Heartening

Two weeks ago I made an "urgent call" for our readers to send in donations to compensate for the dearth during July and August. Last week's post was a little above average, but not nearly enough to make up the shortfall.

However, it seems that I was hasty in jumping to the conclusion that my cry had been ignored. No sooner had last month's fund closed than we received a bundle of gifts - many of them responding to my appeal for a last-minute effort to reach the August £400 target. As a result our September fund now stands at a very healthy £185.

Special thanks go to PK for a splendid £50, and mention must also be made of that father-and-son combination, DG and DG (£25 each), along with CM (£25) and PM (£20). Thanks also to CM, RT and FF (£10 each).

All this is most heartening. I now fully expect that we will be able to make up the £163 summer deficit in September alone. Don't disappoint me, comrades!

Robbie Rix

Ask for a bankers order form, or send cheques, payable to Weekly Worker, BCM Box 928, London WC1N 3XX

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Thursday September 7 2000

SWP: London model 'a mistake'   —   John Pearson reports on the blow to accountability in Manchester

Marx and ecology - part two   —   Michael Malkin continues to examine the relationship between humanity and nature in Marx's thought

Letters   —   No principle; Fighting fascists; Closed borders; Affiliation; Anti-cultism; On the ropes; SACP expulsion

Against Taaffe   —   Frances Curran's article in May's CWI Members' Bulletin places Taaffe on very weak ground

Connolly versus Maclean   —   Dave Craig (RDG) protests Allan Armstrong's recent allegations

LSA: Different approaches aired   —   CPGB's proposed indirect and inclusive democracy tied with SWP's proposed direct elections