12.03.1998

Open affair

Katrina Haynes reports on the Weekly Worker fighting fund

Allegations of corruption, financial impropriety and dirty deals have been hitting the news over the last few days. Even ‘Honest’ John Prescott has been accused of being less than 100% straightforward when it comes to financial affairs. As mentioned in this edition of the Weekly Worker, he has been rebuked - mainly by that upstanding and decent Tory, Norman Fowler - for failing to register a £28,000 donation from the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust. The rules that govern these things forbid the beneficiaries from knowing the identity of the donors. Strange.

Well, that is certainly not the case with the Weekly Worker. We want to receive your donations but also hear from you, talk to you, and know you - whoever you are. (Of course, if you want to send us cheques anonymously - or even set up a blind trust for us - feel free to do so). However, the Weekly Worker is not some semi-secretive venture which exists to pay our journalists but is an entirely self-funding paper that openly fights for our class and universal human liberation. You can guarantee that the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust will not be sending us £28,000 towards our cause. So, therefore, it is up to you.  

Special thanks this week to the Manchester comrades who raised £150. Also thanks to JH from London (£5), RG from Cardiff (£5), and DH from South London (£20). Follow these examples and send us as much as you possibly can. So far, this month’s total stands at £298.

Katrina Haynes