Weekly Worker - Production

Production

The Weekly Worker developed out of The Leninist, this tended to be a A-4 sized short publication. Upon transition to becoming the Weekly Worker the party succeeded in buying its own printing press. The machine was also operated by a party member, Phil Kent, giving the party complete control over publishing, something it considered integral to its independence. The paper was for the '90s a large broadsheet printed in black and red, although towards the end of the decade the paper started to develop a web presence. As the new millennium moved on the online version of the Weekly Worker became more important, till print readership became a small fraction of the total readership.

In 2008 the party's press broke irreversibly. After considering stopping print publication altogether the party decided to focus on web publication but attempt to develop the facilities to print an A4 version of the Weekly Worker. The party is currently attempting to update its archive of both the Weekly Worker and The Leninist, whilst modernising and overhauling its website.

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