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
Editorial on need to fight general election (and irrelevance of Euro election)
Archived: January 2018
Editorial on party growth and the newsletter editorial policy
Archived: January 2018
Final issue edited by Howard Hoptrough. Editorial states "... for personal and other reasons this will be the last Newsletter which I edit.". Background to this resignation is available in private correspondence between the editor, chairman and others.
Archived: January 2018
New editor - Peter Frings, new format, new name - Eco News. Editorial Introducing Eco News on p2. Now offset printed so smaller font size possible -> more text!
Archived: January 2018
General Election results
Archived: January 2018
First Euro Election results. Editorial questioning NEC priorities.
Archived: January 2018
Front cover photo of Mike Benfield campaigning from a hot air ballon for Euro election. Conference programme.
Archived: January 2018
Conference report - approval for London office, rejection of having a "Leader" and much more including Petra Kelly
Archived: January 2018
Editorials: "Eco says no to nuclear power" and "In pursuit of popularity."
Archived: January 2018
Last issue edited by Peter Frings.
Archived: February 2019
Southport conference report. Euro election look forward. Articles on Euro greens. Discussion of proposed name change. How Green is the Labour Party article.
Archived: February 2019
Euro Results, Young Ecologists formation (latter Young Greens), May Local Election Results. Campaign for Real Democracy
