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Vol. 74/No. 21      May 31, 2010

 
Militant Fund contributions top $117,000!
 
BY ANGEL LARISCY  
“I am glad to contribute to the Militant. It is worth far more to me than I pay for it,” a Black hospital worker told New York Militant fund director Dan Fein when he came to his Harlem apartment to collect a $100 contribution. The worker had renewed his subscription for two years in January and purchased a copy of the new Pathfinder book Malcolm X, Black Liberation and the Road to Workers Power by Jack Barnes. New York supporters exceeded their $20,000 quota and raised $21,674 from 132 readers.

Responses like these from workers all over the world are what pushed the collection for the eight-week international Militant fund over $117,200—107 percent of the $110,000 goal!

The Militant is a socialist weekly that relies on contributions from working people and others who value its coverage of working-class struggles and its political analysis of historical and current events. The annual fund covers basic operating expenses and reporting trips.

The fund ran simultaneously with the successful campaign to sell 2,000 subscriptions to the paper and about the same number of copies of Malcolm X, Black Liberation, and the Road to Workers Power.

Mike Tucker of New Zealand reported one first-time contributor said he hadn’t considered how the Militant is financed without paid advertising until he was asked to contribute. New Zealand supporters went over their $3,000 quota by $840. “We organize it early and collect it in,” wrote Tucker.

Supporters of the Militant in Chicago collected 65 contributions from six states in the Midwest region to go over their quota, reports Dennis Richter. Nine of those decided to increase their pledges during the course of the campaign.

Thanks to all those who contributed!
 
 
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'Militant' fund drive: March 13-May 12 (chart)  
 
 
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