Things you can do

With less than a week to go before the end of February our £400 monthly target seems ever more elusive.

It appears that too many readers have again lapsed into the habit of relying on others to fill up the Weekly Worker's coffers. Such an approach is reminiscent of the many letters we receive that praise our fight for Partyism, but are strangely silent on how the authors themselves can actually further that struggle.

Comrades, our monthly target is vital for the success and influence of the Weekly Worker to be recreated at a higher level during the forthcoming general election. Don't think that someone else will fill the breach. Think about what you can do before the start of March.

Our total now stands at a modest £207. Thanks this week to FG, MB, TR and GP for their gifts.

Robbie Rix

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Thursday February 22 2001

Hands off Iraq   —   Peter Manson calls for a working class-led people's revolution against Saddam Hussein

Our principles   —   Policy paper for March 10 Socialist Alliance conference, drafted on behalf of the SA executive committee by Mark Hoskisson

Letters   —   Zinoviev was right; National action; One struggle; Inhuman

Unity in conflict   —   Mary Godwin reports Sunday's CPGB aggregate

Liaising in Brum   —   Jim Gilbert attended the meeting preparing the Socialist Alliance for the election

SWP changes   —   Jack Conrad detects pressure toward adopting more and more of a programme

Socialist Alliance roundup   —   Cambridgeshire; East London; LSA; Greater Manchester

Unforgiven   —   Janine Booth writes Rob Dawber's obituary