W.H.
Socialist Challenge is a big step forward for us. The last far left paper to reach Smith's was Seven Days in the A letter to ux from readers in Southampton a fortnight ago raised the question of Gay News. Why should we remain in Smith's when Gay News had just been barred?
We discussed this question at some length on our Editorial Board, The feeliog was that it Smith to stock early 70s. thought it was beller.
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We are in favour of Gas the allowed Smith's, as we are for other goscott should be launched whether discussion a mongst all militants who have Spare Rib, defended Gay News in the past Out.
THE CONFERENCE of the International Marxist against frontism'; for building This is important because on a STETTI siderations would apply to such Spare Rib and Der. Women buying Spare Rib at WE Smiths many of them learning about women's movement for the first time will be confronted by Gay News pickets for purchasing a maga zine which fully suppors th plight of lesbian women.
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We believe that for us, for For even for Tine which as a Board political and cultural meetings in London, to join in a general boycort would be completely counter-productive. WH Smiths of course would be BOLTO MOSE DATE S Interests that would suller.
We are quite ready to discuss other means of campaigning for the acoess of Gay and other papers to national distribution networks. But a boycott would be a case of cutting off our nose to spite our Socialist Challenge Ediforial Committee