08.01.2026

Success!

N o doubt some readers will have noticed a slight lack of confidence on my part when I reported on the state of play regarding the Weekly Worker fighting fund for December in our last issue three weeks ago. I noted that we still needed to raise another £1,200 in the last two weeks of 2025 to reach our monthly £2,750 target.

Well, I’m happy to tell you that we not only reached that target, but ate into the November shortfall too! We actually raised no less than £1,390 in that final fortnight, taking our December total up to £2,981. Well done, everyone!

No fewer than six readers made three-figure donations - thank you, comrades SK, PM, BK, LM, JC and AN. Talking of comrade JC, he topped up that first excellent contribution with another £70 a couple of days later, while comrades MN (£30), GB and BH (£25 each), RN, GR and AB (£20) all made their donations via bank transfer/standing order, as did SD, TT, AR, JM, JD and MD with their smaller, but still highly valued payments. On top of that, comrades KS, JB and DB (£50 each), as well as EM (£25), contributed via PayPal.

So success in December, but what about January? Well, I can tell you that after exactly one week, as I write, £585 has already come our way. Thanks go to comrades AC (£100!), LC (£50), FK (£41), BO (£35), MM (£31), CG (£30), TG and RG (£25), PR (£24), II, DL, MT and SJ (£20), plus comrades AN, BG, CP, DI, MM, RM, RP, RD, SM, JM, JN, MH, NL and GP for their donations under £20.

That means we start the month with nearly £600 already in the kitty, but let’s hope we follow up on December with another success this month! Please do your best to help the Weekly Worker continue playing its essential role. We depend on your support!