The fund is an annual effort to help finance the work of the Socialist Workers Party, which needs the money to respond to opportunities posed by the new political situation today.
Four SWP leaders just returned from participating in the first book fair in the African country of Equatorial Guinea. The Militant has been carrying coverage of the event. Donations to the fund helped make this trip possible.
Here is what supporters of the fund reported from a couple of cities about last week’s fund-raising activities.
“We held a successful rally October 29,” wrote Steve Warshell from Houston. “The featured speaker was Diana Newberry, SWP candidate for City Council District 14 in Los Angeles. She spoke about the role of the revolutionary party in the struggle for socialism. Eighteen people attended and gave $540 toward our quota of $3,500. In preparing for the event, a large mailing was sent out with a return pledge envelope. Already one person who could not attend the forum returned it with a donation.”
“Youth from the State University of New York at Albany, from University of Massachusetts in Amherst, and from Bridgewater State College joined a fund-raising event here October 29,” wrote Laura Garza from Boston. “They and others had also been at a march and rally in opposition to the war in Iraq held at the Boston Common earlier in the day. The program featured Doug Nelson speaking on ‘Cuba, Venezuela, and Washington: the Sharpening Conflict in the Americas.’ Ross Hogan, a Young Socialist who is a student at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, also spoke about his experiences on a recent team selling Militant subs in the Midwest. We took in $379 at the meeting, with some new pledges included. We are now organizing calls and visits to wrap up collections and send in the remainder of our quota on time.”
To donate, write checks or money orders to the SWP and send them to 306 W. 37th St., 10th floor, New York, NY 10018.
Click here to see the fund chart.
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