05.01.2006

Up a notch

Robbie Rix calls for more money

This may be the first Weekly Worker for three weeks, but a number of CPGB comrades have seen very little by way of a break. That is because comrades in London have been busy - some of them working virtually non-stop - helping to ensure our move to new premises went according to plan (I can’t say without a hitch).

Our new offices and printshop area are more centrally located and should enable us to respond more quickly and efficiently to events in 2006. Hopefully the quality of our paper will improve both politically and technically over the coming year also.

Which is why we need a constant flow of funds from readers. Although in 2005 receipts from our fighting funds were generally good - we mainly achieved our monthly £500 target - we fell rather short in December.

This was despite a couple of excellent gifts: MM, in recognition of the Weekly Worker as a “vital outlet for Marxist ideas and discussion”, sent us a magnificent £70, while SM matched his £50 resubscription with a donation of the same amount. Thanks to them, as well as FK, who apologises for not giving more than a tenner as he is on the dole, not to mention KL (£25), FJ (£20), LP and SC (£5 each).

We also received two £10 contributions via our online PayPal facility - thank you, comrades TT and RL (although two out of almost 37,000 readers since the last issue is not a high proportion). Unfortunately, though, we raised only £320 in December - hopefully a glitch, since we certainly need to step things up another notch. And we have upped our monthly target to £600.

While last month’s fund was disappointing, the response to our appeal for regular standing order donations has been encouraging, with a good number of new and increased SOs. More details next week.