Critical Times

Contact us:

P.O. Box 101
Salisbury
South Australia 5108

PH: 61 8 8280 6893
Fax:61 8 8280 5688

Email: criticaltimes@chariot.net.au

January 3, 2007
Below is the original message about Critical Times – we have not been able to publish a hard copy version since the Jan 06 edition (for various reasons).
However, the web site has been updated almost daily since, and we hope you have found it interesting and informative.

We are going to publish a ‘mini-CT’ newszine at the end of this month (around 20,000 copies), so that we can restart the process of a printed hard copy of CT, coming out on a regular basis. Look out for it!

January 2006

Hi ! We’d like to tell you about the new “Critical Times” – a free independent news magazine.
“Critical Times” is 16 pages, full colour, with 10,000 copies planned to be printed every two months. CT existed in a different form back in 2001 – copies of the first two issues are available.
CT is distributed around Adelaide city, metropolitan area, and regional centres, through a wide range of networks. (To see a full list of distribution centres, see ‘distribution’)

“Critical Times” is aimed at a broad readership – essentially the whole community – and will span issues from local to international.
There will be a focus on analysis, and discussing issues that are not given prominence in the mainstream media. We want to encourage interaction between groups, organisations and the community in general; such that when important issues need to be discussed widely, there will be access to a mass media publication. At present, this is usually difficult and expensive – only accessible to organisations with money and clout.

Because of our circulation, we believe that we can have more impact than other publications in the past. We believe that information must be freely available, and so the paper is free – that way, more people will pick it up and read it.

This edition features: Global warming – the latest developments The current state of nuclear related issues , Community Garden conference 2006, and much more! Other regular features in future papers will include World Wrap and Media Watch.

“Critical Times” will be an extremely useful tool for groups who need to get a message out to more than just the same people as always. We want to expand the size of the magazine as soon as possible, in order to be able to offer more space to people and groups. In the meantime, we can offer A5 / A4 inserts inside the paper, printed and with a distribution run that can vary according to your needs, and all at a very cheap rate. Please contact us if you are interested.

If you have anything that you think should be included in this or future editions, please let us know. If you can distribute copies, or know of other distribution networks, please let us know how many copies, where, etc.

Distribution is important – we rely partly on the networks of existing groups and individuals who can take a few hundred copies and get them out. We’ll also be distributing them at various venues, and events coming up.

So, that’s about it – the third edition of “Critical Times” was published on January 1st, 2006,

so keep an eye out for it, and please call us if you are interested in publicising your organisation / group / activities or have a story / news, or want to advertise.

The deadline for the next edition is 29 Sept and the paper will be at distribution points from early Oct on.