A painless way to help WW
By Gary Wilson
After Sept. 11, the online readership of Workers World
soared. In the following months, the WW Web site averaged
nearly 1 million hits a month.
In that same period, email subscriptions doubled.
Clearly, Workers World stood out in this period as a unique
source for anti-war and anti-racist news and analysis. The kind
of reporting found in Workers World can be hard to find, even
on the Internet.
This kind of independence comes at a price, however.
"Even though we write, edit and lay out the paper with
volunteer labor, it still takes lots of money to produce and
distribute," writes Workers World editor Deirdre Griswold in a
recent letter to subscribers.
"You know we don't raise funds through advertising. WW
struggles to be financially independent so we're free to say
what we believe," Griswold said.
The letter is part of a fundraising effort to cover the
weekly costs for the production of the newspaper, including the
Web site and the free email subscriptions.
If the fund drive is "moderately successful, we'll stay
ahead of our creditors. If it's a big success, we'll be able to
think about expanding the paper," Griswold said.
It is now possible to donate and/or subscribe by credit card
online at www.workers.org/orders.
Just go to the Web site and click your way through it.
Reprinted from the April 11, 2002, issue of
Workers World newspaper
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