Submissions

Common Voice is a new journal published in association with the World in Common group. We hope to carry on with the valuable work started by Frank Girard’s popular Discussion Bulletin, which sadly ceased publication last year. Like the ‘DB’ our aim is twofold - firstly to give a voice to the ‘thin red/black line’ of the anti-statist, anti-market political sector; and secondly to develop the commonalities that unite the diverse strands of thinking within our revolutionary sector.

We are seeking contributions – in the form of articles, letters, commentary, book reviews, website links, poems, artwork etc. – for the next issue to be published in January 2006. The deadline for receiving submissions to the next issue is November 1st, 2005.

Since our first issue, we have gone with an ‘open theme’. This means that basically we will consider all submissions that are relevant to our political sector – anti-market, anti-state and anti-vanguardist socialists, communists and anarchists. Some possible topics of interest include (but are certainly not restricted to):

• the potential for revolutionary transformation in the present;
• the revolutionary potential of communes, intentional communities, LETS, autonomous spaces etc.;
• the relationship between feminism and socialism/communism/anarchism;
• debates over 'historical materialism';
• encouraging communication and co-operation between groups in our political sector;
• 'free access' and a non-monetary system of production and distribution;
• the anti-war movement;
• debates over 'human nature';
• what is 'class struggle'?;
• the psychological/spiritual dimensions of revolutionary change;
• reviews of popular music, art, TV shows, theatre etc.

Submissions can include original material written especially for Common Voice or material that has already been published elsewhere and that would benefit from a wider audience of groups in our sector.

As a guideline articles should be no more than 2000 words in length with reviews around 500 words.

We would prefer it if all submissions were made electronically where possible - via e-mail or as a document file (Microsoft Word etc.) on CD-ROM, floppy or zip disk, although we are also happy to accept material that is typed or hand-written.

We would also be grateful to receive a brief description of your organisation or group (if you belong to one) - along with a contact address - to be included in our contacts page.

Please submit all material to the address below. We look forward to your contributions.

For a world in common,

The Editorial Team,
Common Voice
Box 44
Greenleaf Bookshop
82 Colston Street
Bristol, UK
BS1 5BB

E-mail: editors@cvoice.org