04.12.2014

New, improved

Now in Technicolor, 3D and 4K-ready... well, maybe not the last two

Unfortunately, we did not quite manage to raise the full £1,750 of our new fighting fund target in November. But we came pretty damned close, ending the month on £1,685.

In one way, that is something to be proud of - after all, we didn’t always manage to raise the previous target of £1,500, and, as usual, a number of loyal readers and supporters chipped in with a bit extra. But £1,750 reflects our actual needs, so we have to get there or thereabouts as often as we can.

Several comrades who have contributed over the last few weeks have congratulated us on the new, improved appearance of the Weekly Worker - meaning the attractive use of colour on the outside pages, of course. Typical is HJ, who writes: “Can’t say how pleased I am with how the paper looks” - and he proves it by enclosing a cheque for £50! That was also the amount donated by JP, but she was more impressed by our coverage of Left Unity than our use of colour.

Then we received a couple of PayPal donations - thank you, FD (£25) and SI (£12). Finally there were three standing orders totalling £110 - JT deserves a special mention for his £75. A total of £247 in three days isn’t bad at all!

But that still leaves us with the problem of the £65 shortfall. Not a tragedy, but we could do with making it up this month. And our December fund got off to a good start, with £209 coming in since the 1st. Of course, most of that took the form of start-of-the-month standing orders, but GF (£25) and DW (£20) made use of our PayPal facility.

They were two out of 3,604 online readers last week, by the way (assuming our new monitor is anywhere near accurate - regular readers will know I have my doubts!). This week, the UK edged ahead of the US in terms of readers (1,558 against 1,543, with Germany occupying its usual distant third place, on a mere 101).

Wherever you read us, we could do with your help. PayPal and bank transfers (account number 00744310; sort code 30-99-64) produce almost instantaneous results, while cheques are slower, but just as reliable! Let’s make it a first for our new target in December - not to mention that £65 deficit carried over from November!