Christmas 2004 Appeal Letter

Dear supporter,

The Socialist Party is appealing for donations to our funds this Christmas.

As 2004 draws to a close the continuing brutal occupation of Iraq
underlines why we must continue our struggle against this rotten capitalist
system for a socialist future. In Britain civil service and Jaguar workers are
fighting for their jobs. Meanwhile privatisation of our jobs and services
continues apace under Blair.

Big success

2004 was a big success for our party. Campaigning against low pay and
top-up fees we signed up hundreds to Socialist Students in the most successful
Freshers Fayres for years.

We stood candidates in the local council elections, organised rallies to
celebrate 40 years of our paper the Socialist, participated in anti-war
protests and organised our successful Socialism 2004 weekend. Whether on
national demos or local activities, we are the only party putting forward a
socialist alternative which is attracting youth to our party.

In the new year we need to prepare for further action by civil service and
other workers against job cuts and attacks on pensions. We will be producing
material to participate in the anti-war demo in March and finance is needed to
ensure that the Socialist Party is represented at the World Social Forum in
Brazil in January.

No rich backers

In order to continue this work into next year and build on our successes we
need more resources. Not surprisingly we have no rich backers. Our income
comes only from our members, readers of our paper and the thousands of working
class people who support our campaigns and struggles.

A donation to the Socialist Party this Christmas would be greatly
appreciated whether large or small. We depend on you to finance our
campaigning work.

Jane James