11.09.2014

Glad to be back

Robbie Rix, aka 'the Scarlet Pimpernel' is back to report on your favourite paper's finances

After a couple of months when all donations to the Weekly Worker were included in the CPGB’s Summer Offensive fundraising drive, I’m glad to be back reporting on our paper’s monthly fighting fund.

It goes without saying that all cash donated to the Weekly Worker was used for the purpose specified during the Summer Offensive - which, I am informed by CPGB national organiser Mark Fischer actually surpassed its £30,000 target by £51 after a couple of cheques delayed in the post were factored in.

As for September’s fighting fund, with its £1,500 target, it already stands at a pretty useful £742 after less than two weeks. Amongst those sending in cheques since the start of the month have been RG (£100), JH (£60), GD (£50), JM (£50) and DV (£25). I have also received no fewer than 24 standing order donations, including £35 from DS, £30 each from PM, SD and DG, £25 from GD, and £20 from TG, SM, DG and DV.

The same DV writes that the Weekly Worker is“still the best paper on the left by far”, with “easily the best and most open letters page”. The “Weekly Worker makes you think!” he concludes. Yes, we promote genuine debate - the only way we stand a chance of forging a Marxist party incorporating what are now rival sectlets under a regime of genuine democratic centralism.

Finally there were three contributions to our September fund via PayPal - thank you, NW, MD and TT. Those three were among 7,126 online readers last week, by the way.

So, all in all, we are already more than halfway towards meeting that £1,500 target for September. But there’s no room for complacency - we always get the highest number of contributions in the first week of the month. Now we need to keep up the momentum.