Developments over the last week show the opportunities for winning a growing readership of Pathfinder titles. They include the strike by 16,000 auto workers in Brazil; protests by immigrant workers and others against raids by federal agents in Minneapolis; the victory of the longshoremen's union in Charleston, South Carolina; and the growing interest in the Young Socialists in a number of countries.

This resistance by working people is unfolding as the U.S. imperialists prosecute a brutal war against the people of Afghanistan, seeking to take a big step toward greater domination of the region, and as Washington drives ahead with its assault on workers' rights. More and more working people and youth can see where imperialism is taking humanity, and can appreciate the need to read and study as they deepen their participation in struggles.

With one month to go, the drive is beginning to get some wind in its sails. As of now, a little more than $95,000 has been pledged with four weeks to go. In addition to stepping up the pace of collection of pledges, supporters of Pathfinder in every area can map out plans for winning new contributions and pledges to bridge the $30,000 gap between the current total pledged and the international target.

Supporters in Brooklyn are drawing up an extended list of longtime readers of Pathfinder to talk to about the fund. Based on this initial work and list of possible contributors they have decided to raise their local goal to $3,500.  
 
Fund appeal meetings
An event in Washington November 10 registered the efforts by supporters in the area. Participants in the meeting contributed $530 over the original goal of $2,000. Following that success they decided to raise their target to $3,000. "We are confident that we can collect what has been pledged and raise the rest," the local fund director reported.

Meetings like the one in Washington present great political opportunities to discuss why the publication and distribution of Pathfinder titles today is so important. Workers and youth looking for an explanation of imperialism and its wars, and of the root causes of the crises continually bred by capitalism, and seeking discussion of the potential for revolutionary struggles today, will want to make a contribution to the fund.

Supporters in the Garment District in New York and in Upper Manhattan are expecting to get a boost to their efforts at fund events on November 16 and 17 featuring presentations by Steve Clark, Pathfinder's editorial director, on "The working class and the struggle against imperialism today: why workers, farmers and youth should oppose Washington's war on Afghanistan and attacks on our living and working conditions at home." Other fund events will take place that same weekend in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Make a contribution to the Pathfinder Fund today! Write to: Pathfinder, 410 West St., New York, N.Y. 10014  
 
 
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