On the spot

Green Left Weekly uses a wide variety of sources to �
bring you the most accurate national and international news each week. �
We use the resources of progressive international journals, electronic �
mail, telephone interviews with international activists and our own �
wide range of international contributors.

But there's nothing quite as certain as having someone on �
the spot. That's why Green Left makes a priority of having �
correspondents in places where people are in motion.

Green Left's coverage of the recent events in Moscow �
could not have been nearly so thorough if we hadn't had Renfrey Clarke �
on the spot. Coverage of the recent nationalist march in Belfast would �
not have been so complete if we hadn't had Catherine Brown on the spot �
(pictured interviewing Gerry Adams).

Next April, the first non-racial elections in South African �
history will occur. Green Left will provide the most �
comprehensive political coverage of those elections. But to do that, we �
need to put a journalist on the spot.

The costs of having a journalist in South Africa at this �
most important juncture will run into the thousands of dollars. But �
the gains we will all make, from having accurate and up to date �
coverage of events in South Africa at this time, far outweigh this.

Yet Green Left Weekly has no special source of �
funding. We don't make a profit from advertising, and we don't attract �
corporate sponsors.If Green Left is to send a correspondent to �
South Africa, it will be only as a result of the financial help of our �
readers.

If you appreciate Green Left's unique coverage �
of international political events, then you'll appreciate why we �
need to put someone on the spot. If you can help, please fill out the �
clip-off on page 19, and return it to Green Left Weekly, PO Box 394, �
Broadway 2007.

Green Left Weekly — it's your on the spot �
paper.

From GLW issue 119