On the spot

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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.

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