Number 15 of Here & Now magazine is scheduled to be published in March
1994.

Submissions for articles are encouraged, especially where they fall
within the magazine's areas of interest (see below) or where they
describe particular experiences/activities of broader interest.

When starting to prepare an issue of Here & Now, a letter soliciting
articles is usually circulated to people known to be in broad sympathy
with the magazine.  This posting is an experiment in seeking articles
from people who we may not already be in contact with.

If you are unsure whether your article would fit into the magazine,
please check over past issues and/or check with us first.  Sending a
synopsis before writing a full article would be particularly helpful
for all concerned.

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 Here & Now is a journal which has been published sporadically over
 the past 8 years, initially by a small group of people based in
 Glasgow, but more recently by alternating production between people
 based in Central Scotland and West Yorkshire.

 The initial impetus towards starting the magazine was a perception that
 the thought and activity of the libertarian left was trapped in political
 and cultural marginal areas.  The self-validation and obsession in these
 areas were felt to ignore too many aspects of what was actually happening
 in the world.

 Here & Now may also be regarded as distinctive in what it has paid
 scant attention to: the pretentions of political groups and aspiring
 parties.

 Several preoccupation can be seen to have emerged over the period of
 publication.  For example, many articles have been published on the
 restructuring of workplace relations which has been so significant during
 the 1980s and 1990s.  A number of articles have also criticised the
 complicity of the political Left in administrative and managerial
 programmes for diminishing popular autonomy in everyday life.

 Some topics in recent issues have been:
  No.14 Political Economy of Ecstasy; Whistleblowing; Fascism/Antifascism;
        Spacism
  No.13 Working in the Health Factory; Dispersed Fordism; The Scottish
        Assembly Mirage; The Childrens Act
  No.12 Managerialism; Serial Killing; the Travellers; The Orkney Case
  No.11 Cultural managers; Satanic Abuse; NHS Reforms
 For the curious, some articles are available by ftp from
 etext.archive.umich.edu:/pub/Politics/Spunk/texts/@pub/HN

 Back copies of issues 1-14 and subscriptions (3 issues for 3 pounds
 sterling in UK, 4 pounds outside UK) are available from
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