Editorial policy: the contents are supposed to conform to a minimum definition of Soc. fem but in practice they have never censored anything, but may cut things. No entries from men. Though the SW collective subscribe to the definition of S.F. given in Issue 6/7, the journal remains an open forum for ideas. Scarlet Women is just beginning to 'take off' with a national editorial group, but the local collective is inundated with work. The National editorial collective would like to see a paid collective- so would the local group."

- Information from the "Directory of Women's Liberation Newletters, Magazines, Journals...", by Dena and Shaila (York, UK), c.1978

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