The Militant - May 21, 2001 -- Pathfinder Fund at $25,000 mark

Vol.65/No.20 May 21, 2001

Pathfinder Fund at $25,000 mark

BY PAT HUNTER
BROOKLYN, New York--Over the last week supporters have sent in more than $8,400 to the international Pathfinder Fund, bringing the total collected to $25,623. As the pace of contributions picks up, supporters elsewhere may want to emulate those in Pittsburgh, who raised their target by 20 percent to $6,000. San Francisco supporters also raised their goal by $1,000 to $9,000 in anticipation of a fund-raising event on May 13.

Building the May 20 meeting in New York City, "In Defense of Leninism: Expanding Opportunities for Communists Today," is another way to win broad support for the fund. Pathfinder supporters are encouraged to consider making a generous contribution to the work of the revolutionary publishing house at the meeting.

Dick Geyer sent a message that 30 people attended a May 6 meeting in Chicago to celebrate the publication of Pathfinder's new book, Playa Girón/Bay of Pigs: Washington's First Military Defeat in the Americas. Participants in the event contributed more than $1,700 to the fund. Among those attending the meeting and making contributions were two young people attracted to Pathfinder's revolutionary books during the recent tour of Cuban youth leaders, and several Mexican and Chicano participants in a "human chain" protest for amnesty for undocumented workers and against the U.S. Navy's bombings in Vieques.

Luis Juárez, who was active in the recent Cuba Youth Lectures Committee, said, "We have to share with new generations what happened in fights in the past, such as Playa Girón. These lessons inspire us to try to change things, to think we can do it."

Gisela López of the Chicago Cuba Coalition spoke of her experiences as a supporter of the July 26 Movement in Chicago at the time of the Cuban Revolution. Young Socialists member Marlén Ortega pointed out, "The Cuban Revolution not only belongs to the Cuban people but it belongs to all people who are exploited in every country in the world."

The featured speaker was Elizabeth Stone of the Socialist Workers Party. She spoke on her experience in the Fair Play for Cuba Committee at the time of the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba and the rapid defeat of the U.S.-backed mercenary invasion by the revolutionary mobilization of Cuban workers and peasants.

The increased goals in Pittsburgh and San Francisco show the potential for meeting the fund goal of $100,000 in full and on time. Checks can be made out to Pathfinder Press and sent to Pathfinder at 410 West St., New York, N.Y. 10014.

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