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This issue of New Age, a monthly paper of the Communist Workers' Movement published in March 1979, focuses on the struggle of low-paid workers in Britain, particularly in the public sector, demanding a minimum £60 weekly wage. It covers trade union actions, government-TUC relations, industrial challenges at Plessey Liverpool, civil servants' pay struggles, tenants' resistance to racism, women's demonstrations against violence, and black people's organizing against racism and police brutality in Hackney. Additional topics include Enoch Powell's controversial political stances and a Bangladeshi workers' cultural evening.

The issue covers Premier Hua Guofeng's successful visit to Britain including meetings with British officials and cultural exchanges to strengthen anti-Soviet unity and world peace. It reports on a London rally celebrating the 30th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. Editorial content critiques the 'Birch party' and trade union leadership, emphasizing the need for a revolutionary communist party. Readers' letters discuss industrial struggles at Plessey, Labour Party racism in East London, and other workplace and social issues. Articles address steel industry closures, the Corrie Abortion Bill controversy, and the British intelligence-backed Transglobe expedition. Overall, the paper focuses on class struggle, international solidarity, and socialist revolution under Marxist-Leninist principles.