04.05.2023

Second time unlucky

More bad news, I’m afraid. For the second successive month, we failed to reach the Weekly Worker’s £2,250 fighting fund target.

At least this time things weren’t as bad as in March, when we were £253 short, but in April we missed the target by £168. That was despite some brilliant last-minute bank transfers from comrades responding to my appeal last week - in particular JC and RG, who each donated £100, and BK, who contributed £50.

There were other transfers or standing orders from JT and MD (£25 each), OG (£14), GB (£11), VP (£10) and AR (£5). AR also made his usual PayPal contribution of £5, while comrade DB used the same method to donate £50. Finally, comrade Hassan made his usual cash donation (this time for a tenner) and all that came to £395 for the week and a final total for April of £2,082.

Well, at least we got past the £2K mark this time! But we really do need to make amends in May, so I hope a good few more comrades will play their part in helping us to get there.

As usual, the first three days of the month saw us make a useful start, as a result of the batch of standing orders or other transfers that come our way during that time. Thanks go to AC (£60), TG (£25) and BK (£20), as well as comrades AN, CP, BG, MT, TM, JS, YM, DI and MM, who contributed various amounts between £6 and £15.

So after those three days our running total stands at £205, but we need to not only keep up that pace, but increase it. We must make sure that in May we not only reach that £2,250 barrier, but go crashing through it! Can you help us do that?