Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 13:21:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Steve O <intexile at bari.iww.org> To: Steve O <intexile at bari.iww.org> Subject: (en) Information Request Reply-To: a-infos-d at tao.ca
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Fellow Workers, Freinds, and Comrades:
I am currently compiling a comprehensive database of newspapers and periodicals with the hope of making a complete and comprehensive list to share with other activists, particularly labor and environmental activists.
This will be used to send press releases and letters on behalf of labor organizing and defense campaigns, such as the Neptune Jade Defense Committee. This will be available to others upon request.
I would greatly welcome any contact information for any periodicals you may have knowledge of, especially if you've compiled some sort of database yourself.
Contact information should include: Name of the publication; It's affiliations (what union, organization, network, neighborhood association, or company is the publication representing); Address; Phone Number; Fax Number; Alternate Phone NUmbers; E-mail; Web-Addresses; How Frequently Published; Political Tendencies; Whether or not it's an official publication of its affiliate organization; and any additional notes you deem important.
I am particularly interested in the following categories:
I. Labor -- North America (includes union locals and internationals; federation publications; labor councils; rank and file and special caucuses, and any other labor oriented press).
II. Labor -- International.
III. Environmental -- International (includes US & Canada; please include publications from organizations and locals).
IV. Local Media -- (does not necessarily mean just *your* local. Includes alternative local weeklies, such as the SF Bay Gaurdian; also includes university & college campus publications and neighborhood newspapers).
V. Radical & Progressive Publications -- (includes left, socialist, communist, anarchist, syndicalist, individualist newspapers and magazines. Examples: Z Magazine; The Nation; Socialist Organizer; Freedom; The Match!)
VI. Political Issues -- (includes prison activism, anti-racist, indigenous issues, black liberation, bicycle activism, transportation activism, tenant activism, feminist issues, etc).
VII. Specialty Publications -- (include only those with letters to the editor sections)
VIII. Mainstream Media & Wire Services -- The New York Times, The Washington Post, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Wall Street Journal, the (London) Financial Times, Time Magazine, Associated Press, UPI, Rueters etc. Mainly (1) Where to send a press release (not that they'd publish it, but there's always hope) and (2) Where to send guest editorials and/or letters to the editor.
This will be an ongoing project. I know that this may already exist in databse form (like CD ROM) and if you can e-mail me that info in text format (i.e. ASCII), that would be fine. Take your time, but keep this in mind.
If you want to send me a floppy disk with the info (PC Compatable only), let me know, and I'll e-mail you an address.
PLEASE DO NOT SEND ANYONE'S HOME ADDRESS UNLESS THEY GIVE YOU PERMISSION TO DO SO.
Thanks for your help.
Steve O East Bay IWW / Branch Secretary
East Bay IWW http://bari.iww.org/ Phone (510) 845-0540 Timber Workers IU 120 http://www.iww.org/iu120/local/
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