05.12.2013

Fighting Fund: High note

As we approach the end of 2013, Robbie Rix asks our readers to help us go out on a high

A couple of sizable donations at the very end of the month helped ensure we made our £1,500 fighting fund target for November - with just £38 to spare.

Particular thanks go to comrades SW and MM for their last-minute PayPal donations of £50 and £20 respectively. Comrade SW is impressed by the openness of our letters pages, while MM was delighted with the supplement we carried last week on Left Unity. And they both showed their appreciation! A further £35 in standing orders increased our November total by £105 in two days.

Talking of the supplement, it certainly seems to have aroused a lot of interest on the internet - we had over 5,000 visitors to our website in the first two days after it was published and that took our total for last week up above the recent average, to 12,991.

I know it is early days, but I must say that our December fund has got off to a very good start too. We have raised £266 in just four days. Of course, a big chunk of that comes from the standing orders we get at the beginning of each month - they amounted to £241, including £36 from AD, £30 each from SD and CG, and £20 from JA and TG. MD transferred his now regular monthly £10 via PayPal, while OG (£10) and MJ (£5) both added something to their resubscription cheques.

Thanks to all who helped us raise that £1,538 in November and to those who got us off to such a good start for the final fighting fund of 2013. Let’s make sure we end the year on a high note.