14.02.2008

Fighting fund

Taking steps

Our campaign to raise an extra £500 a month in standing orders by July is, as I expected it would, continuing to meet with an enthusiastic response.

We have received three extra commitments this week, the pride of place going to comrade KN, whose standing order (SO) is for no less than £50. Thanks also to CPGB comrade PM for his extra tenner a month and to reader SC for his £5. So in the four weeks since we launched our appeal, we have received new or increased SOs totalling £215.

Other comrades, while not committing themselves to a regular monthly payment, have been more than generous in the here and now. How about RL, for instance, whose cheque for £100 landed on my desk this week? Then there is AJ, who donated £25, and DK, who added £5 to his resubscription.

Thanks also to a group of communists in France, who have donated £10 via PayPal. The comrade who went online to make the transfer was one of 25,013 readers last week, by the way.

So altogether, including both SOs and one-offs, our February fund stands at £464. Things are moving ahead nicely - we are on course to reach £1,000 per month by July. And we will need every penny of that to ensure the Weekly Worker continues to be printed following the death of our own press.

Please do your bit, preferably by taking out a standing order. Use the form on the back page or download one from our website.