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Summer Offensive 
Be ruthless
I should not have boasted so much
about how well we are doing in this year’s Summer Offensive (Weekly
Worker June 19). A much quieter week, this one - although
a £400 donation from a comrade in Wales that came in as these
words were written did cheer me up. This pushed the total this
week up to £1,213 and the overall figure up to £6,922. Good, but
we need to pick up the pace as we move into the second half of
the campaign.
To encourage people, we will be sending
over a thousand individual ‘donate now!’ letters next week, but
if you send some cash in now you will save us the price of a stamp
(you can now make donations via the web - click on ‘Make
a donation’).
SO novices have asked us
how some comrades are raising their targets this year. Here are
some ideas:
Are you a junk monkey? C’mon, be ruthless
with yourself. A car boot sale beckons, surely?
Remember, you have family and friends.
Hopefully. Now is the time to badger them for support. Monetary donations
can be hard to get, but material for a car boot sale might be
easier to come by.
Get sponsored - bike rides, swims, runs,
etc do attract support. They need more of a political
argument about why the work of the organisation, the role of
the Weekly Worker is important. But the SO is about politics,
not just the cash.
Remember - every paper, badge, sub or
book you sell during this period counts towards your total,
so ...
... make sure you get others to come
to the Communist University. The tickets they buy from you will
count towards your total.
The SO shouldn’t be grim - organise an
SO dinner party, social or video evening. Serve nibbles and charge
a tenner each (person, not nibble). Sell booze - you’re bound
to make money and have some fun.
We accept gifts in kind! In the past,
comrades have donated computers, photocopiers, cameras, etc. If
it works and we can find a use for it, we’ll have it.
Tina Becker
Send cheques, payable to CPGB, BCM
Box 928, London WC1N 3XX or donate online:
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