08.12.2011

Two to come

There will be a bumper Christmas issue of the 'Weekly Worker'. Robbie Rix calls on our readers to show their appreciation

Just two issues of the Weekly Worker to come after this one in 2011. We shall be producing a bumper Christmas issue on December 22 before our two-week winter break. And, of course, the cover price will remain unchanged at just £1. Not to mention the fact that, as usual, you will be able to download the whole thing via our website.

But it goes without saying that a bigger Weekly Worker costs us more to produce. Just one more reason why we need our readers and supporters to keep on contributing to our fighting fund. In November we exceeded our £1,250 monthly target and this month we seem to be maintaining the momentum. After the first week we have £310, which is more or less on track for where we need to be.

Among the donations was £25 from RG, who tells us he has been reading this paper “off and on for many years”, but “always on the internet, since I’ve never lived in the UK, and it finally sank in that I ought to help you out a little”. Quite right, comrade. If only we had more online readers (there were 16,881 last week) who thought in those terms. Comrade RG concludes: “I wish there was a paper like yours here in Italy, then I might have more of a clue of what the hell’s going on ...”

We also received an email from comrade BB, who added £20 to his resubscription (paid for directly into the Weekly Worker account by bank transfer). The comrade, for some reason, didn’t get his print copy a couple of weeks back and so, “I had to be one of the online readers that week, which just reinforced to me how much I value the paper edition.”

In addition to those two, RI sent us a £10 cheque, while the largest part of what came in took the form of standing orders, including four regular donations of £30, plus a dozen or so for smaller sums. But they certainly all mount up.

Let me end with a plea for comrades to follow the example of RG, who used our PayPal facility to make his donation. It is easy and quick - and a way of showing your appreciation.