RED FURY Alias Red Rag 12-26 Jan Free Next Issue: Copy date 23rd Jan Coordinator: Sat + Sun 587768 Events: Paul 481081 Going Out: Mark 868488 Distribution: Pogle 599995 - - - HELP GREENHAM Can you give help at some time with any of the following? -Drying blankets or providing blankets. -Providing firewood or plastic sheeting. -Providing overnight accommodation for wet (ie pleasant but damp) people. -Writing to women in prison. -Or even attending a court hearing - (there's one on 20th Jan at Newbury). -Going to Greenham for a 'nightwatch' (4 hrs), (contact Val on 483416 to borrow a tent). -Providing transport for 'nightwatch' or offering services as a driver. -Daytime visiting of Greenham (contact Jane on 861582 if you need transport). -Helping to prepare or transport food. -Looking after kids on Fri. am after nightwatch. Any help at all is invaluable. For information you can call Julie or Charlie on 868488. But we are looking forward to seeing lots of women at the fortnightly support meetings. - - - THE RAG Reading's Only Newspaper is produced fortnightly by a variable collective. It is free and has been since it began in 1979. It can be picked up at any of the outlets (listed somewhere) or even delivered to your door if you leave a note in Box 79, Acorn Not-Just-A-Bookshop, 17 Chatham St., Reading, (or: ring the distribution no. on the cover). It is funded by reader's donations, benefits and the odd paid ad for which we charge £7:00 per qrt. page. To donate: a) fill in a standing order form (pick up one from Acorn) b) write out a cheque to Red Rag and post it to Box 79, Acorn c) put some money in one of the collecting tins at: Acorn, 17 Chatham St. Elephant Off Licence, Derby St. Harvest Wholefoods, Harris Arcade, Friar St. Pop Records, 172 Kings Rd. Eurofoods, Crown Colonnade, Cemetry Junction. Cassette Service This issue of Red Rag will be available on cassette for people with sight problems. Contact Guy on 669562. Interest in this from readers has been growing and it would be great to keep it going. Anyone who can spare their voice for half-an-hour a fortnight to help record the tape would be welcomed with open arms, also anyone with recording facilities, enthusiasm, bright ideas and enough staying power to act as regular co-ordinator. If you can offer any of the above please ring Guy 669562. Articles For The Rag Written clearly or better still, typed (l2cm wide and single spaced). Articles should be signed in some way. Without a contact no. or address the editorial can't discuss changes etc. Copy deadline is the Thursday before publication. (6p.m!) NB: Red Rag is an open forum for discussion. - - - HERE IS THE NEWS How do journalists and editors decide what "news" is, what to report, and what space to devote to a story? How does this influence what people are told by the media, in its current role as the major means, of passing on the information we use to live our lives? "News Values" are an unwritten set of guidelines to the news machine. Attention (your attention), is concentrated mainly on extraordinary events. For example:- - those affecting "elite" persons / nations - those which are dramatic - those which have negative consequences - those which are part of a story already considered newsworthy - those which show basic human emotions and characteristics, (eg pets and 100th birthday stories)... For example, the Daily Mirror of 2/1/86 had a cover story headlined "Di's hairdresser in Raid Terror" - "we know who you are... we'll chop your fingers off". 2 "youths" held him at knifepoint and asked for money, and also fancied his rings, attached to his fingers. They ruminated on removing the jewelry surgically. This made news cos it was a bit dramatic and a bit negative, but mainly because it related to the life of a real media star. The fact that it was an "exclusive" (so much for the free circulation of information), added to the prominence it got. Same with the local papers. The Chronicle's "Review of the Headline News Over the Past Year"(3/l/86) was headed: "Schools closing, schools opening, a new leisure centre, a new library, road works, strikes, vandalism, and job losses were among the mixed bag of news for 1985". All things which They are doing (and the proles are told about them via the media. We the proles.) Not all that "mixed" a bag, in fact - all issues chosen with the criteria printed above in mind. A limited range, presented in such a way as to "make sense" to the readership, or the assumed one, by setting items in a framework of existing basic values. The media assumes that everyone in society has basic common interests and concerns, and that we want this to continue. If we want to change decision-making, we are to do it via the political system, which is supposedly open equally to all - not via the media. Ditto we all have a say and a stake in the national economy because we're all consumers. So the mass media rests on an assumption of status quo. This affects the way something challenging that situation is reported. It may not be reported at all. If it is, the usual style is one of tiredly relating the latest vile doings of the "loony left". (NB - the National Front's paper has a regular column called "Loonie Lefties")... A major way of siding with the status quo is asking MPs, the police, or employers to comment on stories relating to politics, "law and order", and jobs & industry respectively. What they say, and are reported as saying, sets the tone for the whole issue - hence the values of the status quo are repeated in the media - which makes so much noise about being unbiased. MPs etc sit high in the hierarchy of reported opinion as well as the State. Example - newspaper coverage of the item in the last Rag setting out sabotage techniques, including molotov making. This was taken from, and credited to, the New Statesman, who reproduced it from a CIA manual for use against the government of Nicaragua. The Evening Post had "Fury Over DIY Bomb Guide" (31/l2/85, front page). A member of the Rag collective was contacted and quoted - but not what he said about the CIA origin of the cartoons. Prime ranting position went to the police, (i.e. it's a law and order" issue), who found it utterly deplorable. Basic portrayal - violent, dangerous, "loony lefties". Prominence due to a lack of owt else to print. Chronicle... well we've already seen what they call "headline news"... so we get "Storm Over DIY Bomb Guide", Red Rag "controversial"... a stir which they, the press, have created. The Chronic got the pearls of wisdom of MP Tony Durant, the political representative of the status quo which the media support. The Chronic also failed to mention the CIA connection. Instead reassuring the citizenship that these people will be dealt with to ensure a safe society, by saying the police are trying to find a charge to prosecute on. Everything's great! The boat's stopped rocking! Carry on consuming! Billy Bragg once sang:- "so when you wake up to the fact that your paper is tory / just remember - there's 2 sides to every story". But it's not like that. The values are the same for the left and the right of the mass media - they all run stories about the same events. The Mirror(2/l/86) had "DIY Bomb Mag seized", referring to an "undercover anarchist group", the seizure of copies (drama! safety!!), and a possible prosecution... all in 62 words. The "Impartial media looking after everyone's interests" myth is a cover for mind control. Only a framework for communication like Red Rag can be any different from this. Do you think the Post or the Mirror would print what you thought? No individual reader of the Rag can claim to wholeheartedly support everything that's written in this paper. But there's the freedom to debate, inform and disagree. So when was the last time you wrote for the Rag? Mark R - - - (paid ad) WENDESDAY IS WOMEN'S DAY & Other Activities at Reading Centre for the Unemployed 4-6, East St., Reading. Tel: 596639 All Women Welcome! Starting January 22nd Videos Free courses Discussion Creche Dance Self-defence Fun! Fabric and yarn crafts Self-expression - - - LETTERS December 29th 1985 Reading Wholefoods, 7, London Road, Reading, RG1 5BJ Dear "Red Rag Collective", "Bash the rich", "Kick the pigs" etc, was bad enough. The Guide to young Anarchists irresponsible in the extreme, and potentially dangerous in unsophisticated hands, but the "Molotov Cocktail" in your latest issue is the last straw, and has resulted in your publication reaching an all time low in bad taste. How you can claim to accept all articles which are not sexist or racist and then publish such criminally irresponsible, no, evil information on damage to property and (probably) person, is beyond our comprehension. It was in fact, a customer who brought the article to our attention as we do not always have time to read the "Rag" thoroughly. Please withdraw our name from your contacts list now, as we do not wish to be even marginally involved as an outlet for such a publication. Yours, Hilary, Celia, Abn, Rosemary. - - - ABIEZER COPPE'S SOLSTICE CELEBRATION Abiezers winter bash Why did Abiezer have so many friends who weren't willing to help him ? And why did he have enemies? Abiezer's solstice could have been what it was advertised to be "a week of spontaneity and creativity". Instead his solstice was a week of apathy and distorted anarchy. Why did people keep smashing the maze up? Why did the majority rely on a small minority to provide entertainment? The answers are hard to find, everyone who went there was guilty and everyone innocent. Nevertheless the weekend did have its high points, the vocal workshop (I heard) was very good, the maze entertaining and Saturday was brilliant - thank you Ozric Tentacles, Webcore and Here & Now. May we all learn from the past and look forward to the future when Abiezer or perhaps Doris return. Uncle F - - - Issue 7 of READING'S GAY is out now in Acorn - Reading's Gay Collectives newsletter, with lots and lots of things packed onto 2 sides of A4. Oh, and a questionnaire about what gay people in Reading want and need. All free! P.S don't forget the 6th party at the Horse and Barge on Sat. 18th Jan - Details from Acorn Bookshop. - - - Anyone wishing to STOP THE SHOOTING OF PIGEONS in Reading, - please sign the petition on this at Acorn Bookshop - You can also write a letter of protest to the Head of the Environment Department, Civic Offices, Reading. - - - NEW TRICKS FOR '86 Education Open Day Take a new direction in '86, discover your opportunities in Reading if you're not in paid work. Stalls from organisations in Reading working for unemployed people. Thurs 16th Jan. Courses, creche, videos, information, exhibitions, advice, food. Put you ideas into action; meet new friends; learn; refresh. Reading Centre for the Unemployed 4-6 East Street, tel 396639 - - - OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS FOR THOSE NOT IN PAID WORK IN 1986 Not in paid work? Make a fresh start in 1986 by trying something new or improve your own skills or hobbies. Whether you're --- bringing up a family --- working part-time --- in between jobs --- waiting to start a training course --- or just have time to spare Cone along to Reading Centre for the Unemployed where you can relax and enjoy yourself in a friendly atmosphere. Find out which activities appeal to you at the Centre's Open Day Thursday, January 16th 1986 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. How you could benefit from coming to the Open Day --- It's all free! --- Meet others who are not in paid work - swap ideas and experiences --- Chat to people who are there to work for and with you --- Find out about the opportunities available to you in the centre and throughout Reading --- There's entertainment with music, dance and much more! --- See what you would like to do with the centre and how you can make use of the building and facilities --- Creche facilities will be available for you to leave children while you look around the exhibits and displays - - - NEWS FROM A COLLECTIVE Just to let all interested parties know that Acorn has upgraded its photocopier, the new one has more scope for reductions and enlargements due to the variable magnification facility, also it gives better distribution of toner resulting in consistently darker higher quality copies. Come and find out for yourself on the cheapest unsubsidised photocopier in town. Still a few diaries and calendars left for the late starters. Watch out for the Almost Mega Sale. Bargains that you never bargained on before. love from the collective Support A Collective In '86 - - - THE BIG EVENTS Mon 13 - RCU - Prepare for Self Employment. This course starts today, and includes learning about cash flow, tax marketing & selling. 12.30-2.30. Anti-apartheid Benefit. Paradise Club 8-late. Details 'phone Richard 61783 or Dave 664976. Mayday '86 - meeting at RCU - 8pm. Rape Crisis Collective meeting. ?venue, try phoning Janet 581890 or Penny 662646. Tues 14 - Storytime for the Under 5s. Meet every Tuesday at Palmer Park library - 2.30. RCU - Key English, for improvement of basic reading & writing. 10-12. BANC Open meeting - Friends Meeting House, 8pm. Malcolm Harper from UN Association - "Can the UN keep the peace?" Weds 15 - RCU Womens day - run by and for women of all ages. Ah, having now written this I've noticed the courses start _next_ week! (Sorry...) Molesworth Blockade Feb 6th - Notice. If you want to take part in the blockade or help in another way on the day, come along to the local co-ordination meeting on Wed. January 15th at 8pm. Tel: Reading 483416 for details. Anyone interested in helping form an affinity group to do non-violent direct action on Feb 6 contact above no. or 667085. Thurs 16 - RCU - Creative Writing workshop. Share thoughts and feelings through writing. 1-3.00. Wildlife garden project. Help create a garden for wildlife. 1-3.00. Fri 17 - RCU - Reading Single Parents group meet - 1pm. Veggie Dining, 8pm at RCU. Tickets in advance from Acorn bookshop £2:50 waged £2 unwaged. Sat 18 - Reading Anti-apartheid Campaign - picket Waitrose in Woodley - 10-noon. Sun 19 - Red Rag Collective meeting, 39 Coventry Rd., at 6pm. All interested in Rag "day to day life" very welcome. Reading Campaign Against Benefit Cuts, meeting at RCU - 6.30pm, also... RCABC door to door leafleting - meet at Central Pool car park (?time). Berkshire Conservation Volunteers: Out at Owlsmoor Bog to work on retention of wet bog for Berks. & Oxon. NT. Mon 20 - RCU - Prepare for Self Employment. 12.30-2.30. Starting today... Sign language - learn & develop your communication skills with other people. 1-3. Tues 21 - RCU - Tasty cooking on a low budget. (This course run at the Cookery Room, Kensington Rd., tel 55575.) Course inc. setting up a weekly budget, preparing & cooking food with the minimum of equipment. 1-3. Key English - 10-12. Wed 22 - RCU - Women's day: Women's self expression - take part in singing & dance, mime, acting etc. in a non-threatening, non-competitive atmosphere. 10.12.30 Video screenings: using the relatively new way to communicate and create ideas. A new topic each week - this week is "Women's image in the media". 1.30-3 East St Art & Design Workshop. Basic drawing skills though to working with different medias in many forms of art. Here's your chance to try out your creativity! 1-3pm. Storytime for under-fives - 2.30 at Palmer Park library. Anti-apartheid film show - Paradise Club - 8pm. Fabric & yarn crafts. Learn & broaden your skills in spinning an woll dyeing, weaving, quilting, batik, etc. 10-3. BANC business meeting. Friends Meeting House - 8pm. Reading University CND. Talk by Phil Bolsover. Palmer Building, 7pm. (CND activist and civil defense expert.) AUEW meeting with RCABC as a mini public meeting. 121, Oxford Rd, 7.30pm. Thurs 23 - Red Rag editorial - look through articles sent in and help decide what goes in next issue! 'Phone coordinator for venue etc. Tel. no. should be cover of this issue, OK? Central Club - Women's dance group. No previous experience necessary/ Just go along and have fun! 10.15-11.45. RCU - Creative Writing workshop, 1-3. Wildlife garden project, 1-3. Fri 24 - RCU - Jobsearch: aims to instill new confidence, using job-search skills, interviews & applications etc. 1-4. Reading single parents group. 1pm. Sat 25 - 2nd anniversary of GCHQ Cheltenham. March and rally have been organised by CCSU and TU council. A free coach is leaving Reading station at 10.00 and at Newbury at 10.30. Leave Cheltenham at 4.30pm. For further details and bookings in advance 'phone Chris Borgas 477073. Red Rag paste up. Lots of fun and glue and bits of paper and scissors and anarchy and... 'phone coordinator. Sun 26 - Red Rag collating and folding next issue. Acorn bookshop - 10.30-11ish. All help very welcome! Mon 27 - RCU - Prepare for self employment, 12.30-2.30. Sign language - 1-3. Public meeting - "Fighting Apartheid" with speakers from ANC etc. Paradise Club, 8pm. International solidarity will bring the key to freedom and the end of apartheid. Regular Events Free publicity of your group or organisation's meetings if they happen on a regular basis. (Or otherwise.) Write and tell Rag readers about it - why not let people know some details about what you're doing? BANC - 2nd Tuesday of the month, usually at Friends Meeting House. ROAR - 1st Tuesday of month. 7.30, St. Mary's Center, off Chain St. Ecology Party book & record sale. 1st & last Saturday of month, 4 Culver Road (11-4). Gay social - upstairs in the Student Union. Mondays 8pm. Greenham Support - women only. Women's Centre, Abbey St. Tuesdays, 8pm. Shelter - meet 1st Tuesday of month at RCU. Ecology party meet 1st Monday of month at 8, College Rd., 8pm and on 3rd Monday at 252 Tilehurst Rd., 8pm. Labour Party Young - Wednesdays at Fairview Community Centre, 8pm. Phone 883760 - details. SWP - Thursdays, Wellington Arms, Whitley St., 8pm. Phone 596724. Reading Cycle Campaign meet 2nd Sunday of month, 8pm, The Sun, Castle St. Phone 64667 or 589178. Starting in mid January are free courses for women at Co-operative Hall and the AUEW Hall, Oxford Rd. Courses being run are: painting & decorating (Mon & Thurs), carpentry for beginners (Fri & Sat) and "Women start here" on Fri mornings. Women interested in these can contact either Maureen or Sue, tel 5575 ext 29. Free childcare by prior arrangement. Please keep events coming in. There is now a diary in Box 79, Acorn Bookshop for people to write events straight into instead of on slips of paper. So if you're in Acorn and you know of an event, just simply write it in the diary. Love n'hugs to one and all, Paul. - - - COCKTAILS... Reading News Agency rang the co-ordinator of this issue early Tuesday morning of last week. The man who 'phoned said that the Police were considering charges concerning an article about making Molotov cocktails, featured in a recent Rag. What was the Rag's viewpoint on violence, he asked. I told him that the issue re violence in the Rag, was mentioned at the last collective meeting and it was agreed that Red Rag is not supportive of extremist/violent issues. However, neither is it a pacifist paper. It simply is an open forum for discussion, and does not have a 'party' line or set editorial policy (apart from 'no poetry' I mused). I stated my own views were pacifist, but this, like any other collective, was an individual belief. Therefore, any of the comments I expressed concerning Red Rag, were those of one individual. Other questions asked were - Is the Rag an anarchist paper? My reply was that it began as such, but I did not think that it now was, in that some of the contributors would not say they were anarchists, any more than that they were 'Reds' or Communists - therefore, the Rag is not confined to 'Anarchists'. Also asked - What number of copies were printed? Answer - 1800 copies - but read by many more, as the Rag is passed around. How frequent is the Rag published? - Fortnightly. What was my surname? XO? There were other bits of dialogue that I have not recalled, but as far as I can remember it was nothing mega! My main comments were that the Rag is a collectively run community paper, with collective meetings, which are held every 6 weeks (next meeting on January 19th - see Events) and Minutes are available, if required, from Box 79 at Acorn Bookshop. Each issue is produced by a collection of individuals who do not necessarily support the views and news they print. However, like anyone else, we all have the right to reply, and if we disagree with a view-point, we have the choice of whether to write in, and make our point of view known - or not. I feel that these opinions may sometimes be slanted, as the Media generally tends to distort the facts, in order to make a story, and to sensationalize stories in order to sell 'news'. Here lies the beauty of the Red Rag - it has no desire to promote any political party, or to make money, or to deceive. It is free! Free of political and profit-making motives. - - - RED RAG presents Life Can & Sometimes Sartre live at the Paradise Club London St 28th Jan 9-1.30 At an incredible price of £1:50. (tickets available from Acorn) - - - GOING OUT Mon 13th Jan (start of quiet week at the Paradise) Univ Faculty of Letters - Inspector Allcroft of Thames Valley Police: "Drugs - a cancer in the community", 8pm, free. Kennet Arms (Pett St / Elgar Rd) - good Irish folk, 8ish, free. Albion Hotel, Oxford Rd - Pete James original jazz band, 8pm, free. Hectic. Silks, Thatcham - rock night - 932 65592. Bull, Nettlebed - folk with Life & Times band, 8pm, free. SHP - "Desperately Seeking Susan" (15) 7.45 £2:50. "Shy retiring housewife" sees paper ads for someone desperately seeking Susan. The trail leads to Madonna. You've been warned. Thatchers (Fairwater Drive Woodley) - jazz / funk & soul til 11pm. Thatched casual paradise. Univ Students Union - jazz, 9ish, free. Fulham Greyshound - The Might Ballistic Hi-Power (Reading aces) Tues 14th Jan Tudor Arms, Greyfriars Rd - gay disco, 8pm, free. Mainly men. Univ Palmer Building - music for voices & guitar, 1.10om. 25p admission. Hex - magician for under 5s, free, 12.30-1.30pm. SHP - "Desperately Seeking Susan" (15) 7.45 £2:50. No rock at Out of Town Club Padworth til February. Univ - Jah Warrioirs (reggae band) & support. 1am bar. Tickets from Music Market / Listen Records. No need for Union card if you've a ticket. Majestic Ballroom - The Mighty Ballistics Hi-Power & The Horrors & The Lost Weekend. £2:50, 8pm-1am. Watlington House, Watlington St - trad step folk dance club, 8pm. Studio Bistro, London Rd - Univ folk club, 8pm. Wed 15th Jan RFT - "A Passage to India" (PG) 7.30: epic film of the tragic attempts of 2 British "colonial" women to find the "real India". A cautionary tale for all right on people?? East Reading Anti-Nuclear Group - video show, 21 Eastern Avenue, 8pm. SHP cinema as yesterday. SHP workshop in paper jewellery, 1.15-2.45pm, 80p. Paper earrings are v. light so you can make immense constructions... Thurs 16th Jan SHP Cellar Bar - Giant Algea Magnet (a band) & support. £1:50 / 75p UB40, 11pm bar. The Rose, King St, Maidenhead - Dave Fenner & Andy Lavery - folk club, 8pm, free. RFT as last night except UB40s get in cheaper. Univ Students Union - jazz, 9pm, free. Boars Head, Friar St - live band. Reading's oldest pub and one of my least favourite - video jukebox & casuals & Falklands bar display. Miserable sod, aren't I? Dire Country & Western - Cross Keys & The Sportsman. SHP video screening - "An Indian Story" 7.45 free - documentary of human rights suppression in India. SHP cabaret - "Cover Girls" by the Millies ("3 comediennes") 8pm, £3 / £2 UB40. Stars of the Edinburgh Fringe. Victoria Arms, Easthampstead Rd, Wokingham - All That Jazz (jazz band) 8pm free. Fri 17th Jan Reading Centre for Unemployed, East St - Veggie Dining: 3 course vegan meal for £2:50 / £2 UB40 (tickets in advance from Acorn). Personally recommended. Much better than... SHP Cabaret - The Dance Band. Dancers who also play synthesisers etc. 8pm, £3:50 / £4:50 / £2:50. SHP "The Purple Rose of Cairo" (PG) 7.45, £2:50. Mia Farrow & Woody Allen. Cap & Gown, Kings Road - Fair Exchange (rock) - 8.30ish? Tudor Arms, Greyfriars Rd - gay disco, 8pm, free. Mainly men. Odeon Cinema, Cheapside - discount afternoon for UB40s? Fairview Community Centre, George St - folk, blues & jazz night - £1:50 in advance (576598) or on door. Music Dept, Univ - Brahms evening - 7.30, £3 from Hickie's. The Lamb, Eversley - Jive Alive - Blues / Tex Mex / dance music. 8ish, free. SHP Friday Live - GT Moore & The Unknowns (reggae). £3 10-2. Food available. Paradise - Chiefs of Relief (ex Pistols & Bow Wow Wow) & Max (Kevin Mooney, ex Adam & Ants) 8-2. Central Club - Raiders Hi-Power Sound, playing for Unity Football Club. Sat 18th Jan Horse & Barge, Duke St - Gay & Lesbian celebration, til late. 80p raffle tickets. SHP folk - Spredthick, £1:80, 8pm. SHP all day - Bracknell rock day: 10 local bands / artists. For charity. Details tel Bracknell 484123. Drake Centre, Pangbourne College - "Instants Sunshine" £4:50, 7.30. Oxbridge Humour via Radios 2 & 4. SHP - "The Purple Rose of Cairo" again. Also at 10.30pm. Sun 19th Jan Readifolk - Caversham Bridge Hotel, 8.15, free. The Butler, Chatham St - Jazz with Clem Adelman, 8ish,free. Modern jazz & Fullers beer. Studio Bistro, London Rd - some 20s / 30s style smooth serenades. Bridge House, Paley St - folk singaround at lunchtime. Red Rag collective meeting, 6pm, 39 Coventry Road. Do come along. You are all potential collective members. SHP - "The Purple Rose of Cairo", 7.45pm, £2:50. Univ Music Dept, Upper Redlands Rd - The Sylvan Players present some early 19th century romantic music. 3pm. £2 / £3 tel: 860905 / on door. Hex - Jasper Carrot, 8pm, very expensive. Nice to see the Hex are up to their usual standard, Victoria Arms, Wokingham (nr Cinema) - jazz, 8 - Five Leaf Clover. Univ Lounge Bar - Beat & The Devil, free. Mon 20th Jan Martin Luther King Jnrs birthday holiday in the USA. Kennet Arms, Pett St / Elgar Rd - Irish folk, 8ish onwards. Good. Silks, Thatcham - rock night. Univ Students Union - jazz, 9pm, free. Worth it? Albion Hotel, Oxford Rd - hectic jazz, 8ish onward, free. Thatchers, Woodley - as last week. The Bull, Nettlebed - folk with, well, it's a Scottish evening. 8ish, free. SHP - "The Purple Rose of Cairo" (PG) 7.45pm. Tues 21st Jan Tudor Arms, Greyfriars Rd - gay disco, 8ish, free. Mainly men. Univ Palmer Building - concert, including violin solo, and Mendelssohn's Piano Trio. 1.10pm, 25p. SHP Jazz - "Brilliant Corners" quartet, 8pm, £2:70. Piano / guitar / drums / double bass. Hex - No free entertainment for kids at lunchtime. Studio Bistro, London Rd - Univ folk club 8pm free. Watlington House, Watlington St - folk dance, 8pm. Paradise Club - Anti Apartheid meeting, 8pm. Weds 22nd Jan RFT - "The Life & Death of Colonel Blimp" (U) 7.30. Pro-establishment figure shown for what he is - life story of British Army Officer from Boer War to 1945. SHP - "Try it" - workshop in "the sounds of the synthesizer" 1.15-2.45, 80p. SHP - "The Purple Rose of Cairo" (PG) 7.45pm. Thurs 23rd Jan: SHP - Red Sky (heavy rock) & support, £1:50 / 75p, 8-11. Rose, King St Maidenhead - folk with Pete Coe, 8ish, free. Red Rag editorial - phone no. on cover for details. Boars Head, Friar St / Cross Keys / Sportsman, Shinfield - live music, as last week. RFT - "The Favourites of the Moon" (15) 8pm (UB40 discount). Impossible to summarise but sounds good fun; complicated entertainment. Univ Students Union - jazz, 9ish, free. Hex - Joanne MacGregor, piano, 1.10pm, free. SHP video screening "Workers not Shirkers", 7.45 free. Member of Pimlico Arts & Media Scheme talks & presents tapes made with unemployed & Asian people & others. Victoria Arms, Easthampstead Rd, Wokingham - Newbury All Stars jazz band, 8pm, free. Fri 24th Jan Cap & Gown, Kings Road - Beat Back Band, 10 piece soul / r'n'b. Free. 8.30ish? SHP Friday Live - Monkey Club: alternative / comedy band. 10-2am, £3, food available. Lamb, Eversley - folk with Steve Rurner. Free 8ish. UB40 discount at the Odeon Cinema in afternoon?? Kenton Theatre, Henley - Schubert concert, tel H. 575698. Tudor Arms, Greyfriars Rd - gay disco, mainly men. SHP - "Heat & Dust" (15) 7.45 & 10.30, £2:50. A Merchant & Ivory production - westerners of 2 centuries / generations overwhelmed by "the romance of the East". SHP recital - Trio da Caccia incl. Mouret, Dukas, Beethoven, F. Strauss. 8pm, £3. Paradise - Beat & The Devil (dancemasters of soul & funk) & supper (used to be Some Like It Hot). Central Club, 36-42 London St - the best of Reading's sound systems - Raiders, Sir Graphic, Studio Magic. Sat 25th Jan Red Rag pasteup - phone coordinator for details. SHP folk - Martyn Wyndham Band - 8pm, £1:80. Friends Meeting House, Church St - "Lindow Man - an ancient body from a Cheshire bog". I know the feeling... 2.45pm, free. St. Andrew's Church Caversham - Reading Bach Choir do a gig. Details 478097. Drake Centre, Pangbourne College - opera - "The Impresario" (Mozart) & "Rita" (Donizetti) 7.30, £3:50 from the college. SHP - "Heat & Dust", 2 screenings as last night. Paradise - Winston Reedy, reggae star & Street Level (soul) Reading Centre, East St - reggae & soul blues all night, low price. Central Club, London St - reggae sound systems. Sun 26th Jan Red Rag folding, labelling & distribution. Many hands make the devil's work easier. Readifolk, Caversham Bridge Hotel - Burns Night, 8.15 free. The Butler, Chatham St - Clem Adelman's mod. jazz stylings. Studio Bistro, London Rd - 20 / 30s style serenades - spats, Brylcreem and all. Bridge House, Paley St - lunchtime folk singaround. SHP - "Heat & Dust", 7.45pm £2:50. Hex - "An Evening of Pure Nostalgia" - The Searchers. "Memories flood back." 8pm. Victoria Arms, Wokingham - Graham Hewitt's Jazz Band, 8, free. Coming Your Way Tue 28th - Paradise - Red Rag Benefit with Life Can & Sometimes Sartre. 9-1.30. £1:50 on door. All proceeds to Red Rag, which is fairly poor. Tue 28th - Be-Bop jazz at SHP with the Clark-Kane Quintet, 8pm, £2:50. Wed 29th - Sloppy Joe's, Station Hill: gay disco, £1:50, 9-2am. Late Jan - late Feb - South Hill Park's Asian Arts season: drama, painting, music, dance etc. Fri 31st - Maxi Priest (reggae superstar), Central. - East St - all night soul & reggae party. Key Hex - Hexagon, Queens Walk, 591591. Paradise - 112 London Street, 576847. Silks, Thatcham 932 65592. RFT - Reading Film Theatre, Palmer Building, University campus SHP - South Hill Park Arts Centre, Bracknell: B. 484123 Things Theatrical Progress Theatre, The Munts, Christchurch Road - Cinderella (HJ Byron) - Jan 9-18th, 7.45, tel 477594. Shinfield Players, Whitlyey Wood Lane, Shinfield - Aladdin - 17/18, 24/25 Jan. Fri 7.45, Sat 2.30 & 6.30, tel 883315. Kenton Theatre, Henley - Hans Andersen (musical) - 14-18th Jan, tel H. 575698. Oxford Playhouse - Travesties (Tom Stoppard): Lenin, Joyce & Tristan Tzara do the Importance of Being Earnest! - 14-18th Jan, tel Ox 247133. Loddon Hall, Twyford - Dick Whittington (pantomime!) 17th & 18th Jan 8pm / 2.30pm, tel Twyford 345600. Hexagon - Dracula "dress up in something suitable & join in the fun" - 20th-25th Jan, 8pm nightly 5pm Saturday, tel 591591 South Hill Park - London Bound (not so much theatre as a British Airways publicity stunt. Sounds fun though) - 23rd-25th Jan 7.30pm. Plea Give me information!! Love, Mark - - - POLARISWATCH SNOWBALL LETTER About once a month a nuclear warhead convoy leaves the Royal Ordnance factory at Burghfield, near Reading, bound for the Royal Navy Armament depot at Coulport, Dunbartonshire. The purpose of the convoy is to take reconditioned warheads up to Coulport for use on Polaris subs. The convoy then brings unstable, and more dangerous, warheads back down to Burghfield for recycling. Obviously if the convoy crashes there is a great risk of radioactive spillage. An accident did in fact take place recently in the town of Helensburgh, when one of the warhead trucks rammed into the truck in front. The streets were immediately cleared and local bystanders locked in shops. Needless to say the incident had a dramatic effect on the local population. Interest is growing in tracking the convoy. Cruisewatch and Northern groups have proved that such convoys can be tracked, as have the American Nukewatch that tracks the convoy in the States. At present we do not know enough about the Polaris convoy movements. Sometimes they appear to follow a rather convoluted route. Sometimes they go to unexpected destinations. Clearly we need to know more about the route. Therefore, it has been suggested that 'phone trees should be set up with the object of tracking the convoy later in the year, possibly November. People will be alerted when the convoy enters their area and told of its possible route. Hopefully they will be able to mount road side vigils, as Nukewatch do, or in some cases could follow in cars for part of the journey. Local press campaigns can be organised around this - further details available later. Polariswatch can be as effective as Cruisewatch and Nukewatch - if enough people are interested. The more people who become involved the less each individual will have to take on. If you are able to take part in Polariswatch or would like an information pack please fill in the form below and return it to Janet Convery, CND, 22 - 24 Underwood St. London Nl. If you want to discuss anything further 'phone Janet on 01 250 4010 or Polly Woolley on Oxford (0865) 512268. Please photocopy this letter and send copies to anyone you think would be interested in Polariswatch. * I would like to be on a Polariswatch telephone tree. * I would like a Polariswatch information pack. Name ............................. Address............................ * Daytime 'phone number .......... * Eve. 'phone no .................. * delete where applicable. . *Eve. 'phone no. - - - CLEAN-UP OR CENSOR? It is over 2 years since Reading's 'Clean-Up Campaign' erected 3 public noticeboards in a joke of an attempt to stop flyposting. I say "joke" because a population of some 200,000 cannot seriously be expected confine its voice to 3 bits of hoarding... There has been at least a years correspondence with the Council asking whys and whens. This resulted in delay, further delay and excuses. However, the latest bulletin is that there are now 3 more noticeboards planned/errected. Yeah-hey, on the one hand, but Ya Boo Sucks for bringing the total noticeboards for the entire populace of Reading to a measley 6! With a threatened tougher action on flyposting it is necessary to have this number extended considerably. We need a cheap and easy way to communicate our activities, events, benefits and suchlike. One way of getting more response is to write to: Mr. Tomlin, A Cleaner Reading Campaign, Civic Offices, Reading. Of course there are other ways... but don't get caught with paste on your hands! 0X0, Paste Pot Pete. The current noticeboards are: 1 Chatham St., nr. Acorn Bookshop 2 Friars Walk, nr. the Hexagon 3 Minster St., nr. the new Pop Records shop 4 0utside Arthur Hills swimming pool, Kings Rd 5 Station Approach, opposite the station 6 Corner of Corwen Rd., School Rd. (These are existing or planned sites) Community Noticeboards? - - - DATE LINE TAXIS 0h, but as a taxi driver from 'First Choice Taxis' told me... girls are asking for it if they decide not to 'walk the streets' and take a cab instead. In effect, 'they' don't help you in your situation - they believe that you're 'helping their situation' by giving them a call. My taxi driver would not stop the car outside the house until, it seemed, he thought he'd made me quite frightened enough to accept his 6th offer of taking me out for a drink... Well, after my complaint (by telephone) the very next driver I met from the firm told me that (a) the complaint had not even been mentioned to the 'boss' or the driver in question, and (b) that lots of taxi drivers took customers out for drinks... "girls ask for it". A useful phone number for the bin - 588888 (also 582582!!) J - - - AUNUE ANA R CHIST'S CORNER Hello boys and girls this is Auntie Ana and I'm going to tell you how you can have a lovely time with all the fun things Santa has brought you. I hope you got all you wanted from Santa - cars, dolls, painting sets, aerosol cans, DM's, Uzi's, stun grenades etc, and I bet you can't wait to play with them. Well here are a few ideas to really make Christmas go with a bang. But first of all what do you do with all the wrapping paper, here's a really good idea. You and your friends collect all the paper you can and fold in neatly in a big pile then invite an MP and the newspapers round and burn the bastards. Ha Ha wasn't that fun. Here's a good joke to play on your reactionary Bigoted and Fascist uncle. When he's not looking tip his bottle of gin down the loo and very carefully replace it with double strength bleach, that will really make his eyes light up when he has his evening tipple He He. Here's an even better idea which will really delight your Mommy and Daddy, when they are not looking take all the credit cards out of your Daddy's wallet, isn't it funny how they are all the same size, then get some of your Daddy's Special Sticky glue that's really super and go down to your local Capitalist, Fascist, Arms-dealing, Repressive High St. Bank and find the funny machine which makes noises when you Press the Pretty Buttons. Now if you put some of that Special Sticky Glue that's Super on one of the credit cards (preferably the Gold American Express one) and put it in the little slot on the funny machine it will by magic disappear and it will never be seen again, isn't that fun. Wait until you see the delight on the faces of the other people who want to play with the funny machine. Here's a really good trick to play on that nice ex-army, backbone of the community, salt of the earth, protector of society. Interfering old Bastard who owns a Rolls and a scurvy factory employing YOPS. With your 'Little Car Mechanic' socket set crawl underneath his roller and take out the drain plug on the gear box, and drain the oil into old Fairy Liquid bottles (be careful not to get any oil on his nice clean drive). He will be ever so happy when he has to have a nice ride home in one of those Big Shining Breakdown Trucs with those pretty flashing lights. You get lots and lots of visitors over Xmas and your Mommy and Daddy will be very excited when sooner or later some very polite men in blue suits and shiny buttons come in through the window. These men are very funny the way they jump up and down and do a funny dance with their truncheons and will probably ask Mommy and Daddy to go with them to their house.... - - - RED RAG POSTAL SERVICE ? Why not have Red Rag posted to a friend living outside the Reading distribution area: Wokingham, Pangbourne, Henley or ex-Reading folks who have moved further afield. - All you need to do is send the name and address of the person requiring the Rag - and name of the donor if it's a pressie - plus an amount to cover postage. A pound will give someone the delights of Reading's only for 2 or 3 months. When the subscription runs out, I'll send them a reminder so they can renew it if they wish. - Also if you know of any other community newspaper around, please let us know and we'll be glad to do an exchange - new ideas always useful and welcome. At present we receive the Leeds Other Paper, Exeter's Flying Post and Sheffield's alternative paper. These are available in the Rag box at Acorn. - So next time you write to your granny up north or a friend who has moved further south, ask them if they can sound out local community publications. No postage required for exchanges! Subscriptions, other publications, cheques, views, etc should be sent to Red Rag (Posties), Box 79. 17 Chatham Street, Reading, Berkshire. - - - PEACE MATTERS Flackjacket Day - February 6th, 1986 Molesworth C.N.D. and friends are commemorating the eviction of the Rainbow Village, last February, with a mass blockade of all entrances to the base. The action will begin at 6.00 a.m. on Thursday, February 6th. This should certainly be a date for our Red Rag calendars. Spread the word, form affinity groups and prepare. Those people interested in forming a local group for this non-violent, direct action - please attend the meeting on the 15th January, 1986, (see events) or 'phone Reading - 483416, or 667085, for further details. There are now three peace camps at Molesworth, including a Christian C.N.D. camp outside the old Rainbow Village site, an anarchist camp in the peace garden and the People's Peace Camp on the other side of the base in Warren Lane. Incursions into the base happen on an almost daily basis and the police have to bring in reinforcements every weekend. Any support would be appreciated and new people would be extremely welcome. International law... decrees the indiscriminate mass extermiation of people to be a crime At Molesworth (Cambs)... the UU plan to site 64 Cruise Missiles - equal to 1,000 Hirshimas British law... requires anyone knowing of a threatened crime to act to prevent it. - - - NUCLEAR INDUSTRY SUBMITS With the sea dumping suspended recently CEGB and those with lots of money invested in nuclear power are now trying to find some space on land. Not only "our" nuke waste but also from other countries who realise how lethal it is. FOE has been leaked a list of proposed shallow nuclear waste disposal sites. In addition to Elstow (proposed 1983) are areas in Humberside Oxon and Bucks. Local people have set up action groups and local Conservative MPs in all the areas oppose the proposals. In response to growing opposition the Nuclear Industry has launched an expensive public relations exercise. They began with a media teach in, in November, and now plan extensive media coverage, combined with glossy brochures to sell their ideas. The DOE it appears would like to dump waste anyway, if it's legal and economically sound. They see long term storage as unattractive and are lobbying TUC support to help negate embarrassing discussions in the future. FOE are recalling to TUC the practical experience of shallow dumping at Drigg. There have been leaks and regular fires. CEGB and NIREK (soft sell) tactics seem to be producing more opposition, and the industry is considering buying off communities with compensation. Hopefully this approach will fail too, as it just serves to highlight the high risks such communities would be exposed to. - - - OTMOOR VICTORY After 5 years of campaigning by Friends of the Earth the Department of Transport has finally relented on its position regarding the M40 extension: That is to say it will no longer cut through Otmoor, or the important Butterfly haven, Bemwood forest. Though the extension will still go ahead F.O.E. (and all?) are delighted that two of the moat crucial sites on the route seem to be safe for the present. An encouraging success too, from all those people from around the world who rushed to buy plots at Alices Meadow. - - - Council of Civil Service Unions Reading Area Local Co-ordinating Committee CPSA CSU FDA/AIT IPCS IRSF POA SCPS Berks S. Bucks S. Oxon GCHQ: SECOND ANNIVERSARY CCCSU/TUC March and Rally Cheltenham Saturday 25 January 1986 Assemble: 12.00 Pittville Pump Room March: 1.00 Rally: 2.00 Montpellier Gardens Free Coach: Reading Railway Station: 10.00 Newbury Bus Station: approx 10.30 Leave Cheltenham: 4.30pm. Advance Bookings: Chris Borgars, 27 Carlton Rd Caversham Heights, Reading, RG4 7NT. (home: 477073) GCHQ Trade Unions - We Won't Desert Them GCHQ Trade Unions - Still Fighting On - - - POLICE OPPRESSION As January 1st 1986 heralds the start of new, extended police powers to kidnap you and lock you away for long periods, one might spare a thought for the recently formed Campaign Against Police Repression. In response to the totally out of order proposals for limiting picketing, demos, etc, they are demonstrating in London on 28th January - to reclaim the streets as ours, to use as we like, day or night. The planned route of the march is from London Fields in Hackney, then past Dalston Lane and Stoke Newington police stations. These proposals affect everybody who ever attended a meeting, took part in an action, went to a demo or did any picketing... anyone, indeed, who in asserting their rights to live their life, comes up against blue coated state hooligans. CAPR is totally independent and receives no funding from any political groups at all. For more details... Box CAPR, 63 Blackstock Rd, London N4 or... Pete, tel: 01 341 5340 - - - Twenty odd people CONTRIBUTE MONEY TO RED RAG by standing order. Are you an odd person? If so there's a form below. Please fill it in --- it gives us some much-needed regular income. Many of us are on the dole and still pay £l a month, so you can probably afford it. Standing Order Mandate To (your bank's name and address) .............................. ................................................................ Please pay to the account of RED RAG, Co-operative Bank, Reading (08-90-16), a/c no. 50148637, the sum of ..................................(words), £............(figs) on ..................................(date), and on the same date every month / 3 months until further notice. Signed ....................................... Date............. Your name........................................................ Address.......................................................... Your a/c number................................................. Please send this form to Red Rag, c/o Box 79, Acorn Bookshop, 17 Chatham Street, Reading. NOT to your bank. - - - BINFIELD DOG RESCUE Some two years ago I visited this establishment, and was impressed by the way it was run. I recently made a return visit to help walk a few dogs, which I thoroughly enjoyed. However, after my 'dog walking' session, I realised they need the help of people like you and me - daily, weekly or even monthly. At the moment they have 46 dogs in the kennels, from small puppies to elderly dogs. They arrive in varying states of health and fitness, but all are well cared for, fed and groomed by the workers at the Rescue. Of these, two are full time workers, two part-time and they need volunteers, to ensure that their high standards are kept. Volunteers are useful, not only to exercise the animals (and keep the 'walkers' fit!) but to help generally with grooming etc. All the dogs are friendly, and the staff are always delighted to see you. The best time to call is between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. When a dog is lost, strayed or simply abandoned, it is, if found by the Police, held for one day at their 'pound', then if not claimed, taken to Binfield Dog Rescue, and its keep is paid for by the Police for 7 days. The kennels receive dogs from East Berkshire, including Reading, Pangbourne, and as far as London, Heath Row Airport. After the week is up, the dog's food and kenneling is funded by donation. These are from two sources, by direct donation from the public, or by donations from the people who give any of the animals a home. The amounts donated by those who 'home' the dogs are generally made up as follows: £15.00 vaccination fees; £30 - £35.00 for pedigree animals is the donation requested and £20.00 for a mongrel. Of the dogs, at present in the centre, 5% will be claimed by their owners, and the remainder will be found good homes, hopefully. Owners are found by advertising in papers, such as the Post, Chronicle, Bracknell News, and of course Red Rag! But advertising is an expensive business as is the cost of Vets' fees. So, how can people like you and I help? Well, if you already have a dog - make sure it has a name tag, securely attached to its collar, also, get it trained properly, to ensure that your pet will not stray or be lost. There are courses in most local areas, lasting about 12 weeks. If you have a child or two - don't have a dog until the children are old enough to take part in its care and control - dogs can be a burden when a family has young children too. If you do lose your dog - telephone first the Police, then the dog rescue kennels (usually, their addresses are to be found in the local newspapers). If you have a dog, and do not intend to breed from it - particularly if it is a mongrel or cross-breed bitch - have it neutered, or keep it indoors or on a leach out of doors when it is in season. Lastly, don't give puppies as presents, unless you are sure that it will be welcomed and properly looked after. To those of you who have a little, regular spare time and enjoy the pleasure of a dog's company, or perhaps do not have a dog of your own - call in at the Binfield Dog Rescue at Billingbear, Wokingham, or telephone them on Bracknell 421490 and see how you can help - you will be welcome! - - - "RED FURY" Heaving Post Gives Undeserved Publicity To Artwork In Red Rag! Picture the scene... Evening Post (and Chronic) reporters border after the Xmas break. No news available cos everyone's too hungover to cause trouble... So, our enterprising local paper sends its staff to dig up some grime. The result - they find some offensive graphics (previously published in the New Statesman and taken from a CIA manual!) accompanying an Article in the 21st Dec issue of Red Rag. Next they show them to the police who say, "Yup, we might look into it." Then on Tues. 31st Dec. the front page (no less) carries the dubious banner headline, in true grit sensationalist style: "Fury at DIY Bomb Guide". By the time you read this there will be follow-up in-depth stories.. the Post and cronies having frantically phone up some Red Rag types and some obscure establishment types to try and set up a one sided public mud slinging debate / fight. And all for what? To campaign against violence? Or simple to sell more garbage and make lots more money so they can print lot more garbage? Every day their is world-wide violence - trivialised daily on TV, reinforced in kids comics and in the sale of war toys and suchlike. Real life issues like this seem lost in the desire to set local communities against one another (irrelevant battles). So, being the international year of peace (where's the banner headline?) 1986 is a good time as any to try and be a little more positive and constructive - let's do it all now... - - - International solidarity will bring the key to freedom and an end to Apartheid... ANTI-APARTHEID CAMPAIGN The Reading Anti-Apartheid campaign meets every Monday at 8.p.m., at the Paradise Club. Its activities involve regular pickets of local supermarkets and branches of Barclay's Bank on Saturday mornings. There will be a film show with an A.N.C. film at the Paradise Club at 8pm on Tuesday, 21st January and on Monday 27th January at 8pm there will be a public meeting "Fighting Apartheid" with speakers from British and S. African trade unions and from the Journal of African Marxists. All support is welcome. You can contact us via our Box in Acorn, or come along to our regular weekly meetings. - - - SMALL ADS Wanted: 2nd hand drum kit, 4 drums, cymbals, Hi-hat. Contact: Sylvie, 665332 Interested in helping hold a 3 day rock festival in June - August 86. Big names and local bands/talent. Contact Steve 583666 ext.393 (after 1730). For Sale: Citreon 2cv, bright green, 'P' reg. C.N.D. stickers already fitted, new stripey roof. Needs some attention for M.0.T. 8 months tax. Any sensible offers considered to include donation to Rag. Contact Mike 867789. For Sale/Swop: sofa and 2 chairs tape recorder, gas cooker, babywalker, baby swing, new shoes - black, size 9, plus assorted tapes records, odds and bits. For further info, visit please ring 667O85. Gary: Happy Birthday Gary and Rebecca: Happy Birthday" 0x0, Friends everywhere. Fridge: Old but working. £5:00 donation to Red Rag. Rdg.662569 Pregnant Woman - Desperately seeks accommodation. Ring Greta 590601 One Person Required to share house at: 15,Armour Rd., Tilehurst. £12.50 p.w. plus bills. Not a pit! Veggie or discrete carnivore, fairly tidy. Call around 6.30-9p.m. Wanted Urgently accommodation in Oxford Rd. area. Prefer unfurnished. Willing to share bathroom/kitchen facilities. Please contact 01.326.1472 or leave message for Mary Riley on Cholsey 651.281.ext272 Andrew and Debbie - warmest congratulations on the birth of your son Todd (10/l/86) OXO from your friends in Reading. - - - RED RAG OUTLETS You can pick up your next Rag from any of the following: Acorn Bookshop, under Chatham St car park Central Club, London St Centre for the Unemployed, East St Continental Stores, Cemetery Junction Elephant Groceries & Off-license, Derby St Eurofoods, Crown Colonade, Cemetery Junction Fairview Community Centre, George St Fine Food Stores, 168 Oxford Rd Harrison's Newsagent, Caversham Rd Harvest Wholefoods, Harris Arcade, Friar St Jelly's Stores, Whitley St Kan's Kitchen, London Rd Ken's Shop, SU Whiteknights Ling's Chinese Fish Bar, Wokingham Rd Listen Records, Butts Centre Mo's Place, London St Music Market, Union St Number Sixty, Christchurch Green Pop Records, 172 King's Rd Rag Doll, London St Sanco Newsagents, Caversham Rd Sugar Bowl, Wokingham Rd Sutherlands, Erleigh Rd Tech College, King's Rd UB Cycles, London St - - - $Id: //info.ravenbrook.com/user/ndl/readings-only-newspaper/issue/1986/1986-01-12.txt#3 $