08.03.2012

Little problems

The Weekly Worker website has had minor technical difficulties and is moving to a new office. Why not help smooth the road with some spare pennies, asks Robbie Rix.

Last week I confessed I had no idea why the number of online readers of the Weekly Worker had dropped so dramatically compared to previous weeks. But now I do have the answer.

It has nothing to do with our readers suddenly losing interest, but in being unable to fully access the website. This situation has not yet been resolved - it results from the ongoing work to relaunch the CPGB site, which, believe it or not, is nearing completion. In the meantime let me apologise to all those comrades having difficulty reading our paper via the internet.

Last week there were 15,057 who managed to do so, although many of them would have had trouble accessing our archive, amongst other things. However, our March fighting fund has got off to a reasonable start despite this, with £339 in the kitty after the first week. That mostly came from standing orders, but there were also three comrades who used our PayPal facility in spite of our website problems - thank you, EJ (£30), RK (£20) and BB (£10). Then there was the fiver that comrade JM added to his resubscription.

Comrades may also have had difficulty in trying to contact us by telephone. That’s because we have just moved office and our old landline is no longer correct. Apologies for this too.

It goes without saying that both these little problems involve expense. Which is why it is essential that our readers and supporters step up the pace of their donations, so we can achieve our £1,500 target in full each and every month. Can you help us?