Hello, readers. Two of you who showed up at my presentation about Peru this evening on Manhattan's Lower East Side brought along your donations for World War 4 Report. So the tally now stands at $175. That means $825 to go. In addition to the costs of travel in South America—which allows us to bring you the most comprehensive coverage available in English on indigenous struggles in the Andes—we also had to install a new anti-spam program in order to re-enable comments. And did numerous other such pain-in-the-butt upgrades. Now we have to pay for it. Your chief blogger and his all-volunteer bare-bones editorial crew are too busy producing journalism to battle with the controls of the website, so we had to contract someone to do the upgrades for us. Please do your part to allow us to continue our work…
If just eight of you responded with a donation of $100 each, we could end this fund drive tonight. Or 16 of you at $50 each. Or 32 of you at $25 each.
OK, we don't have the most graphically exciting website. But that's by choice. We produce something for people who want facts, not flash. People who have a progressive perspective but place greater value in information than exhortation.
We know we don't follow the media spotlight and cover what is already in the news. We intentionally look for stories and angles that the mainstream and "alternative" media alike fail to cover.
And we know we don't always toe the fashionable left-wing line, even though we are of the left. We believe in asking tough questions and encouraging critical thinking rather than expounding a "line."
And that's why we're only asking for a modest $1,000. We understand that it is a minority that "gets" what we do. But we still think there is value in doing it. And we depend on that minority to come through for us. If you read us regularly, that puts you in that minority.
We do our part every day. Please do your part.
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The fund drive tally moves again…
Thanks to a $10 donation from a reader in British Columbia, our fund drive tally now stands at $185. So $815 to go. Your turn. Please support what you read!
The fund drive tally moves again… Thank you!
Thanks to another $10 donation from a reader in San Diego, our fund drive tally now stands at $195. So $805 to go. Your turn. Please support what you read!
Yes, $10 is fine! No donation is too small! We prefer stregnth in numbers to a big fat Soros-style sugar-daddy! Please do your part!
The fund drive tally tops $200… You’re next!
Thanks to another $10 donation from a reader in Leipzig, Germany, our fund drive tally now stands at $205. So $795 to go. Your turn. Please support what you read!
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Fund drive tally jumps another $10… You’re next!
Thanks to another $10 donation from a reader in Bronx, NY, our fund drive tally now stands at $215. So $785 to go. Your turn. Please support what you read!
Fund drive tally jumps another $150… You’re next!
Thanks to another $150 in donations from one reader in Brooklyn, NY, and another in Paris, France, our fund drive tally now stands at $365. So $635 to go. Your turn. Please support what you read!
Fund drive tally jumps another $10… You’re next!
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OK, the tally jumps another $10… Your turn!
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The tally jumps another $25… You’re next!
The tally jumps $100… You’re next!
Thanks to a $100 donation from Christine Halvorson of the Rainforest Foundation in New York City, our fund drive tally now stands at $535. So $465 to go. Your turn. Please support what you read!
The tally jumps $25… You’re next!
Thanks to a $25 donation from Anne Jaclard of the Marxist-Humanist Initiative in New York City, our fund drive tally now stands at $560. So $440 to go. Now it’s your turn. Please support what you read!
The tally jumps $50… You’re next!
The fund drive tally jumps another $10… Thank you!
The fund drive tally jumps another $10… Thank you!
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Fund drive tally jumps by $150!
Thanks to a $50 donation from Pete Klosterman of Manhattan, and another $100 donation from an anonymous reader also in New York City, our fund drive tally now stands at $800. So just $200 to go now. Now it’s your turn. Please support what you read!
Fund drive jumps another $10…
Thanks to a $10 monthly subscription donation from our reader in The Bronx, our fund drive tally now stands at $810. So just $190 to go now. Now it’s your turn. Please support what you read!
Fund drive jumps another $10…
Thanks to a $10 monthly subscription donation from our reader in The Bronx, our fund drive tally now stands at $820. So just $180 to go now. Now it’s your turn. Please support what you read!
Fund drive jumps another $20…
Thanks to a $20 donation from a reader in Steinporz, Austria, our fund drive tally now stands at $840. So just $160 to go now. Now it’s your turn. Please support what you read!
Fund drive jumps another $50…
Thanks to a rather counterintuitive $50 donation from Heavenly Auto in Maspeth, NY, (perhaps not fully cognizant of our anti-car position) our fund drive tally now stands at $890. So just $110 to go now. Now it’s your turn. Please support what you read!
Exactly $100 to go! Please let’s end the fund drive!
Thanks to a $10 subscription payment from a reader in The Bronx, NY, we have exactly $100 to go to end our yearly fund drive. Please support what you read!
Fund drive over
Having received a year-end donation from one of our most generous longtime subscribers, we are considering the fund drive to be accomplished. We will shortly send out a year-end reader survey about our content, perspectives and general direction. Your responses will be greatly appreciated.