Supporters of the fund in six cities report they have raised their overall goals, bringing the total pledged to $109,200, still $15,800 short of the international goal.

Showing the potential that exists to reach out for contributions among those opposing imperialism and its war abroad and against workers' rights at home, participants at a fund-raising meeting in Seattle this past weekend contributed $2,000, bringing the efforts of supporters there $35 over their local goal of $8,000. Similarly, supporters in France reported that they have gone over their goal of $200. A meeting of 25 people in Boston heard a talk by Pathfinder's editorial director Steve Clark, giving a boost to the drive there.

Some 20 people participated in a fund event in Philadelphia December 8. Ma'mud Shirvani, Pathfinder's Farsi-language editor, presented the main talk titled "U.S. imperialism's war against Afghanistan and against workers' rights at home: moves of a weak and declining empire." A fund pitch at the meeting netted $1,215, leaving supporters there with only $300 more to meet their goal.

On the final days of the drive, socialist workers in Pittsburgh are hosting a weekend of activities for the fund, including a class on Malcolm X and a showing of the 1920 film depicting the Baku Congress, the topic of a Pathfinder title, To See the Dawn: Baku, 1920--The First Congress of the Peoples of the East.

The feature advertisement on page 3 of this issue describes another important event in New York on December 15, which will double as a holiday celebration and a wrap-up event for the fund. Over that weekend supporters of Pathfinder are planning two days of voluntary labor in the building the houses the publishing house and its printshop. A range of projects will help in the reorganization of the printshop, as well as provide an opportunity for participants to learn more about the advances being made by volunteers in the Pathfinder Reprint Project in keeping the 350 Pathfinder titles in print. There will also be a demonstration of recent upgrades to the printshop's web press, improvements that have allowed a dramatic increase in the productivity of the press crews.

For more information about the event, or to make a contribution to the fund, contact the nearest Pathfinder bookstore in your area listed on page 12.

To be counted on the final Pathfinder Fund scoreboard, payments need to be received by the Militant Business Office by Tuesday, December 18 at noon.  
 
 
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