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    Vol.60/No.28           August 5, 1996 
 
 
Fund Helps To Take Campaign To Fighters  

BY LUIS MADRID

NEWARK, New Jersey -Contributions from supporters around the country "put us in good shape to take the campaign to more fighters here and abroad, to get out the socialist program, and build a movement capable of leading workers to power," said national campaign director Greg McCartan. More than half of the areas met or exceeded their goals for the Socialist Workers 1996 Campaign Fund. Contributions exceeded $80,000.

McCartan encouraged supporters to continue to collect outstanding pledges and send contributions "in order to take full advantage of the openings in politics we continue to encounter and the interest we have found in a working-class campaign. We still need the additional $10,000," he added.

"It is precisely those funds that made it possible for James Harris to attend the recent convention of the NAACP, and for Laura Garza to join tens of thousands of Puerto Ricans July 14, standing up to assert their national dignity," said McCartan. The protest took place during the U.S. governors meeting being held in Fajardo, in that Caribbean island.

Harris, the Socialist Workers' presidential candidate, and Garza, the vice-presidential candidate, got right back on the campaign trail following a break to attend the International Socialist and Active Workers Conference in Ohio at the beginning of July. Fall tour plans include traveling to Mexico, Europe, and the Pacific. "The socialist alternative is for fighters the world over, regardless of borders," McCartan emphasized.

Leaders of the Young Socialists will be traveling with both candidates through the end of the campaign. Recruiting new members to the YS and building chapters in a number of cities is a central goal of the communist youth organization over the next four months.

An indication of the openings presented for the campaign have been the contributions sent from the most diverse areas by people soon after they had learned about the campaign: Tukwila, Washington; Carysville, Ohio; Auburn, Alabama; Helena, Montana, and more. Donations have ranged from $5 to $1,000.

"Yesterday's stock market plunge," said McCartan, referring to the July 15 drop on Wall Street, "is but another reminder of the times working people face today, the bigger battles coming down the road, and the need to present a political alternative in order to construct a fighting vanguard party and youth organization."

Contributions can be sent to the Socialist Workers 1996 Campaign, P.O. Box 2652, New York, NY 10009.  
 
 
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