ANARCHIST MAGAZINES:

BLACK FLAG APPEAL:

The English anarchist journal "Black Flag' is looking for contributions to its next edition. Here's their request via the Anarkismo website.

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Black Flag issue 230 appeal:
Looking for articles for the next issue of Black Flag.

Black Flag is a UK based class struggle anarchist magazine which (currently) comes out twice a year. We are not affiliated with any of the British anarchist federations, although we aim to have friendly relationships with all and hope to increase co-operation in the future. We also work with the comrades at Freedom.

We are currently getting issue 230 ready and we are appealing for comrades to contribute articles. We aim, as usual, to have the autumn issue ready for this year’s London Anarchist Bookfair (which is the 24th of October this year and, as usual, we will be having a stall). This means that we need material as soon as possible for early copy, with a final the deadline of September 19th – but, obviously, the sooner the better!

As usual, we need articles about current events. We have a lot of history and theory, although obviously if it is a good article we would consider it.

If you are interested in getting involved, please contact us. And please pass this onto anyone who would be interested in writing articles or otherwise getting involved. Articles should be, preferably, in rich text format (rtf).

Needless to say, we are looking for articles by class struggle anarchists (or those close to that position) and which reflect a communist-anarchist or anarcho-syndicalist perspective (or, again, those close to that position).

If you are interested in getting issues of Black Flag to sell, please contact us as well. One of the regular issues with the magazine is distribution and we really need for comrades to take bundles to sell. There is little point in producing a magazine which only a few people read!

We recently had an excellent review of the last issue (229) in Freedom and we have placed back issues on line (numbers 226, 227 and 228) in case you wish to see what it is like. http://libcom.org/library/black-flag-issue-226

http://libcom.org/library/black-flag-issue-227

http://libcom.org/library/black-flag-228

Obviously, we would like comrades to buy these if they can (we do have printers bills to pay!).

If you have articles for us, or wish to get involved please contact us.

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ECONOMICS:

CLASS AND OIL:

The ever increasing price of oil and hence other forms of energy use- gasoline, home heating,etc.- inevitably, in class society, affect those at the lower end of the economic scale more. Here's an article from LibCom, a British anarchist communist site, about the effect on the average Briton.

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UK: One in four will live in fuel poverty:

Over 14 million people could find themselves in fuel poverty in the near future, if new figures from gas giant Centrica predicting a 70% rise in gas prices prove accurate - nearly a quarter of the population.

Around 4.5 million households are currently living in fuel poverty, equating to around 10.4 million people according to the government’s 2002 figures from the Household Survey, but another 1.6 million homes are likely to be added as prices continue to rise.

The direct cost increase, already up 40% this year on top of rises from 2007, would equate to a gas bill of £1,300 for the average household. People are defined as being in fuel poverty if they spend more than 10% of their annual budget on energy.

Prices look set to continue at such levels indefinitely or rise further as oil prices, which gas is linked to, continue to remain high. The figures have contributed to a significant rise in financial problems for some of the most vulnerable houses, as people struggle with a lower availability of loans, high petrol costs and pay settlements which are failing to match inflation.

Last month Centrica announced it was on track to make a £1.9bn profit from its 15.9 million-strong customer base, down from £2.2bn last year.

LABOUR SOLIDARITY:
UNITE/T&G TARGETS RETAILERS IN CAMPAIGN FOR EQUAL TREATMENT FOR MEAT WORKERS:
The T&G section of the UK union Unite has launched a national campaign to pressure major retailers to pressure their suppliers to agree to minimum standards for all meat workers. The campaign launch targeted Marks & Spencer. which has invested massively in promoting their allegedly ethical, socially responsible standards for suppliers, with actions at M&S shops across the UK.


The T&G is demanding equal treatment for the agency and temporary workers who make up a growing percentage of the workforce in this sector, along with clear labelling. The union has set up an online petition for supporters to sign on to this campaign. To read more and to help out go to the IUF site at http://iuf.org . See the section under 'News', rather than 'Urgent Actions'.