We need your help to raise $115,000 for the New International Fund by November 15, taking advantage of the interest among many workers and farmers in the Marxist magazine. These funds are needed now to cover the costs of publishing the newest issue, featuring the resolution "U.S. Imperialism Has Lost the Cold War," and similar issues in Spanish, French, Swedish, and Icelandic.

We need to raise about $80,000 in the last two and a half weeks of the campaign, as the chart on page 4 indicates. A focused, day-by-day effort involving every single fund supporter around the world is the only way it will be possible to close the gap and complete collections for this fund in full and on time. This means a sharp change of direction from the accumulating lag of previous weeks.

The response to New International no. 11 and to fund appeals has been very positive so far, indicating it's possible to raise such a substantial sum of money. The article on page 4 points to some examples of the potential breadth of contributors - from Black farmer-activists fighting government discrimination to fellow industrial unionists on the job to students interested in the Young Socialists.

To reach a broad range of contributors, especially those who haven't previously made donations to such funds, it's necessary to wage this effort as part of other political activity, including the Socialist Workers election campaigns, the ongoing Militant and Perspectiva Mundial subscription drive, and political activities with young people that can build the upcoming Young Socialists convention. Everyone who purchases a copy of New International can be asked for a donation to help produce this working-class tool. Discussions are needed in every area to map out and carry through a concrete plan for who to ask for a contribution in order to make every local goal. This includes a systematic on-the-job effort by readers of New International who are industrial workers.

Fund-raising meetings are being organized in many cities over the final two weekends. Fund supporters should make sure to step up the collection of pledges before these events and not wait until the meetings themselves to try to collect all the money. In this way, the public events can serve as a further stepping-stone to reach the goal.

In response to the accelerating class polarization today - focused today around the reactionary murders of gay student Matthew Shepard in Wyoming and Dr. Barnett Slepian, who provided abortions in Buffalo, New York - New International is finding a ready audience among working people and thinking youth who sense that something is fundamentally wrong about this capitalist society, want a clear explanation, and want to do something about it. They will value socialist publications like New International and many of them will readily contribute. They will respond to the fact that this political tool is financed not by businessmen and corporate advertising but by working people.

Please join in this effort to assure its success! You can do so by contacting local supporters of the New International Fund at the numbers listed on page 12.

Martín Koppel

New International Fund Director  
 
 
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