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RATES AND DATES# Lineage: 70p per word.# Semi-display: £10 per column centimetre.Add 15% to all total prices.Deadline for July issue:

8th June

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• Intelligent, paradoxical, adventurous,attractive, generous woman, 32.Interests-cultural politics, arts,hillwalking, ski-ing. Seeks lovingpermanent relationship with active,intellectually-minded man. Glasgowarea. Photo appreciated. Box 58.

9 Feminist academic, 43, Leeds, seeksunattached, non-smoking man to relaxwith. Enjoys cinema, classical music, jazz,travel, walks, good food. Box 57.

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EVENTS

• MEN interested in attending orhelping organise the first ever nationalconference for men opposed topornography on the grounds of itssexism and dehumanising content (to beheld in September 1990) please contactthe Campaign against Pornography andCensorship, PO Box 844, London, SE59QP.

• SATURDAY 7 JULY at S Bank PolyUTOPIA TODAY - conference exploringthe significance of utopianism to socialchange today.Details: L&W, 144 Old South LambethRoad, SW8. 071 820 9281.

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• East Five Builders. Extensions,brickwork, roofing, carpentry. Adam,081-806 6415.

• Top key secretarial services. Letters,theses, curriculum vitaes, reports-alltyping done at competitive rates(discounts for students). Phone A Collardon 021-742 0961.

9 Inner London plumbing, electrical andcarpentry services. Plumbing and centralheating repairs and installations.Rewires-specialised lighting. Energyconservation. Kitchen and bathroomconversions. All major carpentry, roofingand joinery. Specialists in reinstatementof original joinery features,conservatories and stained glass. Allwork carried out to highest professionalstandards by experienced craftsmen.Telephone 071-737 6840.A South London based workers'co-operative.

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FOR SALE

• James Connolly, Irish socialist leader-a bust in off-white stone cast; limitednumber, £25.50. From Celtic Arts andCrafts, 27 Ballyraine Park, Letterkenny.Co Donegal, Ireland.

CYCLING

• Walton Street Cycles. The mountainbike specialists. Full range of accessoriesand cycles. 78 Walton Street, Oxford.Tel: 0865-511 531.

MT BOOKS

The essential guide to booksellers.

• Hammersmith Books. World-famousmail-order service since 1948. Onehundred thousand OP titles. 081-8767254 (24 hours). High Street SW13 9LR.

• Polybooks - New and Secondhand -Law, Economics, Accounting, Statistics,Sociology, Psychology, Marketing,Management etc, etc. 87 Great EasternSt, EC2 (exit at Old St Tube). Tel: 071-7398687.

• Worm Books - Bookf inding service,secondhand/out-of-print books, etc.Send titles lists, or write for information.SAE please. 36 Conway Road, LondonN14 7BE. Tel: 081-886 5799.

• Secondhand Books and Pamphlets.Politics, Economics, Sociology, History.Monthly catalogues from Nick Spurrier,79 Whitstable Rd, Canterbury,Kent CT2 8EA.

0 Rare, out-of-print socialist books forsale. Including trade union histories,radical literature. SAE, Permanent Read,36 Diamond Street, Cardiff CF2 1NR.Catalogue of secondhand radicalliterature available from Philip Walden,PO Box 120, London E8 2PU.Tel: 071-241 0949.

• Emma's Community Bookshop,Swansea. Best stock feminist, gaysocialist, anarchist books in Wales. 19Bryn-y-Mor Road. Tel: 0792-476 901.

• Acorn Bookshop. Berkshire's onlyradical bookshop. Mail-order listsavailable. 17 Chatham Street, Reading,Tel: 0734-584 425.

• News From Nowhere- Radical andFeminist Bookshop. 112 Bold Street,Liverpool L1. Tel: 051-708 7270.

• Key Books Birmingham. 136 Digbeth,Birmingham B5 6DR. Marxism, feminism,black studies and books on theenvironment. Non-racist/sexist children'sbooks. Magazines and cards. Monday toSaturday, 9.30-5.30.

• One-third discount on new Politicsand Economics books from Breffni vanMasterbergen, 51 Hanworth Road,Feltham, MiddxTW13 5AX. Monthlylists. Review copies purchased.Tel: 081-890 9421.

• Review copies and other books in finecondition bought and sold by VermillionBooks at reduced prices. 57 Red LionStreet, London WC1. Tel: 071-242 5822.

• Central Books. Exceptionally wellstocked with new and secondhandbooks. Also cards, posters, t-shirts, etc.Personal mail-order service. Open 10-6,Monday to Friday, 10-5 Saturdays.37 Grays Inn Rd, London WC1X 8PS.Tel: 071-242 6166.

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MT EVENTS

• Golders Green, Hendon, Finchley MTreaders group. Contact 01-455 1616.

• North London: 'North London Lines',a day of discussion on shaping a newpolitics for the 90s. With Bryan Gould,Martin Jacques, Carole Tongue, BeatrixCampbell, David Marquand, NinaTemple and others. Saturday June 2,9.30-6pm at Caxton House, St JohnsWay, London N19. Details: 081-348 8915.

• Haringey:'Unwrapping Masculinity'Second in a series of discussions dealingwith sexual politics. Tuesday June 26th,8pm at Hornsey Library, Haringey Park,Crouch End, London N8. Organised byHaringey Marxism Today Group, info:081-348 8915.

• Oxford: Active citizens required fornewly-formed Oxford Civic Forum.Phone/write, Geoff Andrews, 48Marlborough Rd, Oxford (0865) 722512.

TRAVEL/HOLIDAYS

• Vegetarian/ Vegan Cookery Courses.Weekend courses include 5 hoursinstruction in basic vegetarian/vegancookery with experienced vegetarianchef. Useful tips and advice, recipessupplied. Luxury accommodation,delicious food and chance to walk, cycleand ride in beautiful N. Walescountryside. Inc. cost £60. Also ridingand canoeing weekends. Ring forbrochure 0248-78395.

• Bed & Breakfast at Organic Vineyardnear Hastings, Sussex. Lovely rooms,views, and country walks. Sea, castlesand country pub/restaurants nearby.(Winetasting included).Tel:058083-715.

• Women's Sailing Holidays. Long/shortbreaks. Beginners welcome. Brochure:0703 636749.

GRANT AWARDSThe Alan Tobe Trust has beenset up to help individuals andsmall groups working andcampaigning in the areas ofpeace, socialism, educationand the environment. Ournon-charitable status allows usto support political objectives.

For further details and a grantapplication form write, en-closing sae, to The Alan TobeTrust, c/o Flat 2, 61 GlengallRoad, London NW6 7EL. Formto be returned by July 23.Donations also welcome.

MESSAGES

O Now regularly available in April andOctober our history journal. Currentnumber includes Harvey J. Kaye on LeoHuberman and Richard Saville on ColdWar Europe. Subscriptions at £4.50 fortwo issues to The Secretary, CP HistoryGroup, 16 St Johns St, London EC1M4AY.

O Wanted: Scrabble sets for traineeteachers of English in GDR. Can youdonate? Send to W Wayne, 16 St John St,London EC1M 4AY or ring 883 7529.

THERAPY

O Intensive psychotherapy group usingGestalt and Dramatherapy startingSaturday 7th July then Monday andWednesday evenings for four weeks.Carole Grace BA, BSc. 081 743 8096.

MarxismCIRCULATION MANAGER

We are looking for a graduate with an interest in a career in publishing.Ideally they will have a business studies or similar background, theycertainly should be both interested in marketing and have a highdegree of numeracy.

He/she will be taking over as our Circulation Manager from the end ofJune and will be responsible for all aspects of the magazine's distribu-tion and marketing. The successful candidate will need to be computerliterate, with a keen analytical mind, good at identifying sales trendsand initiating promotional campaigns. He/she will be a good salesperson, at ease with management.

Previous experience would be useful, but not essential. What is essen-tial is an aptitude for the aforementioned skills, so if your backgroundand/or training equips you for this challenging opportunity pleaseapply.

For an informal chat phone Mark Perryman on 071-608 0265.Apply in writing to: Circulation Manager Application, Marxism Today,16 St John Street, London EC1M 4AY.

Closing Date: Friday June 8th.

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