What about it?

After another disappointing week our total for August has climbed up to a mere £292 - well short of the £450 we need just to cover our running costs. I know this is the holiday season, but it looks as though we are going to see our ongoing shortfall rise quite considerably.

Unless, of course, comrades ease my worries with a flurry of last-minute donations. With this in mind we have extended the August fund period until Monday, 12 noon. This allows for comrades who read this on Friday August 31 to have their gifts included in the total - so long as they send them first class straightaway.

One comrade who was determined that the Weekly Worker must be supported was GP, who wrote, after reading last week’s selection of anarchist outpourings: “What other left paper would devote so many pages to critical, not to say downright hostile, articles and letters?” Our commitment to open ideological struggle impressed her so much she sent us £25.

Thanks, comrade. And thanks too to FT, RD, NC and AW, who all did their bit. Now we need others to do the same. What about it, comrades?

Robbie Rix

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Thursday August 30 2001

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