''The News Line'' is a daily newspaper published by a British
Trotskyist
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group, the
Workers' Revolutionary Party.
History
The paper was launched in 1969 as ''Workers Press'' and renamed ''News Line'' in 1976.
For a time during the 1980s, the WRP split into two rival factions, and for a short time there were two versions of ''The News Line'' being produced every day, one by each faction.
Chris Hughton
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After making his professional debut aged 20, Hughton spen ...
wrote a football column for the newspaper in the 1970s.
Editors
:1969:
Michael Banda Michael Banda (1930 – 29 August 2014), born Michael Alexander Van Der Poorten, was a Sri Lankan communist activist best known as the General Secretary of the British Workers Revolutionary Party.
Early life and relocation to the UK
Born in Sri L ...
:1974:
Alex Mitchell
:1980s: Paul Jennings
See also
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Workers Revolutionary Party (Workers Press)
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*
List of left-wing publications in the United Kingdom
References
External links
The News Line
Communist newspapers
Socialist newspapers published in the United Kingdom
Workers Revolutionary Party (UK)
Publications established in 1969
National newspapers published in the United Kingdom
1969 establishments in the United Kingdom
Daily newspapers published in the United Kingdom
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