17.02.2022

Getting there

Robbie Rix reports on the Weekly Worker fighting fund

Comrade AR is typical of so many of our readers in his appreciation of the Weekly Worker. He attempted to set up a new PayPal subscription, but somehow did so five times without realising it! When we informed him of his error and offered a refund, he promptly told us not to worry - we should take the extra £20 as a donation. Thanks very much, comrade!

He was one of four comrades who made PayPal contributions - the others are all regular monthly donors, each paying no less than £50 each time. Thanks go to DB, TL and Australian comrade MF, who now informs us that, having just lost his job, he will have to suspend his donations, so we should also suspend his subscription for the time being, he says. You’ve paid several years’ subscriptions, comrade, even though we send your Weekly Worker to Australia!

On top of that, we received three very useful standing orders - thank you, comrades TR (£40), PB (£60) and - last, but not least - KB, who came up with no less than £170! Finally, there was comrade Hassan, who handed his usual tenner to one of our comrades.

All that comes to exactly £450 received this week, taking our running total up to £1,191. The target is, of course, £2,250, so we’re getting there. But let me remind comrades that there are only 28 days in February, so there are less than two weeks to go to make the £1,059 we still need. But I know you won’t let us down!

Robbie Rix