27.11.2008

Fighting Fund

No handouts

The economic crisis is continuing to cause casualties as I write, with two retail giants, Woolworths and MFI, going into administration and thousands of jobs lost. Alistair Darling’s cut in VAT, to be financed by £118 billion of borrowing, obviously came a little too late for them (I suspect they will not be the last victims either).

While the reduction in VAT will ease some cash flow problems, it will certainly not help the Weekly Worker much - we don’t pay VAT on printing, for example. In other words, we can’t expect any state handouts. As always, we rely only on our readers and supporters to keep us going.

And this week we had a big boost with a £100 cheque from comrade LJ (funded, ironically, from his redundancy payment). There were also donations from HT (£25), TG and FG (£20 each), plus three tenners - from comrades RF, CG and FS. We can also add two standing order gifts: £20 from GD and £10 from DO.

All this takes our total up to £919 towards our £1,000 target for November. But there are only three days to go. We urgently need comrades to bring or mail us a cheque or postal order straightaway.

Better still, go online and make use of our PayPal facility. Last week we had 18,910 internet readers, but not one of them thought to make a donation.

Unlike Woolies, we will not go under. We know that there will always be comrades prepared to make the necessary sacrifices. But they could do with some more help. Please give us what you can - to reach us by 12 noon on Monday December 1.

Robbie Rix

Click here to download a standing order form - regular income is particular important in order to plan ahead. Even £5/month can help!
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