After her return from Spain, Ethel MacDonald worked closely with Guy Aldred, Jenny Patrick, John Taylor Caldwell and other Glasgow anarchists on a shoestring publishing enterprise, The Strickland Press, which published regular issues of the USM organ, The Word.
Upon her return from Spain, Ethel MacDonald collaborated with Guy Aldred, Jenny Patrick, John Taylor Caldwell, and other Glasgow anarchist activists in a low-budget publishing endeavor, The Strickland Press, which issued regular issues of the USM newsletter, The Word.