tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36028082.post8205696569799677328..comments2024-03-22T19:52:46.571+00:00Comments on SOCIALISM OR YOUR MONEY BACK: The Morning Star Half-Page AdvertPoetry Coalshedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05514953133244910986noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36028082.post-34660819343551990802015-04-27T10:38:56.149+00:002015-04-27T10:38:56.149+00:00i think it is mostly read by those already on the ...i think it is mostly read by those already on the left but by no means solely by CPB members. Perhaps the cost of such a large advert may have influenced the choice of newspaper. I don't know. It has i think a circulation figure of 10,000. <br /><br />When i was looking up that figure i noticed that in 1961, the Daily Worker had 60,000 readers (in 1947 it was 118,000). I'm sure many were simply phantom readers due to the USSR buying copies as a subsidy to the CPGB but i also think it reflects the shrinking of the Leftajohnstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09874891810770297962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36028082.post-21442015186605185392015-04-27T10:22:16.647+00:002015-04-27T10:22:16.647+00:00Aren't Morning Star readers all members of the...Aren't Morning Star readers all members of the CPB? What was the point of advertising the Party to a bunch of Leninists?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com