Vol. 74/No. 30      August 9, 2010

Miami is leading the way. Meetings here with supporters of the communist movement over the July 24-25 weekend led to winning $558 in pledge raises from 11 contributors.

The new pledge total reached $51,000 toward the goal of $55,000 a month by the beginning of the new year—a substantial contribution to help finance the work of the SWP and build the communist movement!

Meetings with contributors have focused on discussions about the conclusions of the June SWP convention on political developments in the world and opportunities for building and strengthening the party. The effort in Miami was given a boost by a lively Saturday evening social celebrating the Cuban Revolution.

“One of the things we came out of the weekend with is more experience and greater confidence in organizing meetings to discuss politics, on the road to winning increases and new contributors,” said Jim Kendrick, a leader of the work in Miami.

San Francisco pledges have increased $195. “Following the SWP convention we sent out a letter to all contributors and these are just the first responses we’ve gotten,” said Jim White, an organizer of the effort there.

“We also added three new contributors by talking to people who have been attending the Militant Labor Forums here,” said White. Boston raised pledges a collective $126 in the last couple weeks.

The number of contributors now stands at 466 toward a goal of 500 and beyond by the New Year. Anyone interested in joining the effort can contact distributors of the Militant listed on page 8.

—Don Mackle
and Carole Caron  
 
 
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