14.12.2023

Final 2023 issue

This, of course, is the final fighting fund column for 2023. For those who don’t know, that’s because this is the last Weekly Worker before our two-week winter break - and to give you something extra to read over the festive season we’ve added an extra four pages. We will, of course, be back with the next issue on January 4.

In the meantime, quite a few comrades are obviously very determined to make sure we end the year with a bang - they’ve been busy contributing to our December fund to make sure we reach that much needed target of £2,250. And this week, as a result, no less than £702 came our way - and that’s before those regular three-figure standing orders land in our account, which usually happens in week three.

Anyway, special thanks go to comrade PB, who made a fantastic £140 bank transfer, and KB, who donated £100 by the same method. Brilliant stuff! Other SOs/transfers came from AC and JM (£50 each), BO (£35), NH (£30), GD and DV (£25),TT (£20) and comrades IS, SM, LG, PM and CC (£10 each).

Then there were those who clicked on our PayPal button - thank you, RL and US comrade PM for their usual, very generous £50 contributions, as well as AC, who chipped in with an extra £40 on top of his usual fiver, and German subscriber MH, who added £10 to his £7.20 monthly payment. Finally, there was comrade Hassan, who handed £15 in cash to one of our team.

So, as I say, all that came to £702, which takes our December running total up to £1,123 - almost exactly half of our target, with a few days under half the month gone! That’s very good news - especially when you remember that comrade BK has promised to match any excess over and above the £2,250 we need!

So let’s make sure we celebrate the new year by shooting past that target. I’ll let you know in three weeks time!