The next step

The next step (for some time abbreviated to tns) was the review/newspaper of the Revolutionary Communist Tendency and its successor the Revolutionary Communist Party. Initially published every six weeks it became a monthly and then, in 1985, the weekly paper of what was by then the Revolutionary Communist Party. It was published by RCP publishing company Junius Publications.
[[File:Next step logo November 1984.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Logo of 'The next step Revolutionary Communist Party [UK] Review, No. 53, November, 1984, 24pp.]]
 
==Name changes, publication details, contents== 
The next step was first published in December 1979 as a six-weekly review, developing into a monthy paper. It was wound up at number 57 in March 1985 when it became a weekly, just after the end of the 1984/85 Miners Strike.British Library catalogue Revolutionary Communist Tendency, accessed 24 September 2010:
*Title: The next step : review of the Revolutionary Communist Tendency.
*Contributor: Revolutionary Communist Tendency.
*Other Titles: Key Title: Next step 
*Subjects: Political science -- Periodicals ; Politics Serials ;
*Dewey: 320.05
*Publication Details: London BCM JPLTD,WC1V 6XX : Janius Publications Ltd, [1979-1985] 
*Language: English 
*Description: No. 1 (Dec. 1979)-no. 57 (Mar. 1985) 
*Identifier: ISSN: 0144-350X; BNB: GB8027892; System number: 010548623 
*Related Titles: Later Title: TNS 
*Notes: Published at irregular intervals. - 12p. in 1st issue. 
*Physical Description: v. ; ill., ports. ; 42 cm. 
*Holdings Notes: General Reference Collection P.2000/743 No. 1 (Dec. 1979)-no. 57 (Mar. 1985) 
*Shelfmark(s): General Reference Collection P.2000/743 According to the British Library (BL) the weekly version of the paper began publication in 1985. The first edition held by the BL is that of 26 April 1985, British Library data The Next Step., accessed 24 October 2010: 
* Title: TNS: The Next Step : Revolutionary Communist Party Weekly.
* Place Name: England London.
* Identifier: System number: 013918926
* Related Titles: Later Title: Next Step 29 April 1988-25 Feb.1994
* Creation Date: 1985
* Holdings Notes: Newspaper Library :26 April 1985-22 April 1988.
* Shelfmark(s): Newspapers 1985 5448 [1985], Newspapers 1986 1424 [1986], Newspapers 1987 720 [1987], Newspapers 1988 242 [1988]. though according to RCP sources it went weekly on 19 April.Date included in advert for The next step at the back of: Mike Freeman, The miners' fight for jobs: Our day will come, London: Junius Publications, March 1985, p. 59. 
The British Library notes that the name was changed in 1988 removing the abbreviation from the title along with the reference to the RCP, but returning to the title The next step. The review continued publishing until 25 February 1994 around two years before the dissolution of the RCP in 1996. British Library data, The Next Step., accessed 24 October 2010:
* Title: The Next Step.
* Place Name: England London.
* Identifier: System number: 014638811
* Related Titles: Earlier Title: TNS: The Next Step : Revolutionary Communist Party Weekly 26 April 1985-22 April 1988
* Creation Date: 1988
* Holdings Notes: Newspaper Library :29 April 1988-25 Feb.1994.
* Shelfmark(s): Newspapers 1989 1412 [1989]
Newspapers 1988 242 [1988],
Newspapers 1990 1437 [1990],
Newspapers 1991 1037 & 1231 [1991],
Newspapers 1992 569 & 1134 [1992],
Newspapers 1993 979 & 1025 [1993],
Newspapers 1994 1094 [1994].
In its launch edition in December 1979, the next step consisted of twelve pages and had articles on 'Smash the PTA!' (p. 1), 'Leyland: the Crunch' (p. 1), 'Fighting racism in Britain & Europe' (p 4), the 'Labour Party Conference' (p6), 'SWP Blues: whatever happened to trade union militancy' (p 8), 'Up against imperialism in africa' (p 9) and 'AUEW strike...broad left..' (p 10). By November 1984 the paper had reached 24 pages.The next step Revolutionary Communist Party [UK] Review, No. 53, November, 1984, 24pp. In 21985 the paper became a weekly. By 1987 tns it was down to twelve pages.The next step – Revolutionary Communist Party [UK], No. 18, 15 May 1987, 12pp. The party launched Living Marxism in November 1988 and by early 1989 The next step was down to 8 pages; by January 1991 it was four pages. On at least one occasion the paper went from A3 to A4 (in January 1991), eventually becoming more irregular and ceasing publication in February 1994. 
==Contents==
*Daniel Nassim 'The perfect match', Review of James Adams, The unnatural alliance: Israel and south Africa, Quartet, 1984, The next step, No. 53, November 1984, p. 21
===Resources===
====Copies of the Next step====
=====Six Weekly and then Monthly until March 1985 (No. 57)=====
*[ The next step] Revolutionary Communist Party [UK], February 1983, No. 32, 24pp. (A3)
*[ The next step] Revolutionary Communist Party [UK], March 1983, No. 33, 24pp. (A3)
*[ The next step] Revolutionary Communist Party [UK], April 1983, No. 34, 24pp. (A3)
*[ The next step] Revolutionary Communist Party [UK], June 1983, No. 36, 16pp. (A3)
*[ The next step] Revolutionary Communist Party [UK], February 1984, No. 44, 24pp. (A3)
*[ The next step] Revolutionary Communist Party [UK], July 1984, No. 49, 20pp. (A3)
*[ The next step] Revolutionary Communist Party [UK], August 1984, No. 50, 24pp. (A3)
*[ The next step] Revolutionary Communist Party [UK] Review, No. 53, November, 1984, 24pp.
=====Tns - Weekly from April 1985 to 22 April 1988=====
*[ The next step] Revolutionary Communist Party [UK], 2 May 1986, No. 17, 12pp. (A3)
*[ The next step] Revolutionary Communist Party [UK], 23 May 1986, No. 20, 12pp. (A3)
*[ The next step] Revolutionary Communist Party [UK], 13 June 1986, No. 23, 12pp. (A3)
*[ The next step] Revolutionary Communist Party [UK], 20 June 1986, No. 24, 12pp. (A3)
*[ The next step] Revolutionary Communist Party [UK], 11 July 1986, No. 27, 12pp. (A3)
*[ The next step] Revolutionary Communist Party [UK], 24 October 1986, No. 41, 12pp. (A3)
*[ The next step] Revolutionary Communist Party [UK], No. 18, 15 May 1987, 12pp. pdf on Scribd
*The next step Revolutionary Communist Party [UK], 12 June 1987, No. 22, 16pp. (A3)
*The next step Revolutionary Communist Party [UK], 14 August 1987, No. 30, 16pp. (A3)
*The next step Revolutionary Communist Party [UK], 23 October 1987, No. 39, 16pp. (A3)
=====The next step from 29 April 1988 to 25 February 1994 (Weekly, A3, 8 pages until the end of 1990, then A4, 4 pages from January 1991)=====
*The next step Revolutionary Communist Party [UK], 21 October 1988, No. 37, 8pp. (A3)
*[ The next step] Revolutionary Communist Party [UK], 24 February 1989, No. 7, 8pp. (A3)
*The next step Revolutionary Communist Party [UK], 10 March 1989, No. 8, 8pp. (A3)
*The next step Revolutionary Communist Party [UK], 17 November 1989, No. 35, 8pp. (A3)
*[ The next step] Revolutionary Communist Party [UK], 12 January 1990, No. 1, 8pp. (A3)
*The next step Revolutionary Communist Party [UK], 30 March 1990, No. 11, 8pp. (A3)
*[ The next step] Revolutionary Communist Party [UK], 16 November 1990, No. 36, pp. (A3)
*The next step Revolutionary Communist Party [UK], 30 November 1990, No. 38, 8pp. (A3)
*[ The next step] Revolutionary Communist Party [UK], 18 January 1991, No. 3, 4pp. (A3)
*[ The next step] Revolutionary Communist Party [UK], 25 January 1991, No. 4, 4pp. (A4)
*The next step Revolutionary Communist Party [UK], 1 February 1991, No. 5, 4pp. (A4)
*The next step Revolutionary Communist Party [UK], 15 May 1992, No. 16, 4pp. (A4)
*[ The next step] Revolutionary Communist Party [UK], 10 July 1992, No. 20, 4pp. (A4)
*The next step Revolutionary Communist Party [UK], 18 September 1992, No. 23, 4pp. (A4)
*The next step Revolutionary Communist Party [UK], 25 September 1992, No. 24, 4pp. (A4)
*[ The next step] Revolutionary Communist Party [UK], 4 December 1992, No. 32, 4pp. (A4)
*[ The next step] Revolutionary Communist Party [UK], 8 January 1993, No. 1, 4pp. (A4)
*[ The next step] Revolutionary Communist Party [UK], 15 January 1993, No. 2, 4pp. (A4)
*The next step Revolutionary Communist Party [UK], 2 April 1993, No. 23, 4pp. (A4)
*[ The next step] Revolutionary Communist Party [UK], 15 October 1993, No. ?, 4pp. (A3)
==Notes==
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