06.01.2011

Best wishes

Robbie Rix is encouraged by the many comrades prepared to support us financially

Thanks to those comrades who sent us their best wishes for 2011 - not least those who accompanied them with a donation!

We are confident that this year will see us make headway in getting across our central message - that our class can only advance in any real sense when it is armed with a united, democratic, Marxist party. We may be condemned as ‘ultra-left’ or ‘sectarian’ for pointing to this truth, but that will not deter us from continuing to stress it.

While many readers accept and approve of this message, there are others who are not yet convinced of its validity. Nevertheless they admire our openness, our willingness to engage with the ideas of others, and recognise our dedication to the cause of the working class. They know that the Weekly Worker is the place to debate out all the differences that divide the left. For that reason too, many comrades are prepared to support us financially.

That was the case in December, when a tremendous surge of goodwill took us over our £1,250 fighting fund target. The last part of the month saw a fantastic total of £607 come in through standing orders, including £50 each from AM, RMB and JT, £70 from MM and £230 (!) from SK. We also received £180 through the post, including £35 from GD and £75 from TG - for our Summer Offensive, he said. A bit late, that one, comrade, but we’ll take it nonetheless!

We ended the year with £1,273 received for our December fund - thanks to every one of our supporters. Let’s hope we can now start 2011 as we mean to continue. After just a few days we already have £165 - entirely made up of standing orders coming in at the start of the month. Nothing as yet via PayPal though - despite the fact we had 9,483 visitors to our website last week (that may seem on the low side, but don’t forget, there was no new issue of the Weekly Worker to read). We expect our readership figure will be rather higher next week!