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DESCRIPTION:Slingshot is a radical, independent newspaper published in Berkeley since 
 1988.\n\nThe article deadline for issue #125 (due out Oct. 6) is 3 pm 
 Saturday September 23 and everyone is invited to join the article editing 
 process Saturday 3-6 and Sunday 3-9 pm. \n\nSlingshot is accepting 
 articles, photographs, art, letters, reviews, etc.  Email 
 slingshotcollective dot protonmail dot com and send your submission as an 
 attachment please. Or you can drop it by and meet us. \n\nMany radical 
 topics are of interest (economics, environment, identity politics, DIY, 
 anti-represssion, resistance, etc.) — we suggest you write about stuff 
 you’re involved with, know about, or are passionate about. Because we 
 only come out every 3-5 months and it takes a while for an article to go 
 from the author to getting distributed, the best Slingshot articles are 
 analysis, not pure news updates.\n\nAnalysis is a process that examines and 
 discusses news events and facts and reaches conclusions. It is different 
 than an opinion rant — just spewing about what you think. While sometimes 
 pure opinions are interesting, you’ll increase your chances of writing 
 something publish-worthy by going beyond just ranting. We also like funny 
 articles that make political points in a funny or interesting way. We like 
 first-person articles where appropriate much better than dry articles with 
 no “heart”.\n \nOne big purpose of Slingshot is to go beyond just 
 providing information and analysis about social issues and provide some 
 inspiration. Every day the mainstream press is full of articles about 
 problems. The alternative press is at its best when it goes beyond just 
 talking about problems and instead points to solutions — areas available 
 for struggle, the development of new and creative tactics, hopeful stories 
 about people who are changing things. A lot of people know we’re facing 
 problems, but usually, this awareness just makes people feel hopeless and 
 paralyzed. The alternative press can help figure out how to move people 
 from disempowerment and resignation to action!\n \nSlingshot has no formal 
 political “party line”. We aim to reach a number of audiences:\n– 
 folks who could potentially be sympathetic and active, but haven’t yet 
 made the step from critique to action.\n– folks who were active at one 
 point, but who’ve become discouraged or withdrawn.\n– folks who are 
 concerned about single issues or skeptical about the social direction, but 
 who haven’t developed ideas about answers — what could be done, what 
 would a new society look like, how can people organize to create 
 change?\n– people who are already inspired and motivated to act and want 
 to hear about what other people are up to and think about new tactics or be 
 exposed to what is working for other people.\n \nRadical media can point 
 out connections between seemingly distinct issues and social problems — a 
 lot of problems and solutions come down to a critique of hierarchy, power, 
 racism, patriarchy, dehumanizing structures, and economic / technological 
 systems. We want to create media that goes beyond an academic, cold 
 discourse and touches what is really human, precious and unique about each 
 of our lives.\n \nA good Slingshot article may contain some or all of these 
 points:\n1. Contains an analysis of a particular aspect of social reality 
 that looks at the problem or phenomenon from a new angle or in a way that 
 goes beyond “common wisdom” about the issue or typical liberal / 
 progressive (or even radical / anarchist) points.\n2. Suggests solutions 
 vs. just pointing out how fucked up things are.\n3. Inspires folks to 
 actually do something. Just understanding an issue and knowing a 
 theoretical solution is not enough. Each of us has numerous opportunities 
 during our lives to change, grow and struggle. A great article will connect 
 solutions to these opportunities.\n4. Be fun to read, reach people on a 
 personal / emotional level, maybe be funny or exciting, use non-jargon 
 filled language that is accessible to a variety of people, explains or 
 defines terms and ideas that are not universally understood and spells out 
 group names vs. using acronyms. Articles should also address the who, what, 
 when, where, how and why. Slingshot articles do not have to be objective 
 but an author may find it helpful to define their biases where 
 applicable.\n \nIt is easiest for us if you send the article as an 
 attachment to an email either as a .doc, .rtf, or .txt file.\n \nContact us 
 if you have questions. Once people turn in articles, we have a weekend 
 meeting where a big group of us read all the articles together. (Join us 
 for the reading and editing – it is fun and we’ll feed you and 
 entertain you with jokes and ancient music played on vinyl records.) 
 Through that process, we either decide to publish an article as-is, decide 
 to contact the author and ask them to revise the article, or decide that 
 the article isn’t right for Slingshot. If we contact you and suggest 
 revisions, you’ll have 3-4 days to make the revisions and one of us will 
 be available to discuss the requested revisions with you.\nTHANKS FOR YOUR 
 INTEREST IN SLINGSHOT!\n\n\n 
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SUMMARY:Slingshot issue #125 article Deadline & editing meeting
LOCATION:Long Haul Infoshop - 3124 Shattuck Ave. Berkeley - 510 540 0751 - 2 blocks 
 from Ashby BART - across from La Pena on the corner of Woolsey and Shattuck
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