10.02.2022

Had the Experience

Judy Carosian reports on the Weekly Worker fighting fund

Well done so far in February, comrades. Last week we had a technical problem, which meant we couldn’t access our online bank account for a time and as a result I left a lot of our donation stalwarts out (I am assuming we can abolish banks under communism?).

So let me apologise to last week’s donors for not noting their standing orders. They are DC (£6), MM (£11), AN (£10), CP (£10), BK (£20), GB (£10), MD (£16), (BG) (£7), TM (£12), TG (£25), MT (£15), YM (£10), DI (£10) and PG (£20). Then there are our regular contributors for this week: thanks to AC (£60), BOC (£25), CG (£30), BH (£10), RG (£15), GD (£25), NR (£25), SM (£10), DV (£25), NH (£30) and Irish comrade AM, whose donation, paid in euros, translated as £66. Finally - last, but definitely not least - we had the usual PayPal donations from GB (£5), MH (£20) and GH (£20).

So far this month we have £741 in the kitty then. Great! But the usual caveat: we need a further £1,509 to get to our £2,250 monthly target and, since we didn’t quite make it last month, please could we do our best in February?

We’re still phoning subscribers and asking them (very politely) if they are able to increase their contributions, and many are doing so - some without even being asked! (That’s what’s known as proactive, comrades.)

If you want to sell or give out Weekly Workers, let us know. If you can cover the postage, even better. It’s a great way to start a conversation, by the way. One of our comrades gives his local shop, the owners of which are Turkish Kurds, a copy on a regular basis. Last week he pointed out an article on Turkey’s economy and said “It’s going down”, to which the shop owner replied, lugubriously, “I know.”

If you want to contribute by PayPal, go to our website and use the PayPal button. Or - even betterer (as my little brother used to say) - a bank transfer does not deduct fees. Remember to specify the name of the account - it’s ‘Weekly Worker’, of course - and the account number is 00744310 (sort code 30‑99‑64). And, yes, we still accept cheques, which can be sent to our address (see the bottom of p2).

So, to keep our great journalism going, do what you can. Otherwise, as the poet warned, “We had the experience, but missed the meaning”.

Judy Carosian