EP Newsletters
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The Ecology Party members newsletter was published and sent to members in various formats over the period 1975-1980. Initially the previous PEOPLE 2 page newsletter was reformatted as a 24 page Journal called "Alliance" aiming to bring together news from all parts of the green movement. On the cover it listed over 40 related organisations in the UK and soliticited and carried news items from any of them - FoE regularly contributed a one page round-up. The Ecology Party newsletter component was 2 pages towards the back. Alliance was created and supported by Michael Benfield in his role as the party Communications Director on the NEC.
Alliance seems to have published only 6 issues from July 75 to Feb 76. There then appears to have been a hiatus during which it is possible that the newsletter moved to being a part of "Good Earth", a separate publication.
From autumn 1976 the newsletter was sent as a separate publication, initially two sides of typescript that gradually improved until 1980. As with Alliance before it there were tensions between at least one of the editors and the NEC. It appears there was no newsletter as such from April 1980 through to the end of 1981. In September 1981 conference decided that the party would not publish a newsletter, and Green Line magazine started in 1982 as an independent replacement, once again targeting the whole green movement.
Archived: January 2018
The PEOPLE summer conference in June 1975 agreed to change the party name to "The Ecology Party" and subsequent newsletters were in a new format and title "Alliance" with a list of related organisations prominently displayed on the front page. Flagged at foot of front cover as "The Ecology Party Journal" with cover price 25p
Archived: January 2018
Alliance issue 2. "The Catalyst for Alternatives and All Who Seek To Live In Harmony With Nature". Not branded as Ecology Party on the front but contains NEC report on page 21-22. Cover price 25p, subscription $3.75 for 10 issues including post.
Archived: January 2018
Ecology Party newsletter shown as separate item on pages 22-23.
Archived: January 2018
Ecology Party newsletter on pages 22-23
Archived: January 2018
Flagged on front as "Incorporating the Ecology Party Newsletter" See the NEC report on pages 22-23 for reasons.
Archived: January 2018
Whilst there is no mention of the future of Alliance in the text this appears to be the last issue until the new Ecology Party News Sheet started in October 76 after the party conference at the end of September. There appear to be no further issues in Michael Benfield's personal archive which would be likely to have everything since he edited and personally funded both the previous PEOPLE Newsletter and Alliance.
Archived: January 2018
First issue with new editor(s) following conference discussion and decisions. To be distributed two monthly. Members will continue to receive Good Earth with an Ecology Party page, but the newsletter is now sent as this separate publication. Edited by Colin Fry (EP Information Officer)
Archived: January 2018
Colin Fry had resigned as Information Officer so the editorship passed to his deputy Keith Rushworth
Archived: January 2018
Editorial on likelyhood of General Election this year
Archived: January 2018
First of new series edited by Howard Hoptrough. Editorial on being a political party.
Archived: January 2018
Front page featuring new logo and letterhead. Editorial on nuclear reprocessing and criticising "heavy-handed" NEC dealings with SW region.
Archived: January 2018
Editorial on Thorp nuclear reprocessing proposal