07.10.1999

More than money

Robbie Rix reports on the Weekly Worker fighting fund

I see from New Times, the magazine of Democratic Left, that the organisation is about to give up the ghost. Democratic Left was of course set up when the CPGB majority decided to dissolve the Party back in 1991. The magazine announces that a forthcoming DL conference will transform the already loose grouping into “a new network” - the final sad stage in the liquidation of a miserable formation.

The exit of DL will surely be greeted by the media as the final coda of communism. It is no such thing. The real communists continue to work to re-establish their influence. Not least with the Weekly Worker. Our paper is dedicated to the reforging of the CPGB - an urgent necessity, despite the bland talk of ‘modernisation’ put out by the Euros, the faction which led the Party by the nose into the world of pretentious liberal waffle inhabited by New Times.

The Provisional Central Committee of the Communist Party of Great Britain, then publishers of the fortnightly newspaper, The Leninist, wrote to the Euro misleadership, instructing it to hand over all property, files, money and archives to the remaining members of the CPGB. It is estimated that they misappropriated around £4 million - accumulated over 70 years of communist sacrifice and dedication.

Needless to say, we are still waiting. Of course much more than money is needed to build a genuine Communist Party. Nevertheless we cannot do without cash - which is why it is essential that we meet our monthly fighting fund target of £400 (a mere one-ten-thousandth of the Euros’ ill-gotten wealth).

Thanks to our readers, September’s target was surpassed with a final total of £453. We start October’s fund with £40, including welcome gifts from PL (£20), JB and DC (£5 each).

Robbie Rix