Distribution barred
Missed out on your copy of Green Left Weekly recently? Maybe your regular seller wasn't at the spot where you normally pick it up from her or him. Perhaps it was illness, or an urgent appointment, but there is also another reason you may have not seen that familiar face holding high the progressive banner of Green Left Weekly.
As more and more public space is privatised, it is becoming increasingly difficult for Green Left distributors to carry out their vital roles as disseminators of progressive news and information to those who want more than the limited news and right-wing opinion of the establishment press.
While we won't stop selling the paper on the street, harassment from private security guards employed by shopping empires or advertising tycoons often creates a disruption to the process of getting the most valuable source of information from a green and left perspective to your hands.
As we approach the advertising/shopping frenzy commonly known as the festive season, these security guards become ever more vigilant in their efforts to "protect" their customers from other vendors.
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