[Imc-sydney] Email to drum up contributions/readers

[takver]

I would like to drum up some contributions and maybe readers by sending
out an email to a list or two. What do people reckon?
I have in mind initially the Broadleft Yahoo email list, but I'm sure
there are others we can send it round.
-- 
in solidarity
Takver

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