This sounds like a good idea.

Those nice people at Love Music Hate Racism have got together with the NME, the NUT, the NUS, and loads of musicians to produce a double-CD.

The first disc is attached to this week's NME and the second disc can be downloaded for free.

Anyone who downloads the second disc can also download artwork for the CD itself (same link as above) and they can also get a sleeve for it free. Sort of.

The sleeves can be ordered in bulk by Student Unions to give away to members, or anyone else (schools, trade unions, etc.) can order some for a donation to cover the admin and postage costs. All the details are here, along with posters and leaflets which can be downloaded and printed.

If any unions, schools or other organisations in the Wealden area intend to get some of these CD sleeves to distribute in schools, colleges, youth clubs or elsewhere let us know - we can give it a mention here, and if we are able to get any ourselves it will help us if we know of places which are already covered.

Why is this happening? This is what LMHR say about it:

The CD idea came about following the fascist British National Party (BNP) attempts to recruit school students with their racist poison and amid reports from Channel 4 among others of a significant rise in racist attacks and abuse inside schools. The CD has huge potential in taking the LMHR message to a huge audience, getting many new people involved in the campaign to stop the fascist BNP from dividing our communities and schools ahead of next year's local council and London Assembly elections - but only with YOUR help.

How about making a donation to LMHR on our behalf to cover the cost of some CD sleeves for us to give away?  Or how about just making a donation to us to cover the costs of this sort of activity?  Or how about joining us at the same time?

At the very least, think about getting the NME this week.  Artists on the CDs include The Enemy, Lethal Bizzle, The View, Hard-Fi, MIA, Bloc Party, Carbon/Silicon, Babyshambles, The Charlatans, Dirty Pretty Things, Manu Chao, Biffy Clyro, New Young Pony Club, Billy Bragg, Maximo Park, and Nine Black Alps. I am listening to the downloaded second CD now and its pretty darn good.