Vol. 78/No. 17      May 5, 2014

So far $13,044 has been received towards pledges of $116,650, more than $1,600 over the $115,000 goal.

These contributions from our readers are used to make possible reporting trips like the recent ones to Ukraine, Egypt, Cuba, Mali, Burkina Faso and Lebanon, as well as pay basic operating expenses.

Unlike the big-business press, which is funded by commodity advertising, the bedrock of the Militant’s finances is its readers who support the paper.

“At a Militant Labor Forum in Philadelphia April 19, entitled ‘Working People from Ukraine to U.S. Defend Themselves Against Bosses’ Offensive,’ participants pledged $1,900 for the fund,” wrote Janet Post, director of the fund appeal there. Militant editorial volunteer John Studer, who recently returned from a reporting trip to Ukraine, gave the presentation.

Supporters of the Militant in Philadelphia have been meeting with possible contributors “to discuss revolutionary political perspectives and the role of the Militant in the class struggle,” said Post. So far $2,456 has been pledged toward their $3,800 quota.

Often a worker will donate a couple of extra dollars to socialist workers selling the paper door to door. This goes to the Militant Prisoners’ Fund so that workers behind bars can have access to the working-class newspaper. In Philadelphia $22 has been donated to the fund.

The prisoners’ fund also received a donation from a nurse in Brockton, Mass., where Ted Leonard and Sarah Ulman were selling the paper door to door. “She was going to give us $10 for a single Militant. Instead she got a subscription, a copy of Women and Revolution and gave the remaining $2 to the prisoners’ fund,” said Ulman.

To contribute to the Militant Fighting Fund, contact distributors listed on page 8 or send a check or money order to “The Militant,” 306 W. 37th St., 13th Floor, New York, NY 10018-2482.
 
 
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