Welcome to Issue 21 of the Communist History Network Newsletter (CHNN). As indicated in the last issue, the full-text search facility on the CHNN website has now been reinstated, so it is possible to run searches against the complete contents of all issues of the Newsletter. The editors are once again reviewing the suitability of the various formats that the CHNN is published in. While a small number of print copies of the Newsletter will continue to be made available to subscribers who do not enjoy internet access, we will continue to promote the electronic version of the CHNN as the preferred format. We would, however, be interested to know if online readers of the Newsletter are only effectively making use of the .pdf version of new issues (in which case the web page and Word versions of the Newsletter may no longer warrant the additional resources required to make them available). We would welcome any comments or feedback on this question. The deadline for submissions for the Autumn 2007 edition of the Newsletter is September 30 2007, and contributions are welcomed.

Editors CHNN
Politics section
School of Social Sciences
University of Manchester M13 9PL

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