05.03.1998

Open press

Katrina Haynes reports on the Weekly Worker fighting fund

The latest ‘scandal’ about Rupert Murdoch censoring his publisher Harper Collins is simply par for the course. It provides yet another ex­ample of the driving force behind the bourgeois media.

There are no heroic ambitions like truth or objectivity at the cen­tre of the communications indus­try - only money.

The Weekly Worker on the other hand fights for openness. We not only publish features by members of other organisations, but also ar­ticles which are very critical of the CPGB. We are not afraid of open struggle: quite the opposite.

But we too are dependent on money - our readers’ money. We need £500 a month as a minimum to keep the Weekly Worker going. Help us to reach this target by send­ing us your money now.

Special thanks this week to LC (Manchester) for £25, NM from Glasgow who resubscribed and donated £30 and KN from Liver­pool who gave us £40. Thanks also to PB from Swansea who sent us £3, RW from Carlisle who resubscribed and donated £5, NJ (Kent) for £5, and LM from Lon­don who sent us £10.

This month’s fund starts with an encouraging £118.

Katrina Haynes