I agree. During the 1980s and early 1990s the Guardian was quite valuable especially for those of us outside the main Metropolitan areas, given that those were the days before the internet.
It was New York centered. That proved useful in some respects - its coverage of the split of the anti-Gulf War movement on a national level was good but it gave scant coverage to the state of that movement on the West Coast which - especially in Los Angeles - involved different dynamics. This was disappointing as the Guardian had many readers out here. But it had limited resources, so the limitations can be explained in that respect. The Guardian expired, suddenly without explanation. One would have thought that the publisher would have at least sent notice to subscribers stating the reasons for the ceasing of publication, but they didn't. Yeah, toward the end the Guardian tried to be non sectarian but there was always an undercurrent of soft Maoism if you will. Many of their writers - John Trinkel for one - seemed to have a visceral hatred for Trots, ex Trots and semi Trots. SR > On 10/06/2020 8:23 AM Erik Toren <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I really miss it. I was a freshman at my regional university in 1987 > where I discovered it at my university's library. I kept reading it up until > it folded. Aside from the Left news pov, it is how I came into contact with > the Socialist Party USA, Solidarity, DSA, etc. Great rag! We need it more > than ever. > > Erik > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#2290): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/2290 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/77342591/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
