26.11.1998

Heritage

Ian Farrell reports on the Weekly Worker fighting fund

The hypocrisy of using the queen’s speech against the hereditary principle is lost on The Guardian’s political editor, who proclaims the forthcoming “historic battle between the elected Commons and the hereditary peers” (November 26). The Weekly Worker upholds the democratic heritage of our class by fighting for abolition of the ‘democratic monarchy’ and its replacement by a federal republic — part of the fight to unite our class across all sectional divisions. Reforging the Communist Party is the key to both workers’ unity and democracy.

This week comrades RW, AC, AN and JS backed this struggle with £80 between them, bringing the November total to £384, leaving just three days to complete our £400 target.

Ian Farrell