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Vol. 74/No. 45      November 29, 2010

 
Supporters Monthly
Appeal nears $55,000 goal
 
BY SCOTT BREEN  
SEATTLE—“Fifty-five thousand dollars a month by the New Year is in reach!” That is how Carole Caron of the Supporters Monthly Appeal steering committee described the North American-wide effort by supporters of the Socialist Workers Party to back the party’s ongoing work.

Since September 1, 165 contributors have boosted their individual monthly contributions to the Appeal and 13 new contributors have joined, for a combined increase of $2,494. The monthly contributions now total $53,900, leaving just $1,100 to go to make the goal of $55,000 a month.

“The commitment of nearly 500 regular contributors to the Socialist Workers Party, and the reliability of their monthly contributions, make this income one of the foundations of the party’s monthly operating budget,” explained Dave Prince, a leader of the SWP. “We can carry out our work consistently and with confidence, expanding party-building activity throughout the country and collaborating with others around the world.”

The Appeal got significant boosts from contributors in New York City and the San Francisco Bay Area recently, with $540 in raises from 40 contributors in November. “I see what the SWP is doing,” said Hank Scheer, a regular contributor from San Francisco. “I was in a position to raise and very much wanted to.”

In Seattle discussions with 30 contributors to the Appeal from here and Vancouver, British Columbia, were held over the week, with 18 raising their monthly pledges and two new contributors added, for a total increase of $308 a month. A special Militant Labor Forum November 13 on the meaning of the 2010 elections, with Mary Martin, SWP candidate for U.S. House of Representatives, and Dave Prince speaking, helped kick off the weekend effort of political discussions with contributors here.

Similar weekend programs, combined with visits by organizers of the Appeal, are planned for Los Angeles and Toronto. Other areas are also discussing their contributions toward making the goal.

In the course of the weekend activities in San Francisco, Kevin Shanahan, a school bus driver who regularly attends Militant Labor Forums and reads the Militant, decided to become a contributor. The SWP’s political analysis, he said, “is like a breath of fresh air.”

Join the effort! If you would like to become a contributor to the Supporters Monthly Appeal, please contact the nearest area in the directory of Militant distributors. Scott Breen is a member of the Supporters Monthly Appeal steering committee.  
 
 
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