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Fighting Fund 
No compromise
The Daily Telegraph alleges
that George Galloway has pocketed large sums of money courtesy
of the Iraqi regime. While this has all the hallmarks of a stitch-up,
aimed at discrediting the anti-war movement, the fact that some
on the left have been prepared to accept funding from dubious
sources gives the story credence.
Such sponsorship always comes with a price
tag - usually in the form of parroting the paymaster’s political
line. Which is why the Weekly Worker relies entirely upon
the generosity of our readers and supporters to boost our income
over and above what we get from sales and subscriptions. Our commitment
to telling the truth will never be compromised.
And that, in turn, is why week after week
our paper carries my appeal. As a result, we are often very pleasantly
surprised. No more so than this week, when my mailbox contained
a remarkably generous cheque for £200 from KG.
Thank you, comrade. You have helped us
smash through our monthly target of £500. Together with contributions
from JF (£20), DS (£15), HC and SY (£10 each), and AS (£5), you
ensured we ended April more than £100 to the good - out total
for the month is a magnificent £608.
We expect to sell several hundred extra
copies of our paper at the various May Day events up and down
the country this weekend. In addition, of course, there will be
the thousands who read us worldwide on the web - last week 7,722
checked us out on www.cpgb.org.uk.
As always, I appeal to our internet readers,
as well as those who take the print issue, to make up for what
we lack in subsidies from Iraq, Libya, China, North Korea … Over
to you, comrades.
Robbie Rix
Ask for a bankers order form, or
send cheques, payable to Weekly Worker, BCM Box 928, London WC1N
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