JAILED BY TORIES -KEPT IN BY LABOUR NOW. FOR HUMANITY: NO TORY POLICE THIS WEEK Red Weekly takes one small step towards becoming a 16-page paper.
Over the past two and a half years the paper has gone from being an 8-page fortnightly to a 12-page Throughout that time Red Weekly has been means. a campaigning paper. It has systematically dealt with the major issues confronting the working class - such as the Shrewsbury picketing trials, the struggle to bring down the Tory Government, the fight against British imperialism's rule in Ireland, and opposition to the In the more recent past, we have been able to draw on the resources of the Fourth International as well as our own staff to provide unrivalled coverage of the unfolding revolution in Portugal and Spain. Red Weekly has also provided a forum for debate on the lessons of the Portuguese revolution with members of groups like the Communist Party and the International Socialists - something which no other paper But the ability of Red Weekly to draw on the international struggles of the working class to explain the future problems that the British working class will face in the struggle for socialism has not been limited to the Corders of Western Europe. Red Week- the paper ly carried blow by blow accounts of the victory of the revolution in Vietnam and Cambodia; it has carried unique material on the resistance in Chile; it has campaigned for the release of the political prisoners in the degenerated and deformed workers' states.
But despite these undoubted successes, there are many things that Red Weekly has been unable to do for lack of space and resources. For instance, it is difficult for our designers to present our material in the most vivid and interesting way when they have to This week we've But to establish this on a permanent basis, with don N.1. real design improvements, means that more money is needed to finance new production and typesetting equipment, expanded photo files, and so on.
Nor are the problems just technical. With a 12 page paper there are many aspects of the class struggle - its history, its culture, political polemic - which NO TO THERE SES 7 MAKAL TORY POLICIES are down-graded in order to allow us to deal adequately with the most politically urgent questions. A 16-page paper will allow us to present the programme of revolutionary marxism through a much greater variety of The paper has to be strengthened journalistically as well - through more on the spot reports, interviews, letters, guest articles, and so on. This will require an extra effort from all our supporters to produce material for us, as well as the numerical strengthening of our editorial staff so that we have time to research articles properly and report struggles as they arise.
All these things demand money - your money. If this week's 16-pager is a small step in the right direction, there are three big steps all our readers and supporters can help us to take:
1. Help us hit that £15,000 Fund Drive target. The £5,000 going to Red Weekly from this will mean new design and typesetting equipment, re-equipped premises when we move, and extra journalists.
2. Help us build up the circulation of the paper. We need at least 1,000 extra paid sales a week to go to 16 pages. So why not take extra copies for your branch or a bulk sub for friends who aren't getting 3. Help us reach the E500 Red Weekly Fund Drive target every month. We can't rely on a few generous individuals. We need you, our readers, to raise that amount each month to guarantee production of the paper. So far this month we have only received £190 towards our target, which shows that we may have a long way to go before we take that step to 16-pages.
So, comrades, it's up to you. The Red Weekly staff can produce a paper. We want you to help us produce a bigger, better paper with much greater variety. Forward to the 16-pager! Make that your New Year Resolution for 1976, and rush an extra donation for 1975 to: Red Weekly, 182 Pentonville Road, LonReaders will be disappointed to hear that there will be no issue of Red Weekly on Christmas Day. The next issue of the paper, reduced to eight pages, will be sent out to IMG branches etc on Wednesday 31 December.
There may be only six more shopping days to Christmas - but there are 13 more days left in December to donate money to the IMG's £15,000 Fund Drive.
Our December target is £5,127.95.
If every reader of Red Weekly were to donate 50p between now and 31 December we would easily make our December target. So come on comrades - just because the capitalists talk about 'Goodwill ·2,000 to all men' at this time of year 1250 doesn't mean that the struggle is suspended for the next few weeks. 1100 At this time of the year, when 21000 there are so many pressures on people to spend their money on 111,000 useless Xmas objects, it is good 2250 to see people resisting those pressures and donating money where L250 it is most needed - to the struggle, 1250 Rush all donations to Jo-Ann, 97 Caledonian Road, London N.1. 1.500 (cheques/POs made payable to Lose 'The Week'). Don't leave it till I so tomorrow - the Xmas post will delay your contribution enough 26,000 as it is.