16.06.2016

Play your part

Help Robbie Rix accelerate

MF’s brilliant £120 donation provided a much needed boost to our fighting fund in an otherwise sparse week. We are now halfway through the month, but the total of £836 raised so far is just a little bit behind where we ought to be, if we’re going to raise the £1,750 we need each month.

Other highlights this week were a cheque for £50 from KC, a £20 standing order from DW and another £25 PayPal gift from one of our supporters in Canada, comrade SS. He was among the 2,732 online readers our counter registered last week - although, of course, the accuracy of this has often been called into question. It’s a question, on the one hand, of total or unique visits and, on the other, of the effect of ad-blockers and suchlike. But currently we are studying this question and trying to ensure we record our online readership as accurately as possible. No easy task, I’m told.

Amongst the donations this week was comrade DB’s monthly £7.20 via PayPal. That’s the amount he used to pay for his overseas subscription, but, even though he now reads us online and doesn’t take a hard copy any more, he insists he still wants to pay the Weekly Worker the same amount. It’s gratefully received, comrade!

But now we could do with a bit of acceleration in the second half of the month. Feel free to play your part!

Robbie Rix