15.12.2011

16-page high

Robbie Rix wants some Christmas presents: donations please!

As I mentioned last week, the next issue of the Weekly Worker will be the final one for 2011. The December 22 16-page edition will feature, among other things, an extended report of the discussions now taking place within the Socialist Workers Party before its January conference. It will be a good issue, I promise.

But the Weekly Worker could not cover such stories if it had to rely on sales receipts alone. Like every other leftwing paper, we need the active and committed support of scores of working class partisans just to put out a normal edition - which is why we call for, and usually get, £1,250 in donations every month.

However, when we publish extra pages or supplements, that, rather obviously, leaves us with a bill to pick up. So it’s a bit worrying when, like this month, we are way behind where we need to be just to reach our normal target. With half the month already gone, we only have £440 towards November’s fighting fund - just over a third. Or, to put it another way, we need to pull in just about double that amount in the second half of the month.

Unfortunately, although last week we had 19,526 online readers, none of them contributed to our fund. The £130 we received was all down to comrades who support their paper via a monthly standing order. Thank you, comrades DW, AM, GD, ST and DV.

I would dearly love to end the year on a high, able to report a big boost next week. So how about it? If you’re one of those who read us via the internet, please consider using our PayPal facility. Oh, and I still accept cheques as well as credit cards! Over to you, comrades.