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Vol. 75/No. 15      April 18, 2011

 
‘Militant’ contributions arrive
as paper responds to struggles
 
BY BRIAN WILLIAMS  
The eight-week drive to raise $110,000 to help finance publication of the Militant has begun, with contributions coming in from readers eager to help pay for the paper’s current reporting trip to Cairo, Egypt. A total of $800 has been raised so far—$675 from three contributors and another $125 from “passing the hat” at a Militant Labor Forum in San Francisco.

“What a wonderful opportunity this book fair is,” writes a Militant reader in Pompano Beach, Florida, in a note sent along with her $50 contribution.

Firsthand accounts on the Tahrir Square Book Fair and articles about the ongoing political struggles by working people in Egypt will appear in the paper in coming weeks, as well as coverage of labor resistance and solidarity with public workers fighting against union-busting by state governments in Wisconsin, Ohio, and other areas.

The Militant Fund runs from April 2 through May 30. The funds raised through this campaign are essential to enable the Militant to meet operating expenses, including printing and mailing the paper, and responding with reporting teams to cover important political events.

Local areas this week are setting quotas and mapping plans to appeal to new and longtime supporters of the paper for funds. A scoreboard listing area goals will be printed in a coming issue.
 
 
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