Off to a flying start FUND DRIVE '82

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La week's wages tall order thousand magnificently.

pensioners who contributed.

total of E14,045 cdes TWELVE and a half thousand pounds that's how much our appeal for a week's wages from our supporters raised.

When we appealed in the summer for to help meet escalating costs, we knew it would be a to achieve more than pounds. But you responded had readers sending us their giros, old age their weekly pittance and others dipping into their slender savings.

Particular thanks to our supporters in the Brent area who raised more than twelve hundrad pounds. And our thanks to everybody Our quarterly fund drive reached a fina two and a half thousand pounds short of our target. Not bad for the summer months, with the week's campaign running at the same time.

This quarter's fund drive got off to a flying start with the proceeds from our East London banquet celebrating the revolutions in the Caribbean and Central America, as we reported in last week's Socialist Challenge And the Birmingham Red Trotter, Steve Faulkner, is still collecting in the sponsorship cash from his fundraising marathon. The final total is expected to top £300 Inspired by Steve's example Des Tierney. a Socialist Challenge supporter in Glasgow, is Challenge and heroic our Challenge office in London.

Our big hope to raise a bumper collection.

Meanwhile. our were as follows:

West London North London wages STORT Birmingham Manchester South Wales South West Oxford Scotland North seei East Midlands West Midland:

North West TOTAL Socialist Revolution Youth, our sister efforts to Socialist priority for raising funds for ten / Socialist Challenge over the next few weeks is the national rally celebrating the 65th niverserv of the Russian Revolution on Frida 22 October at County Hall in London. Hun dreds of Socialist Challenge supporters from round the country are coming to hear Ernest Mandel and Bernadette McAliskey, and we thanks to all those who contributed to the Week's Wages. campaign around the country. The final figures per area E1062 88:

E12.509 Socialist Challenge 15 October 1982 page 11