To celebrate all these events, we are launching a circulation drive for the magazine.
We are optimistic about the possibilities for extending our readership — particularly our individual subscriptions — in the coming months. While the present political 28 the end of the Reagan-era; the impact of the US deficit and the debt crisis on the world economy; the repercussions of Gorbachev's reform policy - not just in the USSR, but in all the bureaucratized workers' states; the revolutionary struggles in Latin and Central America, South Africa, Eastern Europe and Ireland; and the continuing upturn of the struggles of workers and the oppressed in the imperialist coun tries. These are just a few examples of the processes at work today that are shaping tomorrow.
International Viewpoint is a tool that can help to shape tomorrow's world. We are proud of our role as a magazine that provides information, analyses and opinions on the class struggle around the world. Our contribution, although a modest one, is vital for socialists who want to understand promotion material for /V; promoting the magazine at public events and so on.
We have no other means of distribution or support than to rely on our readers making an extra effort to push the magazine at every possible opportunity: O Ensure IV is there at every gathering of the labour movement and the left. O Use unsold back copies for special promotions. O Get IV into public and college libraries and book. shops. • Photocopy subs forms and talk to your workmates and friends about taking out a subscription. O Discuss how to use IV as part of your national system of press.
Our plans for the magazine are ambitious — but they are meaningless without your help. Together we can improve and expand the magazine, and ensure that a solid base is laid today for the contribution /V can make to tomorrow's struggles. *