http://www.radicalprintshops.org/dokuwiki/ 2012-02-05T14:39:18+00:00 http://www.radicalprintshops.org/dokuwiki/ http://www.radicalprintshops.org/dokuwiki/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2012-01-27T17:11:51+00:00 jessbai http://www.radicalprintshops.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=aberdeen_people_s_press&rev=1327684311&do=diff Aberdeen People's Press was set up in 1973. The idea of starting a community paper was first put forward by the Aberdeen Arts and Community Workshop (based on the Powis housing estate) who gave the projet office space to get started. In order to put the projected paper on a more solid footing it was quickly decided to couple it with a printing operation. Money was raised from various sources: contributions from sympathetic academics; a grant from the Student Christian Movement; 'second prize' … text/html 2012-01-09T12:56:34+00:00 jessbai http://www.radicalprintshops.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=start&rev=1326113794&do=diff This site is devoted to building a history of late 20th century radical and community printing collectives in the UK; the poster collectives, the service printers and typesetters, the print resource centres. The presses were part of a network: activists in organisations wrote and designed the books, pamphlets, posters, newspapers and leaflets which they needed to further the cause. Typesetters and printers produced them. Activists, distribution cooperatives and independent bookshops distributed …