24.10.2013

Fighting fund: Inconsiderate

The SWP released its second Internal Bulletin too soon, but we can't make our fighting fund target soon enough, reports Robbie Rix

How inconsiderate of the Socialist Workers Party. The comrades sent out their internal Pre-conference Bulletin No2 just as the Weekly Worker was being edited - too late for us to carry a review in this week’s paper.

But not to worry. That gives us a whole week to read through it thoroughly and let you have our thoughts for the next issue. In the meantime, you can read it yourself - it’s the first carousel item on the CPGB website (www.cpgb.org.uk).

Our coverage of the debates that are raging on the left is one of the reasons so many make sure they read us every week. The SWP itself wants to keep those debates out of the sight of non-members, but, given where we are now, what happens in that organisation is not unimportant - it will certainly have an impact, albeit almost purely negative, on the way Marxists organise in the future. The SWP is an embodiment of what not to do, what not to say, how not to organise. JS was one of 10,601 online readers last week, but he was alone amongst them in making a donation. But we did receive no less than £345 in standing orders from SK, MM, SP, SE and PM, plus two handy cheques from LJ (£25) and RT (£20). All in all, we took in an extra £397 towards October’s fighting fund over the last seven days, taking our running total into four figures at £1,039.

However, while that represents an acceleration, we now need to speed up even more, as we need to make up the rest of our monthly £1,500 target in just one week. That’s another £461 by October 31.

That should be more than possible, especially if comrades take a leaf out of JS’s book and let us have your donation, however modest. But I wouldn’t say no to contributions that are a lot more substantial either - especially if, like him, you appreciate our coverage of the SWP!