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    Vol.60/No.19           May 13, 1996 
 
 
$90,000 Campaign Fund Gets Under Way  

BY ELLEN WHITT
NEW YORK - Contributions are coming into the Socialist Workers 1996 Campaign headquarters here nearly every day, with more than $4,500 raised. Supporters of socialist candidates James Harris for president and Laura Garza for vice president are organizing to raise $90,000 by June 15 to finance the working- class and socialist alternative to the parties of big business.

Funds will help cover the costs of upcoming tours of Harris and Garza around the country, campaign literature explaining the socialist program and the struggles fighters can join today, press work, and responding to new political developments in a timely way.

A big early boost to the fund came from supporters in Pittsburgh, who sent in $1,800 noting that "this is just an initial collection from just a few people....We should be able to raise much more from a lot more people."

Campaign supporters in each city are encouraged to adopt a goal for the fund-raising effort, and to get them into the Militant by Tuesday morning, May 7. Key to the success of the fund drive will be getting a broad number of individual contributors among unionists and on the job from co-workers, from students, and among activists involved in the defense of the Cuban revolution, affirmative action, and immigrant rights.

Noting that the Harris and Garza campaign will help young fighters meet the Young Socialists, Kim Kleinman in St. Louis sent a note along with his contribution, saying, "For many YS chapters as a result of this campaign!"

Harris and Garza supporters will be working to get as broad media coverage for the campaign as possible. Socialists in Washington, D.C., sent out a press mailing to nearly 100 U.S. and international media outlets as part of this effort. The mailing included campaign brochures and a statement by the candidates condemning the Israeli bombing of Lebanon.

Campaign supporters in the Newark, New Jersey, area will be organizing the fund drive nationally as well as updating a weekly chart on the progress of the drive to be published in the Militant.

Contributions and requests for candidates to speak can be sent to the Socialist Workers 1996 National Campaign Committee, P.O. Box 2652, New York, NY 10009. Telephone or fax: (212) 388- 1659. A four-page campaign brochure in English or Spanish can also be ordered at a charge of 15 cents per copy through the same address.  
 
 
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