07.01.2010

Stalwarts

Robbie Rix asks occasional contributors to become regular donors

Hopefully we can continue in 2010 as we did through most of 2009 - successfully raising the £1,000 we need every month to publish the Weekly Worker.

We ended December with £1,124, for instance - mainly thanks to a couple of dozen regular donors (either by standing order, regular cheque or online credit card gift). Let me mention in particular comrade TR, a CPGB supporter of many years standing with a lifetime of dedication to the working class movement, who never fails to come up with his monthly £60 cheque. Then there is MM, whose £70 standing order always lands in the Weekly Worker account as the end of the month approaches.

These are just two of the stalwarts upon whom we rely. But there are also the occasional donors who come up with a cheque or PayPal transfer. Since the start of the new year I have received £50 through the post from GL (£30) and GS (£20), plus a £15 credit card lift from PK. His was the only internet donation this week despite there being 13,555 visitors to our website.

Unusually the number of online readers was pretty much maintained for the three weeks since I last wrote this column, even though there has been no Weekly Worker since December 18. While there were 15,162 readers over the seven days following publication, the drop over the next two weeks was not particularly marked and we recorded a total of 40,597 visitors over the whole period.

As well as the 2010 donations mentioned above, standing orders for the last week come to £185, which means we start January with exactly £250. Please do what you can to support your paper.