Marvin writes
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> My reply is not to address the the question of a left newspaper, except to
> echo what Doug has said about how "enormously crushing" the obstacles are.
I
> say this as someone who has seen the independent newspaper issue canvassed
> and dropped by the trade unions with their far larger resources; as a
former
> working journalist with the Toronto Star and negotiator with the Newspaper
> Guild; and as someone who has experienced the practical and political
> difficulties of editing and circulating even the smallest left
publications.
There is confirmed rumor that back when the CP in Canada folded a certain professor at York was approached and given $500,000 to spend in a responible way toward the furtherance of the progressive cause in Canada. He decided to start a national daily. $300,000 later with one proof copy in hand the paper was folded.
But this speaks to why the only format is posssible is electronic with a more open source structure. This keeps resource commitments way down in the zone of practicable.
Travis