Progressive gift-giving

Progressive gift-giving

Just in case you haven't ventured near a shopping centre in the past few weeks, there is something you may need to know. Those who celebrate Christmas will be doing so in a matter of weeks.

That means the shops are full to the brim with a mind-boggling array of "stuff": some useful, but most not, and all of it far too expensive. There is — according to the burgeoning amount of advertising on TV, in the newspapers, fliers and the stores themselves — "something for everyone". You just have to spend enough time fighting your way down the aisles to find every gift you could possibly imagine ... every gift with two special exceptions, that is.

What can you give a friend or relative who may not have everything, but definitely needs a weekly update on all the progressive news, issues and debates happening here and around the globe? It's clear to us.

If you buy a Green Left Weekly subscription for a friend, and you presently subscribe, we will credit your sub with half the number of issues of the gift sub. If you don't already subscribe, why not buy yourself a Christmas present at the same time! See the clip-off on page 17 for details.

The other gift we suggest is a donation to the Green Left Weekly Fighting Fund. With only a few weeks left to reach the 1997 fundraising target, this is the perfect time to make a contribution to the best quality independent newspaper produced in Australia. If you don't have enough cash on you, make a donation using your credit card and you won't need to worry about it until after Christmas anyway.

But even if you don't celebrate Christmas at all, please keep Green Left Weekly in mind during the "silly season". Every donation to the Fighting Fund will be vital in starting off the new year in a stronger financial position, ensuring that we can keep bringing you the news and information you just can't get anywhere else. Green Left Weekly — it's your paper.

From GLW issue 299