Green Left Weekly - It's your paper
The Green Left Weekly fund appeal is a special fund established at the beginning of every year to raise the funds needed by Green Left Weekly to cover its production costs. This year we need to raise $100,000 to keep the Green Left going. By the end of July the Green Left Weekly fund appeal had raised in excess of $58,000 and is well on the way to making its target.
The success of the Green Left fund appeal is by no means automatic though. Every week, across the country, hundreds of Green Left supporters organise and participate in fund-raising ventures for the paper. From fund-raising dinners, to film nights, to alternative cultural events — a wide range of political and cultural happenings are regularly organised in every city where Green Left Weekly is sold to raise money for the paper.
Yet every Green Left event is also an opportunity for supporters of the alternative press, to come together in a relaxed social atmosphere to meet, discuss and show their solidarity with Green Left Weekly.
The list of events that Green Left Weekly has held this year is too long to recount. There are however a few outstanding events which have made a significant contribution to fund raising, but also to the culture of Green Left Weekly.
In Canberra in May for instance, supporters of Green Left organised a "La lutte continue" dinner and dance to raise funds for the paper while marking the 25th anniversary of the worker- strudent revolt in France in May/June 1968. Over 100 people attended the dinner, lending their active support to Green Left Weekly and making the night a great success.
In Sydney in July over 250 people attended the annual Green Left dinner dance and were left inspired by the superb meal, great entertainment and engaging speakers. The night was also a great success and an important part of building an alternative culture around Green Left Weekly.
Every Thursday night in Brisbane, supporters of Green Left Weekly organise "Green It Up'" — a night of alternative music, poetry and speakers at the Celtic Club, to raise funds for Green Left Weekly. Maurice Sibelle, an organiser of the event, describes the nights as "the highlight of alternative entertainment in Brisbane; a really good night not to be missed".
Coming along to one of the Green Left fund raisers in your city is one of the most concrete ways to show your support for the alternative press. "Meetings, Parties, Anything" (on pages 30-31) carries a full list of activities in your city. Why not stand up for what you believe and come along to a Green Left event this week, and help keep Green Left Weekly publishing. Green Left Weekly — it's your paper.